2025 - Movie Posters in Photopea

• Computing
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

2025 - Movie Posters in Photopea

Coldcall

Why do movies companies create movie posters?

KO - Use photo editing software to create a poster to advertise a movie

All - Investigate movie posters and identify their purpose 

Most - Create a movie poster that is fit for purpose 

Some - Understand the reasoning behind using graphics for targetted promotion

THINK (Silently)

Who is the target audience for these 2 posters? How do you know this?

PAIR (Discuss)

Who is the target audience for these 2 posters? How do you know this?

SHARE - Who is the target audience for these 2 posters? How do you know this?

KO - Use photo editing software to create a poster to advertise a movie

All - Investigate movie posters and identify their purpose 

Most - Create a movie poster that is fit for purpose 

Some - Understand the reasoning behind using graphics for targetted promotion

Choose a Scenario

1 - Scenario 1: Sci-Fi Thriller – Galactic Rift

Tagline: "A portal has opened. Not everyone will survive."

Plot: In the year 3025, Earth’s greatest minds face a catastrophe when a mysterious rift appears in space, unleashing an unstoppable alien force. With time running out, a lone pilot and a brilliant scientist must journey beyond the stars to close the rift and save humanity.

Key Elements for Poster:

Dark cosmic backgrounds with swirling galaxies

Futuristic spaceships, glowing blue or green energy

Main characters in futuristic suits silhouetted against the rift

Dramatic title font with metallic textures

Scenario 2: Comedy Family Adventure – The Great Pet Escape

Tagline: "Sometimes the smallest heroes have the biggest adventures."

Plot: When the pets of a sleepy little town get accidentally loaded onto a delivery truck bound for a distant city, a brave pug named Biscuit, a mischievous parrot, and a clever hamster must band together to find their way home. Chaos and laughter ensue as they encounter city life and new friends.

Key Elements for Poster:

Bright, vibrant colours

Cartoon-style or realistic animals in comical poses

City landmarks and humorous visual gags (like a hamster on a skateboard)

Fun, bold title font

Beneath the Ashes (Horror)

Tagline: "What was buried should have stayed buried."

Description: After a volcanic eruption reveals the ruins of an ancient village, a group of archaeologists disturb something sinister lurking beneath the ashes – and it’s hungry.

The Last Gambit (Crime/Heist)

Tagline: "One shot. One chance. No mistakes."

Description: A washed-up chess prodigy is recruited by a criminal mastermind to orchestrate the most complex heist of the century – breaking into the vault of a billionaire tech mogul during a high-stakes chess tournament.

The Sky Between Us (Romantic Comedy)

Tagline: "Falling for someone was never part of the flight plan."

Description: A no-nonsense airline pilot and a hopeless romantic flight attendant are forced to work together after their plane makes an emergency landing in a remote town – leading to unexpected sparks and hilarious misadventures.

Concrete Justice (Action)

Tagline: "Revenge isn’t enough – it’s personal."

Description: When a decorated ex-cop’s family is targeted by a brutal crime syndicate, he returns to the streets to take down the organisation from the inside – one bloody step at a time.

The Echo of Tomorrow (Psychological Mystery)

Tagline: "If you could change the past, would you?"

Description: A grieving father begins to receive cryptic messages from his deceased daughter through old audio recordings. As he follows the clues, he realises he may have a chance to alter the past – but at a dangerous cost.

Penny & The Lost Circus (Animated/Family)

Tagline: "Magic always finds a way home."

Description: After stumbling upon a hidden circus filled with magical creatures, a curious young girl must help them reclaim their enchanted big top from a greedy ringmaster before it disappears forever.

PS Template link

Beneath the Ashes (Horror)

Tagline: "What was buried should have stayed buried."

Description: After a volcanic eruption reveals the ruins of an ancient village, a group of archaeologists disturb something sinister lurking beneath the ashes – and it’s hungry.

The Last Gambit (Crime/Heist)

Tagline: "One shot. One chance. No mistakes."

Description: A washed-up chess prodigy is recruited by a criminal mastermind to orchestrate the most complex heist of the century – breaking into the vault of a billionaire tech mogul during a high-stakes chess tournament.

The Sky Between Us (Romantic Comedy)

Tagline: "Falling for someone was never part of the flight plan."

Description: A no-nonsense airline pilot and a hopeless romantic flight attendant are forced to work together after their plane makes an emergency landing in a remote town – leading to unexpected sparks and hilarious misadventures.

Concrete Justice (Action)

Tagline: "Revenge isn’t enough – it’s personal."

Description: When a decorated ex-cop’s family is targeted by a brutal crime syndicate, he returns to the streets to take down the organisation from the inside – one bloody step at a time.

The Echo of Tomorrow (Psychological Mystery)

Tagline: "If you could change the past, would you?"

Description: A grieving father begins to receive cryptic messages from his deceased daughter through old audio recordings. As he follows the clues, he realises he may have a chance to alter the past – but at a dangerous cost.

Penny & The Lost Circus (Animated/Family)

Tagline: "Magic always finds a way home."

Description: After stumbling upon a hidden circus filled with magical creatures, a curious young girl must help them reclaim their enchanted big top from a greedy ringmaster before it disappears forever.

Template link

Collecting Assets

Create a folder called assets in your Y8 Computing folder.

You need to collect:

A background image - should be a background that you can lay images on top of (so not a picture of a car / animal / person etc)

Character Images - could be the actors, animals etc.

Object images - Could be cars / weapons / other objects etc.

Movie logos - Warner Brothes, THX / other movie logos

SAVE ALL THE IMAGES INTO YOUR FOLDER!

Use pexels and google images to locate your graphics

When collecting images for a commercial product you should...

1. Use a range of websites to find a variety of images for your product
2. Use only royalty free and licenced images in your product
3. Use any image that is going to attract the audience
4. Only use copyrighted images in your product

Setting up the poster

Save the PSD template to your year 8 Computing folder - Open the file up in Photopea.

Link to Canva Template

Setting up the poster

Save the PSD template to your year 8 Computing folder - Open the file up in Photopea.

Link to movie poster template

Link to Photopea

Creating the poster - Adding Images

We will now:

• Add our background
• Learn how to place / copy image into Photopea
• How to resize images in Photopea
• How to remove backgrounds in Photopea

The hardest thing about using Photopea today was...

Resizing images

Removing backgrounds from images

Placing images in Photopea

Using the history window to undo mistakes

Using the layers window to order your objects

Creating the poster - Adding Text / Effects

We will now:

• Add text / Edit text
• Add effects / filters
• Use the layer blend modes
• How to remove backgrounds in Photopea
• How to save / Export our work

Save your PSD file

WARNING! If you close Photopea before the white saving bar has dissapeared you will lose your work!

The hardest thing about using Canva today was...

Resizing images

Removing backgrounds from images

Adding text

Copying images into Canva

Positioning and aligning images / text