This week you will start your original poster designs. It is important that you use everything you have learnt about 'representation' when constructing your poster. You must represent a woman or Earth's response to alien visitors in your product (see the Product Briefs).
You should start with a flat plan showing where the elements will be positioned (credit block, main image, title, tagline, actors' names, etc). You will then draw 1 or 2 drafts of your poster before you start the PhotoShop process, each draft with a new level of detail (the last should be a coloured pencil drawing with most of the detail present).
Make sure you have researched tutorials so that you can achieve the effects that you want. Here are some links to a variety of common sci-fi poster tutorials (just to get you started). You could use the techniques presented as a basis for your own product constructions;
Sci-Fi Poster Tutorial 1
Retro Sci-Fi Poster Tutorial 1
Sci-Fi Poster From Self Portrait 1
Retro Sci-Fi Poster Tutorial 2
Sci-Fi Poster From Self Portrait 2
Retro Sci-Fi Poster Tutorial 3
A Variety of Sci-Fi Effects
Here is a link to some common photo & text effect tutorials (pdf documents);
Common Photo & Text Effect Tutorials
Don't forget the links to film poster websites and tutorials in the 'Useful Websites' section of the sidebar on this blog.
Remember that you have to include an element of original photography, so see your teacher to book cameras and the use of the white vinyl screen (in Drama Studio). The taking of photographs should be completed out of lesson time so that you don't waste controlled hours.
Finally, the remainder of your poster can be constructed using stock images (photographs from other people). Search here to find the images you want and then ask your teacher to log in and purchase the images for you (essential collection only, not signature collection). Each student is limited to a maximum of 6 purchased images from the essential collection on this website, so choose carefully.
Out of Hours Learning
- Update the Lesson Evaluation Document
- Consider the next stage of development for your film poster.
