Poster Draft One

I began to manipulate my chosen image for my chosen idea for my poster. I ended up erasing some of the random objects in the background that took away from the subjects and the meaning that I was trying to construct. I also emphasised the windows in order to place text in each pane of glass for the title. I then added text, which included a billing block, festival awards, and reviews. In my idea for the poster was portrait, although I found that the image I had taken had areas in both the bottom and top that wouldn't have been well suited to the composition of a conventional poster, and tricky to place text. Therefore, I cropped both of these areas and instead created a landscape orientation poster. The following image is my first draft of this ancillary task: 

Poster Design

In order to create an effective poster, I needed to take typography into account to construct meaning that reflects the events in the narrative. I was happy with a basic, san serif font for the intertextual references, and the font 'credit block' for the credits, although I needed a font that was suitable for the title. I downloaded the following fonts to trial:

Overall, I found Beauty School Dropout the most effective, it contrasts with the word 'Home', as suggested by a participant in the qualitative research I carried out on my initial ideas, the font resembles a motel sign. This contrasts between the staying overnight connotation - which also reflects the events in the narrative, and that of the words 'Home Time'.

The other fonts are effective in different ways, although I feel that Veselka 4F woud be a little difficult to read had the background not been a solid colour. I also think that Drive Thru wouldn't have worked the most effectively because the writing in my poster is vertical as opposed to horizontal, and so the underline part of the text wouldn't have worked well. Similarly to Veselka, I am unsure as to whether a non solid background would have made the font effective in standing out. I decided to use Beauty School Dropout II, using all capital letters, as to me, this resembled a neon/ motel sign the most.

Poster Photography

The following imagery is a series of photos that I took as a start for my poster. Before being able to develop my initial ideas, I needed to bring them to life. I placed everything in the frame that was in my visualisation, and took some photos whilst getting my subjects to make subtle movements. The only problems I faced were having a cluttered room, which I may be able to edit to some extent when creating different elements of the poster. 

Magazine Review Draft Three

Qualitative Poster Research

To get an idea for what other people thought of my poster ideas, and to get a different point of view on their effectiveness, I carried out a small qualitative research task, in which I displayed the following image, calling the poster ideas 1, 2 and 3 respectively. I asked several questions to my peers and have edited it in the form of a short podcast. As a conclusion, I now have a better understanding of further interpretations to the ideas and a more structured plan for the poster I will be creating.

Call Sheets

Call Sheets from aimeelee12

Prop Design

For the painting that the girl carries out at the beginning of the first scene, I needed to create a prop that looked realistic to have been painted by a young person. I acquired help from my peer, who created the following image, which is seen in the first scene of my film. I am happy with this, as the bright colours connote youth and joy, and the imagery is seen to be quite childish.