Making our backdrop
- 2. Film For us to be able to outline our chosen word (Daughter) with our chosen font (champagne and limousines – dafont.com) we needed to utilise a projector from our art department at school. Nadia got our friend Georgia to help her with how to print out the words onto a plastic film, so we could use a projector to project it onto a piece of card, which we would trace onto. We stuck the film to a projector, and worked out how large we wanted the word by moving the projector towards and away from the card. After doing this, we started tracing the images.
- 3. Tracing Here you can see Nadia, Beth and I tracing the letters onto the card that we mounted to a wall in our art department. We used rulers to get the straight lines perfect so it looked more printed than home-made. It was quite difficult to see the letters when you stand in front of the projector, so we had to position ourselves in ways in which allowed us to see all of the letters. This stage didn’t take very long at all, however we did ensure that it was done to a good quality.
- 4. Outlines To make it easier to paint later, we decided to outline the letters with a thick line of black felt tip. Doing this, allowed the painting process to be easier and more efficient. Furthermore, to make the letters look more printed, outlining them made them look crisper and easier to fill.
- 5. Painting At lunchtime, Nadia went up to art to paint the sign. Earlier, we had discussed that we needed paint that wouldn’t reflect any light (like acrylic paint) so the paint used was matte black. Nadia used a small brush to ensure as much precision as possible.
- 6. (Almost) finished product This is what the sign looked like when it was (almost) finished. We wanted it to look simple so to not draw attention away from the actors. This simplicity also upheld the genre as it isn’t over-the-top or distracting, and it isn’t cliché, either, which is something we wanted to avoid.