Final Product and Appraisal

First of all I would like to say that I'm actually really happy with the poster that i've created. It's exactly what I wanted it to be. It's hip, edgy and unique. When it came to the text, I figured that it had to be bold because the background of the piece has quite a lot of depth and texture to it, so not all fonts would contrast well against it. I decided to go with the Stencil Font because I felt that it fit the theme of the festival. However, I only wanted the title of the festival to appear in the Stencil font. For the rest of the informative text, I used a plain impact text so it still appear bold, but different to the title.

The shape of Laura's body was really important to me. I tried to create an interesting body shape because apart from the text, she was going to be the main aspect of this poster. The shape compliments the text because she is edgy and almost jaggered with her body shape, in comparison to the text which is clean cut and simple.

Colour was an interesting aspect of my poster. My theme was based on punk rock, therefore I decided against using colour because I believe that this type of genre doesn't usually have a lot of colour related to it. For example, Punk and Rock music is quite often the type of music that "Emo" people listen to. "Emo" is a stereotype that has been created by the younger generation that means "Emotional", which is similar to being "Gothic". They usually dress in all black and wear very heavy make up, even including the boys.
There for, to keep the theme authentic, I stuck to using black and white for my poster.

We went to a local primary school to take these photos. I was very careful about what I wanted in the background of my photo. I decided that the trees and grass created great texture and depth for the photograph. Especially the leaves. It gives the poster a rough, edgy effect which fits in perfectly with the theme.

Finally, you will notice that there is negative space on the right of the poster. I felt that it was necessary to have a space on the poster where it was purely just the photograph with nothing on to of it distracting you from the photograph. I feel that the negative space gives the poster a breath of fresh air, and helps with the viewer not becoming overwhelmed with the information.