Poster Draft- Candice Tyson

Difficulties I had with creating a poster:

• I found it really difficult and complicated to create a draft poster as I found Photoshop really hard to use. I tried a number of different ways to present images on my poster however without the Photoshop skills I needed I couldn't complete the task like I wanted to.
• Another challenge I found with making this poster was the quality of the images. In order to find images for my poster I had to print screen shots from our short film. However, when these were then put onto Photoshop they were extremely pixelated and I spent a long time trying to fix this. 
• When it came to putting in the production block I had a few attempts and got completely confused with what I was doing as the production block would fill the whole page and I wasn't able to reduce it in scale.

Things that went well when creating the poster:

• I felt the two photos I used together was quite effective as it creates enigma for the audience as they ask what the relation is between the girl at the grave and the girl walking out of the police station.
• I also thought presenting the title on the back of the gravestone like I did was also quite an effective idea. However, looking at it now I feel I should have made the title bigger and maybe in a white font rather than black so that its more attention grabbing.
• Lastly, I also quite liked the way I merged one photo into the next as it shows the audience the two people are probably connected in someway. I felt by blending the two was a lot more effective than having two images side by side as this would give them no relation and wouldn't look as effective.

How I need to improve:

• I need to spend longer gaining some skills for Photoshop so I can use the ideas that I've got in my head and put them down onto Photoshop which is the issue I am having at the moment.
• This week I'm going to plan another few idea's so I can find out how I can put these onto Photoshop and learn a few more skills in addition.
• I need to learn how to add in the production block and also download fonts that I want to use to make sure the title fits the genre of my film.