Ancillary Development

The video below shows the development of my poster. It also shows the techniques I used during the process of editing on Photoshop to create my ancillary product. Tools used to create my poster include the clone brush, colour filters and gradient filters. To record myself editing my poster I used free video capture software called "aTube". It allowed me to record my editing in high definition to produce a high quality video. I used the song "Don't Stop" by "Foster the People" as I felt the upbeat tune went well with the video.

Here is the first poster I created. I sought feedback from my peers. The first thing that Dan Bates said (one of my friends, aged 17) was that there was too much empty space. I then went around the media class with a likes/dislikes page in which they wrote down what they thought was good and what could be improved. They all commented that the image was great but that there wasn't enough content. They also thought that the image was too bright. Henry Scott (another friend, aged 17) said that the title should be at the top as it would improve the composition. I agreed with him and added a gradient filter to reduce the lighting. A key feature from my research was that psychological thriller posters were often used dark, low-key lighting to create enigma and mystery.

This shows the progression I made from audience
feedback.

This was my first attempt at a double page spread. A convention used in double page spreads is an image running between both pages. I used a screenshot from my film and the quality wasn't very good. I tried to improve the quality of it using filters on Photoshop but unfortunately it just wasn't a good enough image. The feedback I got was also negative with negative comments on both the image and the font (as it was too big and bold for the genre).

When producing my actual double page spread I will use Empires layout as I thought it was professional and appealing to a younger audience. I will use an image from my photo-shoot and hope to create a professional looking DPS.