My Finished Poster!

This is my finished poster. I think that it turned out well. It is simple, yet people who see it will know immediately what it is advertising, even if the text wasn't included. I like the colours and how it makes the most of the room across the page, but does not look crowded and cluttered. 

If I were to do it again I would try to make the poster more complicated, maybe using different images from the film to create a collage of some sort. 

I am pleased with how it looks though, and think that it advertises the film well. 

My Movie Poster Progress...

For my movie poster I decided to do Alice in Wonderland. After looking at Olly Moss's posters, which were simple and just used iconic images from films to create posters, I decided that I wanted to do this too.

I chose the Chesire Cat grin from Alice in Wonderland because it is a well known image from the film and means that the audience will immediately recognise what film I have chosen. 

The first thing I did was make the A4 background purple and pink stripy, the same colour as the cat. I did this by making the background pink and then added purple rectangles equally across the page. I then merged them all into one, so that my background was all one layer. 

I then drew the grin using the lines tool, making it big and cheesy, just like the Cheshire Cat from the movie. Then I used the circle tool to make a grey oval eye. I then put a yellow oval in the middle and another grey small circle to make the pupils. I duplicated this and I had my two eyes for the cat. 

The eyes and mouth are floating in the middle of the page, just like the cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland does. 

For the font I chose a cursive style, to make it look more dreamlike. The font I went with was 'Monotype Corsiva' and I made the writing a dark grey in colour. I chose the tagline 'We're all mad here' which is a quote from the Cheshire Cat in the movie.  I warped the text into the 'flag wave' so that the quote looks more illusive and floaty. I made it a large font size and put it at the top of the poster.

At the bottom of the poster in the same font size I put the title 'Alice in Wonderland' and underneath it in a smaller font I included the review 'a psychedelic journey through Carroll's novel'. In an even smaller font above the title of the film I wrote 'Disney presents...' to show that this is a poster based on the original Disney film. 

My Finished Logo!

This is my logo finished:

My finished logo turned out how I wanted it too. It is almost childlike which relates to the fictional company I chose. It doesn't look too overwhelming, unlike my first draft which had loads of stars around it. It is simple but what I think is effective. 

If I could change one thing it would be the font. I was not able to find a font that I really liked and so went with one which was similar to what I had in mind. Unfortunately it is not how I would like the font to look, but it is better than most of the other fonts I tested. 

My Logo Design Progress...

For our second task we had to design a logo for a company, real or made up. After a lot of thinking I chose to do mine on a made up children's furniture company which I aptly named 'Lullabiezzz'. 

I decided to use the moon as my design, and have a rocket shooting past which had the company name in the trail. I drew up a mock design and then opened up illustrator to try and do it. Unfortunately illustrator was not doing what I was imagining it to do so I decided instead to draw out my logo and scan it into the computer instead. 

I then used illustrator to erase my smudge marks on it and tidied up the outline, filling in any gaps. Then using the paint bucket tool I filled it in, choosing colours that both girls and boys can relate too. 

The next thing I did was add the company name. I chose a simple font, and using the path tool made my writing curve in the direction of the rocket trail. I made the font blue and outlined it in black, making the three 'z' go from the large to small, as if it were a cartoon. 

My Finished Album Cover!

This is my finished product. I am proud of how it came out because I think it makes a statement, as well as promoting the fictional album. I think that if my album was real it would target people who like rap and I think that the album cover reflects this.

If I were to do it again I'd probably spend more time trying to learn new ways of presenting the writing on the album because I am not sure if it is bold enough. Other than that I am pleased with how it turned out!

Album Cover Making Progress...

For our album cover we had to randomise three different things; the title, the artist name and the album cover image.

First thing I randomised was my album name, and by choosing the last 4 words of the quote it came out as 'peace is the measure'. Then I got 'Banankoro' as the album 'artist', and finally on Flickr my picture came out as this:

I decided for my album cover I wanted the image to be in black and white, apart from the posters which I wanted to stand out. So I turned it black and white with the colour mixer and then using the paint tool, with black as the colour selected, I went back over the posters, making them colourful again. 

I then cropped my image to the right size, which is 800 pixels by 800 pixels. 

Next I went on Dafont and chose a font that I thought was appropriate. I chose Riot! because it looks sort of rough, and contrast the album name, but goes well with the image which is of a protest. 

I then made the black red instead, and bolded the text before placing them onto the album cover. I chose that colour because it would show up boldly on the black and white image, and stand out better than if it was a dark colour or a light colour.

I decided to place the album title on the people standing in the background, and made it curve ever so slightly to follow the crowd. I put the artist name in the bottom left hand corner. I added noise to both of them and made them 'vivid light' so that the image wasn't completely blocked from coming through the font.