Second Poster Draft

After my initial attempt at designing the layout of my film poster, I decided to try again to make it seem more professional and realistic to other real film posters.

Firstly, I inserted the film title (from the previous draft) and overlapped two transparent images of smoke I found online.

I then found some suitable images online to use as our film's characters until we photograph our own ones. I then positioned them according to how I wanted my poster to look, with the protagonist in the centre and the villain and the femme fatale either side of him.

 I then cut out this section of my background image and moved it in between the protagonist and the femme fatale, as it looked similar to the table we used in our film which the gang keep their money box on.

I then inserted the background image of a factory I found online, as it is one of the settings are film takes place in. I chose to include this setting in my poster as it demonstrates the dark atmosphere of our film, and so audiences will be able to gain an understanding of what our film contains from the poster alone.

Then I pasted an image of a red money box similar to the one we use in our film, and placed it on top of the box in the background. To make it seem more realistic, I gave it a 'Glow' effect as it gave it the effect of having a shadow.

 I then added the typical elements of a film poster: actor's names, credits, extract from a film review and a 'coming soon' image.

After this, I felt the background image needed to be more striking, and so adjusted the 'hue', 'saturation' and 'lightness' to make the setting seem darker and also to bring forth the red colour in the beam on the ceiling, as it would then match the vibrant colour of the money box.

Then, I wanted to make the femme fatale stand out more against the dark background and so I added the 'Glow' effect to the image of her. This made her seem a bit more seductive and gave her an almost angelic-like appearance, which is fitting for the nature of her character.

Finally, I added a few more images of smoke, and adjusted the properties of each layer to blend each new image in with the rest. I found that the 'colour burn' effect was particularly effective, as it made individual images darker, which made the overall poster seem a bit more balanced and intricate.