Our task was to create a poster for an imaginary horror movie, using photo shop. I chose the theme of schizophrenia for my movie, entitled ‘Split’, so therefore, I wanted my poster to display someone with a split-personality.
I decided to use a close up, head and shoulders shot of a person as the main focus of my photo. The photo which was the most suitable was a straight on mid-shot of me. I wanted the audience’s attention to go immediately to the picture of me. In order to do this, I selected a photo where I was in the middle of the mise en scene.
Seeing as the theme of my movie is schizophrenia, I decided to use each side of my head and shoulders to represent a different side of the character’s personality. The left side represented my good side. Therefore, I did not make many alterations to it as the picture is a shot of me smiling, which makes me look fairly angelic. To enhance the effect of goodness and innocence, I used the dodge tool and highlights to create a halo effect around the left side of my head.
My right side represented my evil side. I made a clear distinction between each side by using the dodge tool to colour the evil side of my face bright white. I also used highlights made my skin look as if it is on fire, which links to hell, perhaps suggesting that this character is possessed by the devil. I then used the burn tool to create a dark shadow around my eye and colour the background of that side and my hair pitch black, to represent evil and darkness.
I used the liquefying tool to create a sinister effect. I turned the corner of my mouth on the evil side. This created a strong contrast between the happiness of the good side and the anger of the evil side. If you look very closely at the poster, you can also see that I stretched out the ends of my hair with the liquefying tool on the evil side, making my hair look slightly crazy, symbolising the madness of the evil personality.
I placed my title (Split) at the top of the page. I arranged the letters in an arch shape around the top of my head. I used a sharp, spiky font which I thought would be appropriate for a horror movie as it has a rough jagged edge which creates a feeling of austerity. For my title and my slogan (there’s 2 sides, I decided to use pink font for the lettering on the good side and white for the lettering on the bad side. I did this because pink symbolises sweetness and innocence. I chose white for the evil side, because it is a neutral colour that can be interpreted in any way and shows up clearly against the black background. I wrote ‘starring Hermione Cameron’ in red for blood.
I decided to use a close up, head and shoulders shot of a person as the main focus of my photo. The photo which was the most suitable was a straight on mid-shot of me. I wanted the audience’s attention to go immediately to the picture of me. In order to do this, I selected a photo where I was in the middle of the mise en scene.
Seeing as the theme of my movie is schizophrenia, I decided to use each side of my head and shoulders to represent a different side of the character’s personality. The left side represented my good side. Therefore, I did not make many alterations to it as the picture is a shot of me smiling, which makes me look fairly angelic. To enhance the effect of goodness and innocence, I used the dodge tool and highlights to create a halo effect around the left side of my head.
My right side represented my evil side. I made a clear distinction between each side by using the dodge tool to colour the evil side of my face bright white. I also used highlights made my skin look as if it is on fire, which links to hell, perhaps suggesting that this character is possessed by the devil. I then used the burn tool to create a dark shadow around my eye and colour the background of that side and my hair pitch black, to represent evil and darkness.
I used the liquefying tool to create a sinister effect. I turned the corner of my mouth on the evil side. This created a strong contrast between the happiness of the good side and the anger of the evil side. If you look very closely at the poster, you can also see that I stretched out the ends of my hair with the liquefying tool on the evil side, making my hair look slightly crazy, symbolising the madness of the evil personality.
I placed my title (Split) at the top of the page. I arranged the letters in an arch shape around the top of my head. I used a sharp, spiky font which I thought would be appropriate for a horror movie as it has a rough jagged edge which creates a feeling of austerity. For my title and my slogan (there’s 2 sides, I decided to use pink font for the lettering on the good side and white for the lettering on the bad side. I did this because pink symbolises sweetness and innocence. I chose white for the evil side, because it is a neutral colour that can be interpreted in any way and shows up clearly against the black background. I wrote ‘starring Hermione Cameron’ in red for blood.
This is really clever H. I like how you've made one side of the poster look inocent and the other side evil and dark. The light contrast between each of the sides which give it that extra depth. Well Done
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