Alfred Hitchcocks

Poster Creation
 Quick research into Hitchcock's Pyscho

Photoshoot
Create a mood board

and Poster
Plan a photoshoot

Edit Plan a poster

Shoot and Edit

This is a poster for the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film ‘Psycho’. The poster features a close
up shot of the two protagonists, the title, the location and dark rain as pathetic fallacy
to hint to the genre of the film. The film was shot in black and white, so the budget
wasn’t too expensive and to prevent the murder from being too gory.
Possible lighting set up
Possible lighting set up
Possible lighting set up
Mood board:
A selection of other horror movie posters I will take inspiration
from when taking my photographs.
Mind Map:
Primary imagery:
girl, neutral
expression in
black and white.

Secondary imagery: Secondary

title, Bloody handprint imagery:
to the right of the Poster title of film, red
subject smoke behind eclipse moon left
the subject, fine print of subject fine
text. print text .

Secondary
imagery: title,
silhouette to right
of subject, fine
print text.
Text Samples.

Vanquish
Vanquish
Vanquish
Technical skills notes.
When photographing I used a DSLR camera, a black background, studio lighting and a
light reflecting disc.
I used adobe photoshop to edit my poster. I created a contact sheet then decided which
photo to edit. I place linked the portrait picture of my model layering it on top of the
landscape black background, I did this to give myself more room to add in secondary
sourced images.
I adapted the picture of my model into black and white, decreased the exposure and
increased the contrast and highlights slightly to make half of the subjects face more
visible and dramatic looking. I duplicated the layer, decreased the opacity and placed it
behind the subject as a shadow.
For the text I created for the title, I made three samples in Microsoft PowerPoint added
a shadow adjusted the settings then place linked into my project.
For the fine print text I sourced the PNG from the internet, erased the background then
added it to the poster. When I was satisfied, I cropped the picture back to portrait to
suit the poster format.
 Risk Assessment
I am going to be using the photography studio, so I need to make sure
there are no leads in the way that could cause a fall. I also need to make
sure the equipment doesn’t get too hot and break e.g., the bulbs in the
lights.

When I am photographing my subject, I will make sure the studio lights

aren’t too bright to not hurt their eyes.

When I am editing my photos in photoshop, I will make sure to take

frequent breaks and not be sat at the computer for too long.
Evaluation and Improvements.
I think the outcome is successful in representing a horror film poster. I
am satisfied with how I created it. When I was deciding on my colour
scheme I did additional research on Psycho and why it was shot in black
and white, which made me decide to keep the classic monotone look
and have a minimal approach using the title as the only colour, so the
red juxtaposes the black and white.
If I was to improve, I would make sure I could add in location imagery or
stock images to look more occupied and leave the viewer with more
interest as if the poster was a professional advertisement for a film.