Benjamin Wilkins - A2 Media Studies |
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I changed the blending options on the foreground image. I decided to make the image have a drop shadow, outer glow, inner glow, bevel and emboss, contour & a stroke. I wanted to style to foreground image with shadows and glows to make the image appear dominant and highlighted on the poster. The outcome of the editing is above.
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We liked the idea of making the main features of the characters face extremely noticable. We used the magic wand and rubber to remove any shading and colouring away from the main features. We then cut the features out and pasted them in indivdual layers, allowing us to indivdually edit them. I altered the image by styling it with a drop shadow, outer glow and stroke.
These photo's were taken by myself, I then edited them by removing the background using the magic wand on Photoshop I then positioned the 2 images around the title. We also decided to add a billboard, and positioned it at the bottom of the poster, this is a common element of a poster.
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For one lesson, we decided to take a selection of photographs for our magazine. We took a lot of photos to allow us to experiment and see what works well with the style and layout of our magazine. Jai took the photos of Ben and Umesh, the main characters in our film, he directed us, positioning us in certain ways, poses, expressions, etc. he wanted us to fit the character, as he was taking photos of us being the characters in the film. After this, he decided to take photos of the actors, having a laugh, which is a typical photo look in the Entertainment Weekly Magazine.
Below are the photo's he took: |
From the selection of photographs above, we had to decide upon which photo we should use for the main image of our magazine. Me and Jai spoke about the pros and cons of many potential images we could use. After a long discussion, we decided to use the 4th image.
This picture displays the actors posing like badasses, with their symbolic hoodies over their shoulders. We decided to use this image because the actors are centered well in the middle of the photoshoot background, the lightly is spot on and the posture of the characters appear comical. However, the only problem with the photograph is that the characters are positioned on the wrong side, instead I should be on the left, and Umesh should be on the right, as done in our poster. But this problem is easily fixed, as the image can be flipped horizontally when editing on Photoshop. The picture looks natural, displaying the actors mocking their film characters. We particularly liked the hoodies over the shoulder, symbolising the characters heroic costume. The hoodies are a significant symbol of our film, so portraying it in our magazine is important, therefore this picture best suits our needs. |