MOVIE POSTER PARODY
Photoshop editing was majorly relied on to create this movie poster.
The original image (shown on the left) was downloaded at a large size making it easier to work with and prevent pixilation.
The title, slogan and name of my movie poster were the first to be changed. The stamp tool was used to remove the letters and replace them with the background to make it seem as if they were never there. This proved to be a challenge when it came to recreating patterns in the building and the shards of glass falling from behind the title but extra care was taken to make it fit. To do this, the alt button has to be held down while clicking on the section which needs to be copied. For example, when I was copying the skyscraper pattern, I made sure that I clicked on the intersection of the windows and then started from where this spot should be in the edited version. The alt button is released when painting over the layer but each time the target needs to be changed, starting from a new position, it will need to be held again. This process was repeated many times before I was happy with the final image.
Next, my headshot photo was taken in my own time at home and placed into a new Photoshop document. The first thing I did here was deleting all the background space from around my head by using the magic wand. Once this feature is selected from the side bar, the areas which need to be removed are selected by clicking and just pressing the back space button. However, the edges needed to be refined for each cut so that the final product did not appear pixelated. To do this, once the parts are selected, I right clicked and went into the option named refine edge and moved the smooth and feather sliders around until I was happy with the cut that it would take.
The product was copied and pasted into a new layer on the original edited document and the size was changed to make my head fit on to Taylor's. I deliberately left some of my neck behind when I was using the magic wand so when I copied it to the poster, I could use the eraser tool to make it fit into the V-neck of his shirt.
The next problem was that the colouring of my skin compared to his was completely wrong so to overcome this, I went to the top toolbar and clicked image, went to adjustments and played around with the levels of brightness, vibrance and hue & saturation.
Once I was happy with the final product of my movie poster, I saved it as a JPEG and uploaded it.
The original image (shown on the left) was downloaded at a large size making it easier to work with and prevent pixilation.
The title, slogan and name of my movie poster were the first to be changed. The stamp tool was used to remove the letters and replace them with the background to make it seem as if they were never there. This proved to be a challenge when it came to recreating patterns in the building and the shards of glass falling from behind the title but extra care was taken to make it fit. To do this, the alt button has to be held down while clicking on the section which needs to be copied. For example, when I was copying the skyscraper pattern, I made sure that I clicked on the intersection of the windows and then started from where this spot should be in the edited version. The alt button is released when painting over the layer but each time the target needs to be changed, starting from a new position, it will need to be held again. This process was repeated many times before I was happy with the final image.
Next, my headshot photo was taken in my own time at home and placed into a new Photoshop document. The first thing I did here was deleting all the background space from around my head by using the magic wand. Once this feature is selected from the side bar, the areas which need to be removed are selected by clicking and just pressing the back space button. However, the edges needed to be refined for each cut so that the final product did not appear pixelated. To do this, once the parts are selected, I right clicked and went into the option named refine edge and moved the smooth and feather sliders around until I was happy with the cut that it would take.
The product was copied and pasted into a new layer on the original edited document and the size was changed to make my head fit on to Taylor's. I deliberately left some of my neck behind when I was using the magic wand so when I copied it to the poster, I could use the eraser tool to make it fit into the V-neck of his shirt.
The next problem was that the colouring of my skin compared to his was completely wrong so to overcome this, I went to the top toolbar and clicked image, went to adjustments and played around with the levels of brightness, vibrance and hue & saturation.
Once I was happy with the final product of my movie poster, I saved it as a JPEG and uploaded it.