This is the stage where I chose the tagline. I was aiming to create a tagline in a slightly different font to the title. In this case I chose a serif font with the lines ‘A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH!’ I chose this tagline as it matches with the title. It gives a little insight of the genre of the film and the possible events. In this case being that someone’s life is likely to be at risk. This is emphasised by the tagline. After reading the title of the film.

Having written down the tagline, I decided to add a little dramatic effect to the text. I came with the idea of blurring the text for that dramatic effect as illustrate aside. In order to achieve this blurry effect, I duplicated the text layer, then moved the original text layer down a little to create a over layered appearance which created a blurry effect on the text. I played around with the colour on the text to see which effect I found the most desirable. I was aiming to achieve a different shade of red through out the tagline to achieve a more sensational appearance.

I was playing around with the colours on the tagline with the reds. The first image looks as has some areas of red which is saturated with a magenta/pink colour. The aim here is to create a font which complements the film genre, and this pink effect defeats the purpose. As a result of that, I saturated with a different shade of red as a replacement (to the pink areas). This is illustrated by the image on the right

The text on the tagline of this piece of work appears to be a lot more realistic with shades of red throughout. The colour red complements the background colour and the text on the title.

I added an image which depicts an insight of the story of the film. In this case, there is some form of drug use included. The original image had colour, but I decided to change that appearance to black and white. I wanted to achieve an image which complements well with the title, and this was the outsome.

I prefer this piece of work to the one on the left hand side mainly because of colour which matches the title. This is also the main colour scheme which I particularly found to be desirable were black, white and red. This effect also complements the genre of the film. I didn’t have the intention to make this look too dramatic.

This is the stage where I selected the font and colour of the names. I chose to put these at the top in stead of the bottom or anywhere else because I had the intention of making the image as the main source of attention, therefore I did not intend to have it surrounded with text.

I played around with colours whilst deciding the colour to chose for the text on the names. I decided to use a pale grey instead of the white to allow the title to stand out more.

I then added a certificate of 15 and the date. I chose a 15 certificate as there is drug use included in the film. I also chose the date colour to be a light grey to complement other text. The date here is much bigger than the other text apart from the title. This is a feature that engages the audience attention, informing them the date when the film is out, and to persuade them to watch the film.

This is my final film cover.

Overall, the most noticeable features on this film cover is the title and the image. The title is much bigger than all the other texts since it is the main focal attention. It is also I a colour that is contrasted to the black background for a clear appearance. Being in capital letters also contributes to enabling the title to be the focal point. The image is another focal point which is actually the biggest feature. It takes up almost half of the page. The image and the title provides a little insight of what the film is about. The same goes with the tagline.

The tagline itself is in a red font. This is for the purpose of separating it from the title in a way that stands out from the other text. As mentioned before, I created this text in such a way that is blurry to depict a dramatic effect. The main subject in the tagline are the words ‘LIFE’ and ‘DEATH’. This is emphasized by the size of the words in comparison to the rest of the line.

The colours of the suggests that there is something ‘shady’ within the film. In this case, the film being a drama – thriller emphasises the genre, mainly because of red and black. Psychologically, other than the positive side of the colour red being that, is the colour of physical movement, and that is can be associated with love, it also connotes negative traits including: aggressive and domineering, over-bearing, tiring, angry and quick-tempered, ruthless, fearful and intolerant, rebellious and obstinate, resentful, violent and brutal. It all depends on how it is displayed and the situation. In this case, the tagline includes the words ‘LIFE’ and ‘DEATH’ in capital letters, as well as the image giving an insight of the plot of the film, the red suggests that there is something negative which happens in the film.

The certificate of this film is 15 as it includes drug use. This is also portrayed by the image included on the film cover.