Film Poster - Photoshop (TBC)

For our project, we used Abobe Photoshop CS3 to contruct and alter our image into one of our finalised media products. Photoshop allows you to edit and change the way your image looks to make it look more eye catching and more applealing to the audience. This software gives you the chance to create the most dullest image into the most attractive image yet. As A2 Media students, this was our second time using this software for our project so we were quite familiar with its content and functions.




From the results from the photoshoot, we had decided to use this image as we felt that we could do a lot more with it than the others, and also because it was at a specific angle that showed the weapon and the 'bloody' hand. I felt that the lighting in this image was excellent as it highlights the most important features that is needed to be shown in this image.

We went through different processes in order to create our final media product by using the tools that helped us to do our job. First of all, towards the bottom of the image, we can see that the grey floor is runing the image. So in order to remove this fault, we tackled this by using the clone stamp tool, which allows you to copy a the closest focal, which will eventually erase or get rid of anything you may not like. For example:



On the tool bar, I have clicked onto the Clone Stamp tool where I can now start doing my work. As you can see, the floor is still visible ...



As you can see, I am now cloning with the tool which almost looks like as if I am erasing the grey floor. I had to press the ALT button and click the area I wanted to clone, hence why it gives that erasing effect.



The grey floor is now 'erased' due to the cloning tool and now blends is well with the rest of the background.

I also used this tool to cover up the dry blood that is seen on the end of the shirt. I felt that this did spoil the rest of the 'bloody' effect, and luckily the clone tool didnt help me to conqour this. The same strategy was used, but only to cover up the dry blood into making look more moist. This is how it was done:





Lastly, another thing that had to be done was the darkness of the screwdriver. I believe that the screwdriver was too dark and was not appealing enough as I wanted this to be the main focal point of the image, however, this time round the clone stamp tool was not needed as I had to go about solving this using another process. I had to use the Lasso Tool, which helped me outline the shape of the screwdriver. Once this was done, I used the brightness/contrast tool to lighten the screwdriver so it will look just about more than realistic as possible. I finally used another tool called the Blur tool, which I simply used to soften the outline of the weapon, blending it in with the background.