How to create a poster?

How to create a Movie Poster

Most Movie Poster are created with Photoshop because of the need to adjust picture quality and add cinematic filters to the poster. Typically, about 2/3 of the poster is picture with the remaining 1/3 being the title and credits for the movie.

Here is an example of how to write the credits at the bottom of the poster.

This is a close up of the Thor credits compared with the template above.

Here is a free movie font to download from Dafont.com

http://www.dafont.com/sf-movie-poster.font

Here are a few online resources to follow to start a poster in Photoshop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXm79e_AOvI

This link shows you how to lighten and darken portions of the photo. I figured with it being about the Devil and the Angel this effect would be awesome to learn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQaDDCyp048

Last of all here is a fast motion that shows you the creating and blending of the background layer, and then the adding of photos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYT8dgjN5ZE

Collaborated Design Project: Desert Rat

Desert Rat Brochure Artifact

Front/Back Brochure

Inside Brochure

Batman: Dark Knight Makeup Department

Batman: Dark Knight Makeup Department

The scene:

The Dark makeup around his eyes suggests a sinister dark presents. The contrast of his white face makes his wrinkles and scars pop out and become accentuated. We feel he is psychotic in nature from has unnatural appearance. If his face was all white, we might feel more at ease, but the black emanating from his eyes and smearing outwards, makes us feel he is poisoned and corrupt from the inside out. He appears the very embodiment of Christendoms Lucifer. His hair has a green tint and is greasy like. Which furthers our belief that he is a scumbag and the greatest filth of Gotham.

John Caglione Jr.

Filmography:

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (makeup department head) 

 2014Winter's Tale (makeup department head) 

 2013/IParanoia (makeup department head) 

 2013Phil Spector (TV Movie) (makeup artist: Mr.Pacino) 

 2013Broken City (makeup artist: Russell Crowe) 

 2012On the Road (special makeup artist: Louisiana - as John Caglione) 

 2012Gotham (TV Movie) (makeup dept head) / (prosthetic designer) 

 2011Tower Heist (makeup department head) 

 2011The Smurfs (department head special makeup) 

 2010Salt (makeup department head) 

 2010You Don't Know Jack (TV Movie) (makeup artist: Mr. Pacino) 

 2010Edge of Darkness (key makeup artist: second unit) 

 2009State of Play (makeup artist: Russell Crowe) 

 2009Tenderness (makeup department head) 

 2008The Dark Knight (makeup artist: Mr. Ledger) 

 2007American Gangster (makeup artist: Mr. Crowe) 

 20073:10 to Yuma (makeup artist: Ben Wade) 

 2006The Departed (key makeup artist) 

 2006My Super Ex-Girlfriend (makeup department head) 

 2005/IStay (makeup department head) / (special effects makeup) 

 2005Hide and Seek (makeup department head) 

 2004The Sopranos (TV Series) (special makeup effects artist - 3 episodes)

- All Happy Families (2004) ... (special makeup effects artist)

- Where's Johnny? (2004) ... (special makeup effects artist)

- Two Tonys (2004) ... (special makeup effects artist)

 2003Mona Lisa Smile (co-key makeup artist) 

 2003Angels in America (TV Mini-Series) (makeup artist - 2 episodes)

- Part 2 Perestroika (2003) ... (makeup artist: Mr. Pacino)

- Part 1 Millennium Approaches (2003) ... (makeup artist: Mr. Pacino)

 2003Gigli (makeup artist: Al Pacino) 

 2003The Recruit (makeup artist: Al Pacino) 

 2002People I Know (key makeup artist) 

 2002Sweet Home Alabama (makeup department head: East Coast) 

 2002Unfaithful (special makeup effects artist - uncredited) 

 2002Insomnia (makeup artist: Mr. Pacino) 

 2000American Tragedy (TV Movie) (makeup designer: Mr. Plummer) 

 2000Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (special makeup effects artist) 

 2000Frequency (special makeup department head) 

 1999The Insider (makeup department head) 

 1999The Hurricane (makeup department head) 

 1999The Corruptor (special makeup effects artist) 

 1999In Dreams (makeup department head) 

 1998Witness to the Mob (TV Movie) (makeup artist) 

 1998Sour Grapes (makeup artist: Atlantic City - New York unit) 

 1998Zero Effect (key makeup artist) 

 1997Amistad (makeup artist: East Coast) 

 1997Donnie Brasco (key makeup artist) 

 1996Looking for Richard (Documentary) (makeup department head) 

 1995Heat (key makeup artist) 

 1980-1994Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (makeup artist - 3 episodes)

- Emilio Estevez/Pearl Jam (1994) ... (makeup artist)

- Steve Martin/Paul & Linda McCartney/3-D (1980) ... (makeup artist)

- Elliott Gould/Gary Numan (1980) ... (makeup artist)

 1992Chaplin (prosthetics makeup creator: Chaplin) 

 1992Shining Through (character aging makeup: Mr. Douglas) / (character aging makeup: Ms. Griffith) 

 1991For the Boys (character aging makeup designer) 

 1991True Identity (makeup artist) 

 1990Dick Tracy (special character makeup) 

 1988Liberace: Behind the Music (TV Movie) (special makeup effects artist - as John Caglione) 

 1988The Blob (makeup effects: New York) 

 1988Poltergeist III (special makeup designer) 

 1987My Demon Lover (special makeup effects) 

 1986Manhunter (special makeup designer) 

 1985Year of the Dragon (special effects makeup - as John Caglione) 

 1984Birdy (special makeup - as John Caglione) 

 1984The Cotton Club (key prosthetics makeup) 

 1984C.H.U.D. (special makeup creator: CHUD) 

 1983Amityville 3-D (makeup illusions) 

 1983Zelig (special makeup - as John Caglione) 

 1982Basket Case (special makeup effects artist) 

 1981Quest for Fire (special effects makeup: Canada - as John Caglione) 

 1981

Friday the 13th Part 2 (makeup effects assistant) 

Compose Your Frame

Rule of Thirds

The rule of thirds is clear in this photo taken from my iphone 5s, when we went to eat some Thai food at Benja's Thai & Sushi.  My beautiful daughter flatters the photo as the stream is a natural vector which draws our eyes to the golden area of the composition. I feel I could have included more of the stream on the left portion of the photo, but it isn't to shabby for an amateur photograph. 

Axioms of Web Design

IGN

In the bottom portion of the screen they have placed the words "GAME NEWSLETTER" to clearly illustrate, if you couldn't tell from the art, IGN is a game news website. We see a strong grid through out their site. They are very focused, and their site is easy to navigate. The lines dividing the stories suggests that you can scroll down and continue looking at more content. The site is easy to understand and clearly illustrates its purpose.The moment you come to the site, a large majority of people would know what the site is about without having to click elsewhere. We see the greatest contrast right from the start. During the loading process, the full white background has contrasting sections of the grid emerge in darker shades. Overall I feel their webpage is not complicated or busy. It looks good and that is because it is simple.

IGN reports on all the same stuff but uses original art created by themselves. The sight is navigated at the top left portion of the screen where the IGN is surrounded by a fill of red and you see the word browse in small letters.

They have converted the site to a variety of aspect ratios I show you the iphone 5's display of the same site.

Gamespot:

Business/Communication Objectives?

Strong Grid?

The Lower Right?
Continuity?
Intuitiveness?
Affordance?
Greatest Contrast?
Good Looking means Easy?
Converts to Aspect Ratios?

Good and Poor Design Evaluation

Apple

Apple has always been about simplicity. Its white apple logo, with a small bit out of the side, has communicated to the consumer that they have a delicious, clean, crisp product that can improve daily life. Their two dimensional display shows contrast with the negative space being black and the positive space being white as the ipad is centered on the display screen. This creates similarity in a simple way. The white logo and the predominantly white display screen pop out and feel pure and clean. Both are in close proximity but the display gives continuity as the focus flows upward from the display to the apple logo. The display is easily seen as working well with and being grouped with the logo. This gives closure to the display and a sense of completeness.

Kindle

Kindle's display give a very busy informational approach to its display.It's lines and color scheme is nice. The orange shades complement the blue shades. However, as I gaze on I feel overwhelmed and annoyed. I feel they are trying to talk me into buying one of their tablets. I feel little or no thought was put into how the display will coincide with the product displays. One third of the display is covered by the product. I ask myself, "the Kindle Paperwhite is the best device for what? They do show contrast in their presentation of the tablet. It's lines and shapes have continuity, but I felt my eyes being drawn to the center where the writing is. I believe it more important for my eyes to be drawn to the product and not the writing in the center. The image gives me a sense of more chaos than order. I feel it may have been rushed. I feel no congnative or emotional response when I view this displays advertising for the Kindle Fire HDX and the Kindle Paperwhite.

Contrast, Balance, and Harmony:
The yin and yang is the quintessences of contrast, balance, and harmony. One side contrasts the other. Nothing about the yin and yang is divergent or not uniform. This particular portrayal has added a spiral pattern that gives the illustration greater harmony, reinforcing the ideal of compromise, unity, and peace. This piece speaks to all a universal message. No matter your differences in this world. Individualism and uniqueness is a beautiful phenomenon. And adds to the its tranquility, not only of our world, but every aspect of our existence.