Creating My Short Film Poster Photoshop Draft for 'Alone'

I have created a draft of what the poster for our short film might look like. I created this draft of the poster using Photoshop CS6 which is a photo editing package created by Adobe and is used often by artists. This kind of software is often used to create posters for short films and feature length films because of the wide variety of effects and tools that are available to the user. Before creating the draft the group went out to take some high quality images so that they would look good when blown up to poster size.

Step By Step Process:

Step 1:

The first thing that I did after taking the images for the poster was set up the photoshop document. I first selected the international paper size and selected the A3 size. I also changed the resolution to 600 to make sure that it wont look blurry when you print out the poster. Lastly, I switched the width and height to change the orientation of the page to landscape.

Step 2:

Then I added my desired background image to the document. I had to choose which image I wanted to use carefully as this would be the focus of the poster. Once the image was placed in the document I adjusted the size so that it would fit the dimensions of a film poster better. I also adjusted the brightness and contrast of the image slightly to make the image look slightly better.

Step 3:

Next I added the title to the image. I used the font Agency FB for this title. I then adjusted the spacing of the letters so that they were slightly further apart and this added emphasis to the text. It also made the text fill the space so the top of the poster didn't seem empty. I also added a very slight drop shadow to the text which gives the text a small shadow and adds emphasis to the text.

Step 4:

The next thing I added to my poster was the quotes from reviews underneath the title. I did some research previously to see what types of things could be said here and which companies might review a film like ours. I decided to add "Outstanding"-Little White Lies and "Mesmerizing"-Short of the Week. 

Step 5:

After this I created the awards for the poster. I searched online for the leaves that conventionally surround the award text and then I did some research into film festivals and the awards they give. After this I added the awards to the poster with the awards being for "Best Short Film Slough International Film Festival 2016" and Best Narrative Cambridge Short Film Festival 2016".

Step 6:

The last step is to add the billing block. For this I used a font called 'Credits' and typed the billing block out. After I had typed it I made some words such as the actor names and the production company names larger than the other text as this is conventional on a film poster. Doing this also adds emphasis to certain main parts of the billing block.