Reflection - 29/10/2010

In today's lesson, I got all the posters done! I had worked on them during my spare time after school so that helped in getting them done sooner. I used a lot of masks and soft brushes to complete my poster but I also had to change the colours to make it look more like a horror film.

This was the picture I used:










And these were the posters that were created from it:

Reflection - 27/10/2010

In today's lesson, I started on my poster. I decided that instead of doing an official poster that I would do three teaser posters instead. What I'm planning to do is have Eve's (Elena) poster as the main one and the other two characters will have posters with the same design.

Eve's poster - Have Eve's dead body and her face which will be a light blue colour. The words FATE will be written in white but the A will be in red with a blood trail falling down from the bottom.

Alex's poster (me) - It will have my face but it will be in red while the rest of the background is black. The words FATE will be written in white but the A will be in red with a blood trail falling down from the bottom.

Jenny's poster (Zheirleen) - It will have her face but it will be in red while the background is black. The words FATE will be written in white but the A will be in red with a blood trail falling down from the bottom.

I managed to get my poster done (it took so long because of all the cropping, cutting and layers I had to do) so next lesson I'll do Eve's and then Jenny's.

Reflection - 26/10/2010

YAY! I stayed behind after school today and I got all the pictures I needed for my website! In tomorrow's lesson, I am planning to get started on my poster and once that's done, I'll do my website (I already have all the information I need so that can wait).

Reflection...I hate Macs

Ok, I really hate macs and any time of quicktime player file. None of them will open on my desktop meaning I can't do any work. I thought I just couldn't open the movie but turns out I can't open any work! This is very annoying so tomorrow afternoon I will be staying behind after school to get this done.

Reflection - 25/10/2010

In today's lesson I spent most of it playing around in iWeb. I now know how to do everything so next lesson I will start putting everything together for my website. I also got all the pictures and clips from Elena so tonight I will do a proper view of my website.

Homework - Do a proper view and poster for my website.

Developing the "Look and Feel" of my promotional campaign

Elements of Design
• Warm colours – crimson/black/bits of orange and yellow
• Tone -Strong contrasts between light and dark on the subject (tarot card)
-Dark and harsh
• Shape -A mixture of organic and geometric
• Form -Mainly geometric
• Line -Expressive, a mixture of jagged and flowing

Principles of Design
• Movement -Directs the viewer around the artwork by the lines, colour, tone and shapes
• Balance -Asymmetrical but tone and colours will balance out the website
• Unity -Cohesive quality creating a sense of balance
• Contrast -Differences in the elements to create dramatic effects – contrasting colour/texture/line
• Pattern -Repetition of elements
• Harmony -Pleasing arrangement of visual language to create a feeling of rightness or balance – harmonious use of colour/texture/background image to create feeling/balance.

Overall Feel
The overall feel I am trying to get from my audience is one of wonder and fear. I want to drawn them in with the mystery of the tarot cards yet I want them to be on the edge of their seats in fear. The atmosphere will be dark but clean and I’m hoping to be able to create such emotions like fright and anonymity.

How I will do this:
Tarot Cards – Tarot cards are largely involved with predicting the fate of someone so if I plan everything out correctly, then the tarot cards will draw the viewer in by using emotions such as wonder and curiosity.

Fright/Horror – By using dark colours, shapes, form and lines, I am hoping to create a frightening atmosphere and draw out emotions such as horror and fright from the viewer.

Website Layout
Font: Viner Hand ITC or Baskerville Old Face


























Target Audience
The target audience I am aiming for is older teens to young adults. The website may also draw people who like horror/thriller movies as well but my main goal is older teens to young adults.

MY AWESOME DREAM!!!

Okay were to start. If I go to bed thinking about something in great depth, than I tend to dream about it. Anyway, so last night I went to bed thinking about Creative Media and all the work I still have to do and I had this amazing dream! I dreamt that I was sitting at a large crimson red table and there were rows of cards laid out in front of me. I felt something in my hand and when I raised my hand I saw that my wrisit had been sliced and I was holding several tarot cards, three which had pictures of myself, Elena and Zheirleen. The scene then switched to where we did the spell and a tarot card appeared before it disappeared and the words "accept the things to which fate binds you" appeared!

Thinking about it now, I can use that for my tagline and the tarot cards can be used for the poster and the website layout!!!