My images in the iPad format.

These are a few of my images shown on the iPad and where the text would be situated within the image. I have an iPad of my own and I have uploaded the images on it to get more of a knowledge of how they would look on the screen. This especially helped me with being able to decide on a font for the text and the size. The text size is currently size 11 but unfortunately in these images the text is really small so you can't see it very well but it when viewing it on the screen on the iPad it seems to be big enough to read on the screen but not interfere with the image. I also chose a very simple type 'Helvetica' so that it was easy to read and i was advised that the 'Helvetica' font can afford to be made much smaller and still look fancy and intricate whilst being readable at the same time.

My first print outs of the images in the iPad format, the text was perhaps too big and too bright as I chose the colour white for the text and with all my images featuring on a black background this was perhaps too much of a contrast and made the text scream out too much. The two images at the top are examples of me exploring different colours for the texts such as a very light grey or a mustard, ginger colour which is featured in every one of my images so this made them synchronize with each other and they looked more as though they are part of a set.

Theatre posters on Hansel and Gretel

I have printed out these designs for theatre posters at A2 size, unfortunately I was only able to print them on a much thinner paper and with less shine so the prints didn't have that flourish and rich colour quality the other images printed in the iPad format have. For the final show I will have these posters printed out A2 like these ones or perhaps even A1.

I have done two different versions of each poster ( they have all been printed out) but i thought these are the ones that worked the best. I happy with the layout of the image with the type, I think they are easy to read and are quite eye catching. I think they all work very nicely as a set and the images don't give too much away if it were a performance.

The top poster with the 'Hansel and Gretel' title doesn't quite work yet, as i'm not happy with the word 'and' in the image. It doesn't seem to fit within the image. It looks as though I have just tried to squeeze it in. I tried several versions of the type with my tutor Gary but when I printed it out we both agreed that it still wasn't working. I think this is something I need to work on for the show. Despite the 'and' not working i'm really happy with the composition of the image, the text is encased in the arch of the fire which puts the main focus upon the most important element to the image. I like the contrast of the dark fire and the colourful letters made from sweets, they look like they could melt in the fire.

On my first versions of the posters I was using 'The Palace Theatre' logos instead of the 'Royal Exchange' logo which was black text on a white background. I think the 'Royal Exchange' one works much better as its white text on a black ground and helps it to blend into the background, makes it much more subtle.

Final images with text for the iPad

These images are almost finished as they are in the right format and the text has been added to them in the appropriate places. I think the size of the text and colour still needs work and on some of the images there is a black line from when I printed off the images, my tutor Ian noticed it and thought it cropped the images too harshly so I think a bit of blurring on the harsh line above the text will improve them quite a lot but overall I am really pleased with the images as sets, they all seem to sit nicely together because they have similar colour palettes.

The two landscape images at the top, are examples of what they might look when you tip the iPad and view the images landscape. I had the idea that when you tipped it either way the images could change slightly, this might make it that extra exciting or hold that little bit more intrigue.
I think I prefer the two landscape images of the woodcutter and the witch as they work better with more space around the figures. They can breathe more.

Bird and bread crumb image

When I showed my tutor Ian the bird image his feedback was really helpful because I didn't know what else to do with the image, after looking at it so long. He suggesting putting a white line or use a colour from the trees and draw around the shape of the head and the left hand side of the wing to highlight the bird because in the previous image, the bird seem to be swallowed up by the darkness. I took his advice and tried doing that with the line but it didn't seem to look natural it might have been because of my very basic skills at Photoshop but instead I used some different trees to highlight the shape of the bird instead, I think this works effectively because the bird now looks as though its emerging from the darkness. It has an ominous feel to it which portrays that part of Hansel and Gretel well, as the birds are what condemn Hansel and Gretel to being lost in the woods.

Hansel and Gretel

These images are to show how I got to my final image of the Hansel and Gretel. The bottom two are the original photographs I had taken of the set. I have had to add depth to the image by adding thinner, different trees. Because I made the characters legs and hand black they have gotten lost in the black background so I have also had to highlight the hands and the legs with the same colour skin tone I have used for the faces.

The witch

This is the witch image and how i've developed it. I had to re-photograph the witch three times in three different sets because I couldn't get the right shot of her. Eventually after the third photographing session I had several photographs to choose from. Unfortunately the photograph I chose for the final image only shows the witch's head, arm and walking stick. The detail on the cloak with all the liquorice is hidden but I felt that the image I chose looked more effective with the witch peering out from the bush. It looks more creepy.

Hansel and Gretel half finished animation

I have added a bit more animation, for more ideas as to what could happen when producing ideas for interaction. I took Ian Murray's advice/ideas for the title 'Hansel and Gretel' appearing on the screen for the first few moments and perhaps they could move? Well this was me taking his advice on board and then changing it around for what worked best for me.