Just like any other poster, a movie poster is a marketing tool that seeks to convince anyone looking at the poster why they should not miss out on the movie.
Here are a few points to remember on how to make a movie poster.
When doing artistic work, it is good to have a relaxed and composed mind, it will help you think more creatively and will spare you in-efficient hours spent on trying to come up with a poster that doesn’t seem to work out.
Get to know what excites your target group with respect to the movie. For instance, in movies, a mere mention of a character that drives his audience crazy could be enough to pull the whole crowd to the movie, let that person be highlighted on your poster.
Get all the resources that you need for the picture right. Get the right pictures for the actors/actresses; get the right background mixture, the right wordings, and the right colors.
Let us do a simple poster in PowerPoint;
Open power point on your start menu, there will be a blank page-normally white. With this blank page you get to design your movie poster.
You could consider changing the background color to suit your theme of the movie. Let’s consider a movie that runs a very sad story-the death of a hero, it is a dark movie, you would probably want to have the background black, or a not so bright and romantic sunset picture, or a dark forest with a lonely path, think of something that matches the theme. To do this, for power point 2007 you go to either design, then select background designs or go to insert and insert a picture of your choice that portrays the theme
As mentioned earlier you could also include the center of piece of something that excites you. If we take for instance an actor, have his picture with the background removed so that you retain the background that you have created (to remove the background, you may need advanced software like ulead or Photoshop). Paste the image of the actor/s on the background and resize it to your desired size. Place it strategically to bring it out conspicuously.
The details of what, who, when and where can now be added, be sure to have these details catchy, short, simple, and clear.
Do final touches and proof reading to make sure you come up with the best out of the movie poster. You can add borders if you like and use different font sizes on word to make it more appealing and colorful.
The more practice you get with PowerPoint, it will help you to create a movie poster that you will be proud of. You can also Google for web tutorials on how to make a movie poster and you will find tons of designs that you can get inspiration from.
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