KEY PHOTOGRAPH No 2

My plan for this photo was for it to be my main image for the poster and the DVD cover. Originally I was going to have the fist a more of a human colour but after putting the image into the poster I felt it needed to come across much darker. For this photo I didn't need to frame the photo because I knew I was going to be cropping it completely anyway.

I chose this photo because it looked the lightest and I felt it would work the best with the rest of the images. Compared to the other images this one had the the most consistent light over the whole hand compared to the others which had dark patches. For what I had in mind for the photo this was important.

For this photo I cropped out all of the background using the magic wand tool leaving just the fist. After that I felt the colours didn't fit in with the rest of the product so using the exposure tool I darkened the image significantly until it was at the stage you can see now.

At this point I was happy how the photo turned out. I think it came out at a high enough quality for me to want to use it in my final product. I believed this photo at this stage would fit with the rest of the images and will add to the idea that this film will be an action thriller and a 15. With the image of a fist it gives the idea of violence without making it seem to obvious.

I think this photo was a large part of the success of my whole poster. With it being the main image it needed to attract people and make people want to view the film and I feel like thats is exactly what it did. I feel it ties in with the rest of the images and contrasts enough with the background to make it stand out to the viewers.