Evaluation On Creating A Horror Movie Poster
Learning Experience
Horror films are not a genre that I had any knowledge of before I embarked on this project. My research of various horror movie posters opened the door to me seeing the way horror is depicted in advertising. Seeing the range of ways that type can enhance a poster was an eye opener. I learnt how type, when used appropriately, can sell a product and give a pretty good idea of what the message is. I looked at horror movie posters right from the beginning of the 20th Century through to the present age.
I learnt a few more techniques on Illustrator like tracing images and using the pen tool to create images. I id try my hand at using effects to render a different background as welll as gradients. It is still something that I'm working on perfecting.
Improvements – What I would have
changed if I had had more time
More
tutorials on Adobe Illustrator would have helped me make the background that I
had in mind. I would probably do a more minimalist look on a poster and using
type to explain the movie.I
would have done one or two more final posters in order to be able to choose the
better one.
Would I do it again?
I
feel that I would handle any other movie poster comfortably using the process
of research, making mood boards, sketching items and using Adobe Illustrator to
create the poster.
My understanding of it
Research
of the genre was important in order to see how design had changed during the
years. My take on it is that design has become simpler on horror movie poster
having been usually cluttered and literal in earlier years.
Overall Self Critique
From
the initial sketches and ideas of the final horror movie poster, the colors
that I had planned to use – my mind changed nearer to the end of the project. I
ended up using colors that depicted fire which were in this case red and
orange. I would say that I used the skill level that I had to the best of my
ability but could have done better. I
would say a good effort overall – 7 out of 10
