Movie Posters!!!
Movie Posters!!!
The next assignment is for you to develop, design and create a movie poster of your own. You will be asked to create the final piece in Photoshop using the skills we have learned such as: selection tools, lasso, magnetic lasso, magic wand, text tool, text effects, gradients, adjustments, layers, etc...
1) First you will develop an idea for your own movie:
Pick a genre:
Action (Disaster): Stories whose central struggle plays out mainly through a clash of physical forces.
Adventure: Stories whose central struggle plays out mainly through encounters with new "worlds."
Comedy: Stories whose central struggle causes hilarious results.
Coming-of-Age Drama: Stories whose central struggle is about the hero finding his or her place in the world.
Crime: Stories whose central struggle is about catching a criminal.
Detective Story/Courtroom Drama: Stories whose central struggle is to find out what really happened and thus to expose the truth.
Epic/Myth: Stories whose central struggle plays out in the midst of a clash of great forces or in the sweep of great historical change.
Fantasy: Stories which are animated, or whose central struggle plays out in two worlds - the "real" world and an imaginary world.
Gangster: Stories whose central struggle is between a criminal and society. A cautionary tale, rooted in a main character who commits crimes (This genre is often blended with Film Noir).
Horror: Stories whose central struggle focuses on escaping from and eventually defeating a Monster (either human or non-human).
Love (Romance): Stories whose central struggle is between two people who each want to win or keep the love of the other.
Science Fiction: Stories whose central struggle is generated from the technology and tools of a scientifically imaginable world.
Social Drama: Stories whose central struggle is between a Champion and a problem or injustice in society. Usually the Champion has a personal stake in the outcome of the struggle.
Thriller: Stories whose central struggle pits an innocent hero against a lethal enemy who is out to kill him or her.
The Black Comedy: A comedy that uses death and morbid doings as the root of its humor. Surfaces regularly. Most recent incarnations, Very Bad Things and Pulp Fiction.
2) Create Three Thumbnail sketches of your poster:
3) Show them to the studio executives(aka:Mr Brown) to see if you can get "the green light" to start production
4) Grab some magazines and black paper. Cut out and create a "hard copy mock up" of your potential poster.
5) Once done show that to the executives once again to get final approval to move on and create the final product on Adobe Photoshop.
Project details:
Part A) Magazine photo montage 8.5"x11" on black construction paper- Images must be carefully cut out and glued, background must be included. Minimum of 6-8 images.
Part B) Photoshop poster photomontage 8.5"x11"@300ppi
Images must be carefully assembled using the selection tools we have used previously as well as the Text tool. Minimum of 6-8 images.
The next assignment is for you to develop, design and create a movie poster of your own. You will be asked to create the final piece in Photoshop using the skills we have learned such as: selection tools, lasso, magnetic lasso, magic wand, text tool, text effects, gradients, adjustments, layers, etc...
1) First you will develop an idea for your own movie:
Pick a genre:
Action (Disaster): Stories whose central struggle plays out mainly through a clash of physical forces.
Adventure: Stories whose central struggle plays out mainly through encounters with new "worlds."
Comedy: Stories whose central struggle causes hilarious results.
Coming-of-Age Drama: Stories whose central struggle is about the hero finding his or her place in the world.
Crime: Stories whose central struggle is about catching a criminal.
Detective Story/Courtroom Drama: Stories whose central struggle is to find out what really happened and thus to expose the truth.
Epic/Myth: Stories whose central struggle plays out in the midst of a clash of great forces or in the sweep of great historical change.
Fantasy: Stories which are animated, or whose central struggle plays out in two worlds - the "real" world and an imaginary world.
Gangster: Stories whose central struggle is between a criminal and society. A cautionary tale, rooted in a main character who commits crimes (This genre is often blended with Film Noir).
Horror: Stories whose central struggle focuses on escaping from and eventually defeating a Monster (either human or non-human).
Love (Romance): Stories whose central struggle is between two people who each want to win or keep the love of the other.
Science Fiction: Stories whose central struggle is generated from the technology and tools of a scientifically imaginable world.
Social Drama: Stories whose central struggle is between a Champion and a problem or injustice in society. Usually the Champion has a personal stake in the outcome of the struggle.
Thriller: Stories whose central struggle pits an innocent hero against a lethal enemy who is out to kill him or her.
The Black Comedy: A comedy that uses death and morbid doings as the root of its humor. Surfaces regularly. Most recent incarnations, Very Bad Things and Pulp Fiction.
2) Create Three Thumbnail sketches of your poster:
3) Show them to the studio executives(aka:Mr Brown) to see if you can get "the green light" to start production
4) Grab some magazines and black paper. Cut out and create a "hard copy mock up" of your potential poster.
5) Once done show that to the executives once again to get final approval to move on and create the final product on Adobe Photoshop.
Project details:
Part A) Magazine photo montage 8.5"x11" on black construction paper- Images must be carefully cut out and glued, background must be included. Minimum of 6-8 images.
Part B) Photoshop poster photomontage 8.5"x11"@300ppi
Images must be carefully assembled using the selection tools we have used previously as well as the Text tool. Minimum of 6-8 images.
Here is a Photoshop file of fake movie credits to download and add to your movie poster |
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Movie Poster IRL
Here is a video on how to add your final poster to a real life scene and change it into perspective, match color saturation and add glass glare....enjoy.
right click on this image if you want to use it as the IRL image