Movie Posters

Hello Everyone,
I apologize for being absent. Seniors! You are down to 3 days to complete your movie posters. Some helpful hints for the best grades:

--Check your fonts. MANY people are not finding fonts that are actually close to the originals.
--Check your LEVELS. We get so caught up in special effects, fonts, and models that we forget to check the basics like levels.
--Is your lighting correct? Check where the light is hitting the model in the poster, and then check yours. Do they match?
--Ask your neighbor for help! Don't be shy. There are multiple ways to do anything in photoshop. Your neighbor might have a tip or trick to help you figure something out.

If you have a legit emergency question, you can usually leave a comment here and I can respond to you pretty quickly.

I will create turn-in folders tomorrow :) 

I would prefer if you do not use cameras today. If it is an emergency necessary for your final, you can use cameras on an as-needed basis and please let the sub know where you are going and for how long. 

1. Think of a THS school activity/theme that you would like to create a poster for.   Examples Sports, Clubs, THS Classes, or make up your own THS activity.                                                                                                              
2. -POSTER IDEA= You will find design ideas for poster on http://www.movieposter.com/. The posters on these websites are professionally designed.  Take their professional poster ideas and your theme to create a poster, use the professional poster to borrow ideas for composition placement of objects, text font, color, and techniques.  Remember your poster should look very close to the professional movie poster you found on the internet with the exception of the photographs which should your own photos. 
3. -Pick a poster design that is challenging and not too easy.  If you select a poster design that is too easy you will not receive full credit for this project.  You need to start on a blank Photoshop document and create your own poster.   You borrow ideas from the professional poster to create your own poster
4. -IMAGE SIZE= In Photoshop, you can choose from these poster sizes 8X12, 11X14, or 12X18 and set the document @ 300 resolution. 

1. Today you will open that WORD document you answered Haring questions in.

2. Insert your finished Haring work in the document.

3. Tell me under your work: What is the message or meaning behind your piece? What is happening there?

4. Drop your WORD document with your finished image inserted, into the turn-in folder.

Check your Haring!

Your finished product should have the basic components of a Keith Haring drawing. This includes:

--Smooth black outlines
--Bright colors
--Patterns
--Can you tell what your people are doing? Is there meaning?

Adelo's "Welcome to America" (above) has all these qualities, as does Eric's "Error" (below).

Forgot how to outline?

0. Create a new blank layer
1. Set your color to default black
2. Set your BRUSH tool to the size you want your outline, with 100% hardness and 100% flow/opacity
3. Using PEN TOOL, do a dot to dot outline of your person
4. Right click and select "Stroke path"
5. Select "Brush" from the drop down and click OK
6. Hit "escape" on your keyboard to get rid of the old path

Keith Haring

Do a Google Image search of KEITH HARING to take a look at the man and his work.

Then do a regular Google search to answer these simple questions in a new WORD document:

1. What years was Keith Haring alive, and where did he live?

2. How would you describe his pictures (Hint: what are the elements of art he seems to use most?)

3. Keith Haring was known for putting his drawings over advertisements in the subway, and using his art to create awareness. What cause was he creating awareness for?

4. Haring died young, from what disease?

5. What are your thoughts on his style, and WHY?

In this project, you will make your own Keith Haring design derived from a photograph. Take several photos involving at least 2 or more people. They need to be doing some sort of action or communicating some kind of emotion which involves body language, since Keith Haring’s people do not have faces to convey emotion. Brainstorm and shoot at least 3 different scenes, as this will give you back up options if one photo does not work out well.

THINK/PLAN: What lines do you need to add to suggest actions like moving or talking?

THINK/PLAN: What Haring-style patterns can you fill areas with to add visual interest without becoming too “busy”?

THINK/PLAN: Haring was an activist. He made pictures which commented on human emotion and actions. What emotions or actions will your picture convey? What are you saying about the human condition?

In Progress:

Finished:

Another student example: