Poster Project: Psychoactive

Film Poster Project                                 Film: Psychoactive

Psychoactive Plot:

Middle class worker  (protagonist) encounters drug trafficker (Anti-hero) who gets the middle class worker involved in his illegal activities and his debt from a mob boss, that has his men hunt them down throughout the film.

Through the film the characters also encounter other funny and interesting characters that bring more

conflict to their mayhem adventure.

Genre: Action, Adventure and Dark Comedy.

Using Adobe Photoshop CS6 created this poster.

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1.)

This was an image I found which is a picture taken of a California road. I used this for the background of the poster.

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2.)

I used the 'Patch' tool to patch the red logo on the picture.

I then added the title of the film, and a colour for the font. Using the 'Horizontal Tool'.

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After adding colour to the font I then added a cartoon Cannabis leaf to link with the title name. I used this as a replacement for the dot in the low capital I. 

I also merged both layers in to one, including the leaf layer and the font layer. I used the 'Merge down' tool to do this.

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4.)

I added the first object after creating the font which was the Cadillac.
I first browsed the internet for an image of a 1964 Cadillac, facing the front of the car.
This was the picture used for the poster.

After selecting the image I then started to cut out the image using the 'Magnetic Lasso Tool' 

I then moved the image using the 'Move Tool'

With using the 'Move Tool', I then placed it into the poster and moved it into a suitable position.

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5.)

I then browsed the internet to find a posed T-Rex, This was the image I found.
I used a Dinosaur for the film poster to link it to the film. The T-Rex shows up in the film by one of the characters that illuminates a T-Rex in the side mirror of the car their in.

Once I imported the image into photoshop. I then used the 'Magnetic Tool' to cut the image out.

I then used the 'Move Tool' to import the T-Rex into the poster.

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6.)

This was my Sketch of the poster idea I had in mind.
I created a sketch of one of the characters to be in the poster. This gave me a visual idea of where I wanted to have the character positioned.

I used this shirt for the character's appearance in the sketch to suit his characteristics.

After sketching one of the characters in the film, I decided to have real people to add in the poster instead of having cartoon characters.

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7.)

These were the photo's I had taken to add into the poster.

After taking the shot, I then inserted the camera's memory card into 'Apple mac' and imported the picture into photoshop.

I then used the 'Magnetic Tool' to cut the person out.

After cutting the person out I then imported them into the poster. Using the 'Move Tool'.

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8.)

After importing the image I added aviators (glasses) on the person.

These were the glasses I used for the person.

I searched the internet to find a suitable and use able image.

I then used the 'Magnetic Tool' to cut the glasses out.

After cutting the glasses out I then imported them into the poster. Using the 'Move Tool'.

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I then did the same formula to import the image into the 'Apple mac' and opened up photoshop.

During this photo shoot, I had rolled up some prop paper for a real effect of having a substance in their mouth.

I then used the 'Magnetic Tool' to cut the person out.

After cutting the person out I then imported them into the poster. Using the 'Move Tool'.

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10.)

I then changed the roll paper to a textured substance.
I browsed the internet to find a suitable image that can be use able for my poster.

I used the 'Magnetic Tool' to cut out the object of the image.

After cutting the object out, I then imported the object
 into the poster.

Using the 'Move Tool'.
And replaced the roll paper with the image I cut out.

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11.)

I then added a light touch of red to the eyes of the person for a look of effect. I used the 'Brush tool' to make the eyes red.

I then increased the size of the font and changed the colour.
I increased the size by using the Transform tool on the edit menu.
And changed the colour of the font, I changed 'active' to black instead of red to make it stand out more.

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12.)

I then add BBFC age rating logo of 18 to the poster.

I searched the internet to find a suitable image.

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DVD sleeve design 

This is my design for the DVD Sleeve for Psychoactive.

Front Cover

1.)

I first set the size of the image for the cover using the measurements I took from a manufactured DVD sleeve.  

• Width: 13cm
• Height: 18.4cm

This is the texture I used to have as the background of the cover.
I searched the internet to find this image.

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2.)

I then add the signature title of the film to the front cover.

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3.)

Once I added the title of the film onto the cover, I then added a featured design.

I used the 'Rectangular Marquee Tool'

I also used the 'Paint Bucket Tool" to give a featured effect. By using the paint bucket tool on the sand background it allowed me to get a gritty tone to the background.

I used it for the top of the frame and near enough the bottom of the frame.

'Paint Bucket Tool'

I used the colors White and Black

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4.)

After finishing the background I then imported the image from the psychoactive poster. 

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Once I had imported the image I then started to add text to the cover.

I first added name tags of the people included in the image.

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I then added the Tag Line of the film.

I used the 'Horizontal Type Tool' to create text in the cover.

Once I had typed out the text, I then changed the colour to green to link with the film and make the font  stand out. Once I had added the colour to the text I then used an outline to the text, using the 'Layer Style Tool'.

As you can see I used the Stroke style, Outer Glow style and the Drop Shadow style to create this look.

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7.)

Once I had finished the tag line on the cover I then moved on to adding a star rating feature to the cover.

To do this I used the 'Horizontal Type Tool' to create stars (I typed *****).

I then changed the colour of the font to Red and then used the 'Layer Style Tool'.

As you can see I used the Stroke style, Inner Shadow style, Colour Overlay style, Gradient Overlay style and the Drop Shadow style.

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After finishing the star rating I then moved on to inserting a DVD logo on the cover, the logo I chose was black I had searched and found it using the internet.

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Once I had imported the DVD logo I then imported a BBFC 18 age rating onto the cover this was the same on I used for the film poster.

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This is my complete front cover DVD Sleeve for my film 'Psychoactive'.

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Back Cover.

• Width: 13 cm
• Height: 18.4 cm

1.)

I started off with the same design from the front cover.

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After getting the background for the cover I then added another slot of black on the bottom of the cover.

To do this I used the 'Rectangular Marquee Tool' to select the exact spot I wanted to fill in. To fill the gap in I used the 'Paint Bucket Tool'.

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Once I had filled in the bottom of the cover I then move onto, creating a gritty background to the back cover. I first used the colour white and grey to get a different effect than the front cover.

I used the Paint Bucket Tool to do this.

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Once I had finished the background of the cover I then started to add features to the background.

I first added text to the back cover, using the 'Horizontal Type Tool' and the Font Options.

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Once I added the text I then added the Blurb to the back cover.

Once I had added the blurb to the cover I then used the Layer Style tool to make it stand out.

As you can see I added the Bevel & Emboss tool and the Stroke tool.

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After adding the blurb I then added another feature to the cover, I added the age rating to the cover which is 18.

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After adding the age rating to the cover I then added the DVD logo to the cover.

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Once I had added the DVD logo, I then added a bar code to the cover, but it mite just be a bar code for a tin of beans?

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9.)

I then added a film production company's logo onto the back cover.

I created this my self, I created it to give it a little humor.

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Once I added the production company I then added a revolver that is used for the film.
I browsed the internet to find a useable image for editing.

 Once I had imported the image into Photoshop I then used the Magnetic Lasso Tool to cut the image out.

I then started to edit the image I used the rotating tool to rotate the image into a suitable place.

Once I had the image into a good place I then started editing the look of the gun including; shadows.
I used the Drop Shadow tool from the layer style menu to create a good effect on the gun on the cover.

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11.)

After adding the gun I then moved onto adding a stack of U.S Dollar's to the cover, after all the film is set in America.

I first browsed the internet to search for a useable image for editing.

once I had found the image I then began to cut the image out by using the Magnetic lasso Tool.

After cutting the image i then started giving the image a look of effect to make sure the image can blend with the cover.
For this image I used the Inner Shadow tool and the Drop Shadow tool from the layer style menu.

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Once I had finished the U.S Dollars image I then moved onto making photo's within the cover.

I first search the internet for certain locations from the film including; Las Vegas, New Mexico and Los Angeles.

Once I had collected the images that were suitable for editing I then began editing.

I used the Magnetic Lasso Tool to cut the images out.

After cutting them out I then used the Layer Style menu to use the Stroke tool to give the image an effect of being a photograph the thickness size I used was 13.
I did the same for each individual one, I also used the Drop Shadow tool.

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This is my complete version of my DVD Sleeve Back cover.

Side Cover.

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1.)

I first mesured the height and width of an manufactured DVD sleeve of the side cover.

• Height: 19cm
• Width: 1cm

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2.)

After measuring the sleeve I then designed the background of the side cover.
I filled the background in white to make the title and the logo stand out.

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3.)

I then added a logo to the cover which was a cannabis leaf.

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4.)

After adding the logo I then added the title.
using the 'Horizontal Type Tool'.

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5.)

Once I added the title I then added the age rating BBFC 18.

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6.)

After adding the age rating of the film I then added the DVD logo to the cover.