Poster Construction

Firstly, I used coloured fills to of cyan and magenta to create a lilac background after experimenting with the shades of the two colours. I then cut out the subject from the image with the quick selection tool and cut the background. 

Next, I used the liquify function on the Filter drop down menu to create a blurred liquidation of the subject's head so symbolise the explosion of his mind with the schizophrenic voices and hallucinations he experiences. 

Thirdly, I duplicated the cut out of the subject, filled that with an overlay, set that to the vived light texture and moved it slightly to the left so symbolise the subject being almost out-of-body, when he does something int he film that he wouldn't do if he was sane. 

I then used a glass texture, set it to the hard mix filter, and then overlayed it to give the background texture and make is look visually interesting. It symbolises the smashing of the subject's life. 

I then added the text that I had created, in the form of: the credit bar, the released date, and the masthead/title. The title was made by using a fairly standard font, making it capital and bold, and then filling it with a rust texture and setting this texture to the hard mix filter. 

I then added the logos of the company that would make the film, Level Up Studios, and the Distributor, Icon Films. I also added the tagline, for which I made each line slightly different to represent uncertainty, suspense, and lack of control. 

Finally, I overlayed an image of folded paper and turned down the opacity and the fill so that it looks like my poster is a bit old and has been used a lot.