Digital Image Processing 3

Lecture 11
Movie poster
Movie posters
 3 most important things to consider:
 Style of the movie
 convey the general mood of film to its graphic design
 For example, if you work on an action or horror movie poster, you
should create an intense or dark atmosphere – if it’s a comedy, it
would be better to choose a funny and light style
 striking, memorable and focused on a single, clear message
Movie posters
 Text
 The text/title should be big, catching the attention
 Usually there is also the name of the director, names of
main actors or characters, the release date and a billing
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 Images
 Scenes/photos from the movie
 Symbolic substitutes
 Illustration instead of photos
Movie posters
 Colors:
 Avoid too many colours
Movie posters
 Iconography – showing without telling
Types of posters - inserts
Types of poster – one person in the
centre
Types of movie posters – cast photo
Types of poster – simple but catchy
Types of poster - retro
Common mistakes
 Too many elements
 And in the same time –
not enough to catch your
attention
 What is the movie
about?
Common mistakes
 Hard to read the title
 The title should be catchy,
first thing you see and
remember
Common mistakes
 Looking like simple
stock images
Common mistakes
 Going too far with the
crop tool
Common mistakes
 Trying to show it is a
connected to the X-men
original movie
 The face is too small to
fill the silhouette
Common mistakes
 Overly photoshoped
 Stars hardly look like the
look in real life
Common mistakes
 Separate images used –
not a full cast shot
 Light sources do not
match
Common mistakes – sum up
Design curves
Movie poster
 Task this week
 Design a movie poster
 You can use images I provide, find your own
 Follow the main principles
 Write a short description with your submission what they
movie is about and how you try to convey it with the
poster