Evaluation Movie Poster (Two Faced)

In this blog it will be an evaluation about the Two Faced movie poster and how it relates to the genre and audience in which it was based on using other horror movie posters as a reference.

The movie poster Two Faced is based around the genre of a Slasher Horror movie in which there is one main slasher and often one or none survivors in some cases there is a main protagonist or hero which is this case throws a spanner in the works.

The cover itself relates to they genre as the main villain or killer is seen on the front in plain sight indicating to the audience this is the killer and this is who you should fear and this is who you should watch out for in the movie much like the classic movie poster it shows the audience that he will find his victim and this will be the last sight they will see much like the audience will see him last in each murder scene.

Much like the scream slasher franchise the killers main mask is on display for all the audience to see the picture below shows more clearer.

With the movie poster Two Faced it has a red border this red border represents the bloody part of horror it also brings off the main focus of the mask or the killer to make him appear more intimidating it also links in with dark horror side of the poster as it mixes in with the genre of a classic horror movie.

As seen by the cover above the main antagonist is on the front of the cover and is slightly visible to the audience. However two faced is completely visible like the cover below however it is mainly only the face of the murder so some similarities and differences work together to create the finished product.

The title text for two faced mixes with the genre of the movie as the text is a vibrant red like the blood of his victims furthermore the shape and the style of the text matches the genre as well due to its rough edges and jagged corners it links with the dark genre in which horror is associated with in the modern fashion. Similar to the the examples above each poster has a signature text used this is mainly for the movie title of the film they are quite worn or quite bold. Two Faced has used both of these styles and mixed them and has made them work making the signature text more visible.

The tag line merges with the poster and fits with the genre well as most horror movie posters have a intimidating tagline so does this poster as the tag line is a warning to the audience and mixes with the theme of an intimidating killer in the film.

I found information about horror films from websites but also from my own knowledge and those who appreciate a good horror movie one that visually looks the part so i used other sources such as movie poster images to get the correct feel and look to the horror movie i wanted and then making the poster on from those image segments.

Making the poster started with a basic image of the mask in the most popular cases of horror movie movies with serial killers they seal there identity behind  a mask even those of which who don't have a reoccurring series of movies and remakes the mask makes the murderer. However making a basic horror movie plot on why he wears the mask is key so that was done and is found on one of the other blogs i have posted.

The poster started using a basic image of a white theatre mask one happy and one sad these mask where then cropped and cut then merged to make the canvas for the mask to start. using features to lower the brightness and higher the contrast the mask started to take shape. After which using colour balancing and texturing techniques on the poster darken and soften parts of the mask it then became finished and the mask was done. 

Making graphics such as the red border was made using the brush tool then adding layer effects to make it look more bold and appealing to the horror audience mainly young adults.

Visually the poster look good now in turn using the text tool to add the title of the movie and the crew information and text line was text this was one of the smaller tasks other then finding the correct movie title font it was a quite basic process. 

Finally adding images of company logos of big media industries to the poster was essential  to grab the audiences attention for this i used Sony Pictures emblem and then added a BBFC eighteen rating for the movie to make a specific target audience and finally adding a star graphic with the shape tool added five times the product was now finished.

This made the poster look genuine from what i had seen from previous made posters of the horror genre some of which i previously talked about before and some image examples listed above as well.

Magazine Cover (Flix)

In this blog it will be a window into how i made this magazine cover from scratch with tool used in the program photoshop in the next paragraph below we will begin.

For this magazine cover i started off with a basic image of a friend that i took in front of a white screen and then adjusted the brightness and contrast setting and the shadows and highlight features and then added a sharper filter.

Original Image

Brightness & Contrast

Shadows & Highlights

Final Image

The final image was positioned differently to give the model a more wider appearance rather then just facial features to make the magazine look professional adding a colour balance effect to bring the face out more for the model to seem more vibrant.

Next was to add the title of the magazine to the picture to do this i used the text tool and added the name of the magazine which is called "FLIX" as for the film slang term movie flick.

with adding the text i used the layer style tool and added a drop shadow to the text to  make it come off the screen i also made the text red to make it jump out to the viewer.

Below is the title added to the magazine

Next to add was the borders or images around the magazine these were added in different positions on the magazine to give it the intended media feel. what i mean by this is when the movie director says action the striped mark device is used so the stripes represent media.

below is the border result with the image.

Now that the borders were added to the cover it was now time to add more text for example more information about up coming movies to do this again i used the text tool again and wrote tiles for movies that are similar to this one and upcoming made up movies i added these titles in a list format. 

below is the added movie titles.

After this text was added it was now time to add information about the magazine such as price,website name ,issue number and sub headline to do this i used the text tool again and changed and varied the colours to compliment the magazine so they appear on screen well and so they can be seen.

Below is the image of more text and information.

The Peter jackson headline would grab the readers attention as he is a huge director in the media industry so i made the text of his article bigger and the headline smaller to give the reader a reason to read this magazine.

Once the text was added i then added two images of importance to the magazine one being a teaser image of an upcoming film the other being a barcode for the magazine so it could be scanned.

The two images below were both used and below them is the magazine used with both images.

The final things to add was the main attraction of the magazine which is the movie in which the person on the cover is in. 

In this case the movie is called Two Faced to make the text stand out i used the text tool and made it bolder and used a more vibrant colour in this case yellow with a stroke effect to make the text stand out more which can be accessed in the layer style options on the layers tab.

To make the title look more realistic i used the shape tool to make two small red rectangles with text inside of them above and below the magazine to make it look more like a magazine below is the finished title.

The one final touch was to add an offer this is seen in pretty much every magazine ever made this is so the reader gets something out of it then just articles they get something out of the magazine this is a marketing technique that always works. To do this i used the shape tool to make a polygon object and then added text inside of it with also a jpeg image of the popular company net flixs below is the final finished product which can be seen also above at the start of this blog.

This is the finished product.