Blog Post #42: Post Card Recreation

So, since my other post card just wasn't living up to its expectations in my mind, I decided to remake it. My other post card did not have everything that a usual short film would have on it. This will only be a template for now until I insert the actual photo of my character and their surroundings into it. 

Here is my last post card: 

I feel like it would be okay if it weren't for the medals and the boring fonts, so when I remake it I will choose a bubbly font with less words in the short summary. I will also include the back side of the post card in this after more research on short film festivals and their actual awards.

What I mean by researching awards, is to find the actual images of the awards on short films. Usually, whenever a short film is good, they have awards from the specific film festival that the short film was featured in. For example, this image is one of the awards that could be seen on a thumbnail:

I think the most common thing about these awards is the leaves around them. Whether they're gold, black, or a different solid color, they're a symbol for high honor. This is what my film will be, so I am going to include these leaves in the post card instead of just regular awards. 

One thing I've noticed about most short film posters is the small text. This small text usually has all the credits for the smaller artists who contributed to the film. So, my version of this will be "Supervising Sound Editor GENEVIEVE LUDINGTON Post Production Supervisor KAITLYN LUDINGTON Cinematography GENEVIEVE LUDINGTON Digital Cinematography ERIC LUDINGTON Music Consultant GENEVIEVE LUDINGTON Editor GENEVIEVE LUDINGTON Production Design ANITA LUDINGTON Executive Producers BRAETON KOENIG and KAITLYN LUDINGTON Producer GENEVIEVE LUDINGTON Story by GENEVIEVE LUDINGTON Produced by GENEVIEVE LUDINGTON Witten and Directed by GENEVIEVE LUDINGTON"

I added so many "Ludingtons" into the text for a humorous yet eye-catching effect because it's not very often that you see an entire family working on a short film because usually families have their different interests. 

The process:

Obviously, this was the starting point which I have already explained.

Then, I decided to clear off all of the text on the image.

Here's where the awards come into play. I decided to use the Canva AI bot to edit the text on the awards to what would apply to my film.

I made some errors using the bot, but it was fairly easy to fix them due to the easy access that the bot has.

Unfortunately, the bot did not offer a remove background option, so I used a different website to remove the white background behind the leaves and text so that the award would be seamless. I used removebg.com for this step.

Then, to get a more accurate view of what a real review would be like, I used some reviews on IMBD.com from real users. I used the titles on their reviews for the most simplicity. 

The finished result: 

This is the finished result! I also included the short film title, along with the production name, credits towards the main character, and credits for the smaller editors and other workers in the film. For the background image, I will probably use one dramatic photo that is unreleased on social media. The photo will be a mid shot of the main character while a computer screen glows on their face.