AS Media - Typography Experiment - Silent Killer

The Brief:

- To create a title page using photoshop with the appropriate film name

Title ideas:

- The Watched
- EYESPY
- Silent Killer

My choice:

- Silent Killer

Why;

- The letter are easy to manipulated and it fits in well with my initial idea of a smoke effect and a bleeding effect.

Pictures of inspiration:

Blood dripping effect












Smoke lingering effect:

The Process:

Step 1:

Firstly I created the text with the credentials below with a screenshot illustrating the text.

 


Step 2:

Secondly I used the motion blur filter on the text to make the text seem more blurry so that it blended well with the smoke in the background.

 










Also using the credentials (above right) to create the effect of blur.

Step 3:

I inserted the image of the smoke that I chose as a new layer.

Step 4:

Using the layer screen function I made the smoke image into the background of the title page.

Step 5:

After this I started to change the opacity of the text to blend it in with the smoke and settled on the percentage below.

Step 6:

Using the blur tool below I blended the text into the shape and flow of the smoke in the background.












Step 7:

Using the same credentials as previously (except for font size) I created a secondary piece of text titled 'KILLER'

Step 8:

After this I decided to utilise the blood dripping idea within this piece of text with this in mind i decided that I wanted to have a red fading blood like effect.

I did this through using the satin layer style options, then I changed the colour from black to red.

Step 9:


After this I used the inspiration image of blood dripping to add onto the bottom of the 'KILLER' text. (left)







Step 10:
Then I decided to select varying sizes of blood drips (as seen below) and place them over the relevant letters.















This began to take shape and I decided to change the opacity of the layers so that the colours somewhat matched or were similar so that it did not look too strange.











Step 11:
I then finally linked all of the 'KILLER' text and blood drippings to complete the piece again changing the opacity so that it became easier to see as previously it was too faded.