#Add your photo to movie poster how to#

It is actually quite interesting because in the original novel she knows the milk is poisoned (and it was) and she gulps it down knowingly however in the 1941 movie, the milk is left untouched and there is an alternate ending (a car chase) which leaves viewers thinking whether or not Johhny was innocent or not proving how important this glass of milk is to the central theme of the movie.Īnyway, after reading about this glowing milk I just had to incorporate it into the poster some how so I focused around this point in my brainstorming and came up with the idea of showing Johnny just about to walk up the stairs to give her the poisoned milk – I wonder what he would be thinking? She fears that Johnnie now plots to poison her, and collect the money from her life insurance.” – In simple terms, she is so suspicious she can’t even trust a glass of milk from her husband. The movie as you guessed is based around suspicion and Lina, the wife of Johnny gets so suspicious of him that quoted from the plot synopsis “ She cannot even stay in the same room at night with him, and when he brings a simple glass of milk to her before bed, Lina is filled with dread. There is a story behind this cup which I will tell you know… Concept Behind My Posterįor my poster, the idea I came down to was using the “ infamous glowing cup” that was featured in the movie (illuminated by a hidden light to make it seem surreal) as seen above.

Remember to experiment and play around with your original ideas as you can always improve on your original ideas.

Go out and take the photos you need, get the material you need and begin creating the poster. CreationĪfter you believe you have an idea of where you want to go then this is the time to bring it to life. The best way to find out what should be on a poster is by looking at other poster designs. You should also consider other factors of the poster design such as the film title, classification, leading cast, distributors, directors, producers etc. A good starting point is at least 150ppi. Use a high resolution setting on your camera or scanner when digitising your concepts. You should also remember a poster is going to printed in a relatively large format so anything you do should be done using a high resolution.

Ordered – The sequence should be well-ordered and obvious.

Focused – It should focus and communicate on a single message.

Aesthetic – It should get attention so the message is delivered.

Remember the key poster design points that I outlined in this poster design tips post.

#Add your photo to movie poster how to#

I actually have written two articles on how to be creative and how to boost your creativity so you may want to check them out. Scratch that, not even worth scanning, I didn’t realise how bad they were.Īnyway this is a good time to get creative. You can see some of my sketches and brainstorming below. Be careful clicking on the link because it is a big load.Īfter a lot of research it was now time to start brainstorming up different concepts and poster designs for the movie. I also researched on what current movie posters looked like today and this site was a huge resource for me. You can see all of this in the image below. I read through the plot on Wikipedia highlighting important facts / figures / items as I went along and I gathered the frames below from the original trailer for the movie on YouTube as well as the original posters released for the movie which I found on imdb. I then researched into the film category which in this case was film noir. Lina starts believing her husband is a murderer and she fears that she could be his next victim. He meets and marries shy Lina Mclaidlaw, but after their honeymoon, the girl finds out Johnny’s true character and becomes suspicious of his behavior. Johnny Aysgarth is a handsome playboy who lives by borrrowing money from his friends.