Chosen picture and it's changes.

   Before

After

This is the chosen picture. We have chosen this as the most preferred pose as the actress (me) is herself and not the character starring in the film, the inspiration for including the bat was from the total FILM front cover were the actor is himself but with blood on his face suggesting the violence from a film that he is featured in.

This picture went through a few changes on different editing software.

Background - The original photo was taken against a plain background, this background however was not a solid white, so using the Photoshop pen tool and magic wand I removed the background so it was transparent ,meaning when placed on a white background, it looks as if that was how it was originally taken. Editing the hair was difficult, as the magic wand could not do this properly, however I used a tool called Refine Edge, which does a good job at working out where each strand of hair was. There is a small issue with bits being left around the hair but these can be removed by a eraser or can be hidden by well placed puffs or text.

Lighting - The lighting in the original photo was bad, we wanted to shoot on a flat background so it was easy to edit but that means being inside with less natural light. Due to not being able to afford expensive lighting equipment we tried our best to put light on the face, knowing a lot of brightening would need to be done on Photoshop. We were not completely uncomfortable with this idea, as several magazine front covers are heavily edited.


Body-  I have edited the body ever so slightly, bringing in the waist so there is an equal shape on each side. It came out well, as it does not look like I have edited the body at all. I used the bulge and pinch tool on fotoflexer.com.
The pose is sexualised slightly because of were the hand is placed and the plain facial expression. Viewers of magazines are used to seeing this so using this pose will help give the cover a professional look like other top magazines. Red lipstick, dress and nails has purposely been used to show fear, death and violence. It also matches the colouring on the bat and will suit the red title we plan on using,