Designing the poster..

Final Design

We created our final design through many attempts, adding again and again to each one. We have included an image of the main house to show the main set and images of all the characters, when you can see for example, jades kinky look in to the camera describing the character at first sight. There are quotes from well known newspapers about the film, in which the audience appreciate and listen to their oppinions. The title is the largest text on the page as it is the most important. We achieved our goal coming from the first design to the last in using more images to make the poster more exciting and including more text to give the audience an insight to the film.






Creating the poster

When first playing on the imac's we tried creating the swirl effect thinking that it would give the effect of a toilet flushing. However we found that this took out too much of the original image, meaning it was difficult to include all the other info about the film and images we needed. The actual swirl effect was also white, we could only have this a certain colour, which was too boring as it took up alot of the image and could not have a picture as you would not be able to make out what it was, in which we scrapped this idea.

We then completely changed the style of our poster. We took a picture of somebodys eye and placed it on to one of the floor tiles, we felt this created a strange effect for those looking at it, whilst at the same time added to the thought of the title 'The Third Eye'. We then put the title as if it was on a seperate tile.

These two designs were both us playing with the tools on photoshop, seeing what we could do and what ideas we could produce.




This first completed design of the poster lacked detail, it did not have enough writing or images to attract the audience and describe what the film was about. The initial idea was to have a border around the image, representing the fact that it was a view from a hand held camera, the 'rec' sign in the top right corner was to make this clearer to the audience. We had shown the age of audience suitable for the film with the '15' sign. A fault on this poster was putting the directers, however missing out the essential information the audience want to know of what actors are starring in the film as famous names can often influence people to watch a film.

The next step we took the original image and put it on a fresh page with a funky border making it fun. The red background makes the whole poster stick out to the audience more in which more people would stop and have a look. We corrected the previous mistake by putting the actors names in a position that can be seen with a first glance and putting the directors name in a much smaller font at the bottom as they are not as important. We also added more text to give the audience a small insight to the plot.

Original Images

The first image seen here was the first we took. We felt like this firstly showed too much of the actors body in which in the next image we changed the camera angle. Also we felt that having the camera as a straight shot was a bit boring and that it didn't look like a camera had just dropped, in which in the second image you see that we have tilted the camera, with a more close up shot, in which producing a much better effect.

Designs

The first poster design was created by myself. The background was chosen as it is the opening clip on the trailer, showing the comical value to the film. Also seen for the border is meant to show how it is the lense of a video camera.
To enthasise this seen in the top right corner of the poster is a 'REC' sign. The title 'The Third Eye' is in big bold letters, as it is the main text on the poster, it needs to stick out to the audience.
The big 15 sign also indicates the film is aimed at teens/ in the 20's age group.

This next design was created by James Bell.
In this we liked how The title corresponds with the images on the poster (the three eyes). A theme has also been set, using just a small number of colours, making it simple however effective. Some aspects of the design are seen in both designs, such as the 15 sign and the REC in the video camera view. The title is also in big, bold writing ensuring it jumps out at the audience.