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For my poster, I wanted to make it big so it stood out but I didn't want to make it too bright as Child Abuse is a serious matter. I took a few photos to use for the background of my poster - here are some of the picture that I had taken.
These are pictures that I had taken of my sister, I used a few props for this, I used my flash on my camera, paper, pen, hair brush and hair spray. Me and my sister went into a dark room and got loads of different angles of shots, in focus, out of focus, different facial expressions so then I made many to pick from to use as my main picture. After I uploaded them onto my computer I then edited a few of them on photoshop, making them black and white and then also changed highlights and shadows using curves and levels this made the picture look more darker and deeper than what it did do just black and white.
I liked these pictures more after I edited them and then I went forward to chose this one I wanted to use for my background on my poster. My favourite one was this one out of them all -
I liked this image because I feel like it shows loads of emotion to it, her facial expressions explains the picture it self and stands out more, I like how dark the background had gone on this as it made the writing stand out on her mouth a lot more.
After I chose which picture I was using, I put it as the background - once that was done, I had to try and find a little meaning that meant a lot about child abuse in just a short sentence. I chose this "childhood should be living with laughs and games not living a nightmare in the darkness" this sums up what every little child life should intake. I put this at the bottom of my poster with loads of different numbers and websites that people can visit when they need help with child abuse, advise, or support.
I really liked the pictures that I had taken of my sister as I feel like they show loads of emotion and shows what children are like when they are facing some sort of child abuse.
If I was to do this project again, I would probably use another subject to base on, something that I have experience or known somebody that has been through it as then I feel like it would be easier to find out information and get a better understanding on my project so I would know what people would like/find helpful. I would try and do a booklet instead of a poster as a poster doesn't have much information on as a booklet can tell people a lot more. I would also try and get a few different pictures instead of all of them similar as I think it would make the poster more noticeable.
Here is my final poster -
As you can see I made the title nice and bright so that it stands out and is clear of the point I am trying to get across. I gave some websites and phone number that I got off the internet so that if people were to see the poster they would know who to contact or would have different internet sites to look at for information.
In my proposal I had to do a 6 week schedule on how I wanted my work time to be separated to make sure that I had enough time for everything.
For my first week, I did loads of research to get a better understanding, this helped me loads at first as it gave me a better understanding of different types of child abuse and the actions that can be taken.
My second week I wanted to try and get a little more information, so I thought about doing a questionnaire for people, as I thought that primary information would give me a little more information about how the child feels personally.
My third week I did some photography, I got loads of different angles and shots, I gave myself a full day for this as then I didn't have to worry about rushing about and made sure that I had really good, suitable photos for my poster.
My fourth week, I spend a little more time taking some more pictures, and then I started editing them on photoshop putting them in the same theme as my poster, I spent this week getting all my picture how I wanted them for when they went on my poster.
My fifth week, I thought about the rest of my poster. The title, little catchy lines, bold, bright lettering. I looked at different fonts that would stand out more. I found this really helpful that I gave myself a full lesson for this as I thought this was really important.
My final week, I put everything together and making sure that it was up to a good standard and I thought it was, then I started on this, I enjoyed doing my evaluation as when looking back on all the stuff I've done for this project, I found it really good and learnt loads of stuff from it.
