Week Three

FREE TIME:

This week i will be looking at the basics of Adobe Encore in my own time, browsing YouTube videos about DVD front end authoring.  I will them start my own little project to see if i can put these basic skills into practice.

I have now completed my Unit 58 assignment about DVD front ends and regioning.  This is ready for submission on Thursday AM.

COLLEGE TIME:

This week we will be completing the film posters ready for handing them in at the end of the week, once this is complete we will be starting to do sketches for our DVD front end design.  I have already started to look at encore and after effects tutorials to get a basic understanding of the new pieces of software.

Last week we did our first photoshop workshop in which i learnt a couple of new things, the first thing i learnt was that you can backtrack so if you make a mistake you can press Ctrl + Alt + Z this take you back more than once.  the second thing i learnt in the workshop was the Background Eraser Tool this is much better than the magic wand tool, you can change how much tolerance you get, ranging from just the 1 colour through to many.  The last thing i got taught was the difference between RGB and CMYK Colours the RGB is geared for web / internet and the CMYK is for print.

The things i have considered when i have been designing the poster is the iconology such as the font, background images, and colours.  Also a very important thing that needs to be considered is the rule of thirds, and the colour composition.

The canvas type as its for print is it needs to be between 150 - 300 dpi, this is so the clarity of the picture is higher and reduces the chance for graining.  The colour ratio needs to be set up as CMYK and not RGB.

Film Poster


After alot of different ideas, i have finally completed my film poster.  I will not be making any adjustments to it as i feel the composition of the poster fits in with the Rule of Thirds.

We have now moved onto DVD Menu design, looking at getting an initial idea and researching existing horror films (horror is my choosen genre), i have started to do a brain storm and look at ways in which i can gather information together for my proposal.

Over the weekend i will try and find out more about film budgets and what exactly is included in them.  So by monday i will have a better idea when it comes to my proposal to put to Simon, Andy or Harry.  I will also be making some phone calls and e-mails to film production companies in terms of how much camera crews, boom mics, and recording studios will cost for making the interactive dvd menu.

I will update any findings and additional information on either the Week 4 blog or in a specific DVD menu blog that will be updated weekly.