Billing block for poster

We created our own billing block for the poster. This allowed us to personalise the bill blocking by adding our own names to the information. This also allowed us to change the colour of the text when editing to see which one was most appropriate. We tried black and white text to see which one stood out the best which we found to be the white text. The New Line Cinema was the company logo we decided to use under the billing block as when researching it was the logo we saw on film posters. 

Cartoons for poster

Here are the cartoons that we have created for the poster they again show different personalities. We have created more images than what is needed for the poster so that we can choose the ones that are most effective for the poster. We have also created the text design for the poster. We are using the arrows to link the names with the pictures.

Font options for the title

I found this font design on 1001 free font. We thought this font design was perfect for the poster as it stands out and also has the cartoon indie feel that we wanted to portray. We edited the colours of the text to different colours to see which colour was most effective.

The blue text stands out against the background however the colour is not right. As blue is a colour which is stereotypical  for boys which does not fit with the target audience as the poster has to be appealing to females.

The yellow was the colour that the group agreed was the best colour for the poster. As it is brightly coloured so it stands out and the colour does not overpower the black outline. Also it works well with the indie feel for the poster.

Red was the original colour that we wanted to use as the colour for the text but we realised it does not work against the background as the colour is too similar. 

The white text stands out against the background and the black background makes the text more noticeable. However as a group we decided we wanted it to have text with colour so it was not suitable for what we wanted as it is too simple.

Poster Draft 1

This is our first draft idea for the poster of Mix Up. On the poster we included pictures of the two main characters who are in the film.  The pictures will be close ups, but we will try different types of shots and see which one is most suitable. We put the two main characters on the poster as the actors will draw the audience into watching the film as if they are well known actresses then people will want to see their latest film.  Further more we included the two characters on the poster as it allows us to show the different personalities of the girls which will introduce the storyline.

We wanted to separate the two pictures of the girls, so we separated it with lined paper to continue with the theme of the girls being at school. We wanted the poster to have an indie theme so we created cartoon images which were drawn onto the lined paper. The pictures also give information about the different personalities of the characters as one side of the images is a school related image which shows that school is important to her. Where as the other girl likes drinks and alcohol. The title in the poster we want is to be bold in colour and have a cartoon like font to carry on with the indie theme.

Photos for Magazine and poster

 

 

We took a range of photos for the magazine and poster over two days which allowed us to try different locations and different types of shots. The different shots we tried was close ups, mid shots, long shot and two people shots this allowed us to different options for when deciding what picture would be suitable to use for the poster and the  magazine. The different locations outside and against the green screen. We took pictures against the green screen so that we could but the characters against a background if we could not find an appropriate background.

Magazine research

 

 

Magazine layout

This is the initial draft layout of the magazine, we want to keep the structure conventional by using the U shape for advertising articles. We also want to keep with the conventions of the magazine by having Empire at the top of the magazine and having the barcode at the bottom of the magazine.

The articles that include popular films like The Hobbit, The Life of Pi, Great Expectations and our film Mix Up. We got  the ideas for the wording from our research magazine covers so that it looks professional and authentic.

By creating this layout it made it easier for us to transfer the design on to Photoshop as we already had a rough idea where the main information had to go. It also helped us pick the right image for the magazine as the information had to fit around this information so we could a pick an image that would leave a big enough gap around the edge for the text. So in evaluation by creating the layout before the magazine it allowed the process to be quicker and have the text spell checked before applied to the magazine.