By Debbie

The first step was to create the website background image. I did this by importing the image I took my poster on to Photoshop.

Using the ‘Brush Tool’ I then began to fade the parts around the image black. I increased the size of the brush to 534px as if it was too small it’d make the fade quite sharp and not a smooth fade which I wanted.

I then added the text. To follow trailer conventions, I added the film title, lead actors and actresses names and the navigational button bar.

Using the Grid option, I then made sure all this text was aligned.

I had to change the billing box from the image seen first at the top. I did this using the Text tool and did it because it looks weird if ‘Onye & Nassir’ did all things. The reason why it was initially like this is because I thought the billing box had to be a true depiction of the production process

I used the ‘Billing box’ information to the left as a template when making my new billing box. I used my friends names as the people who carried out each aspect.

The next step was adding social media buttons. I chose Facebook, Twitter and Youtube as they’re the most commonly used social networks which would promote my film the best. Next to each button I added the info so the viewers of the website could perhaps ‘Like’ the official page (Facebook), tweet us their response the trailer (Twitter) or watch backstage videos (Youtube).

I then made the final touches by adding the date line at the bottom and the film company logos on either side of the billing box to make it look authentic and to follow film website conventions.

The first step when on Dreamweaver was to alter the page properties. The image on the left showed what they were changed to.

I then ‘Split’ the page in order for it to show the codes. An instruction sheet was then followed to get the correct size and position of the trailer on the website.

Using trial and error, I kept changing the numbers around so the trailer would be located in a good place and once I was happy with the numbers I clicked ‘Preview in IExplore 7.0 in which I could see a preview of how it would look to the audience.