Wanted Poster

This is my wanted poster which I created in photoshop...

This is the wanted poster I made for creative and media, it was created using photoshop. The poster used simple methods with an image of myself, text and the creation of the background.

Firstly, I used the selection tool in order highlight me holding the message, this would get rid of the background. For the background, I searched on google images and then used the burn tool to make it look more authentic and disorganised like a stereotypical 'wanted' poster would be. the use of a brown texture would make it look old and used, which would happen if paper was outside for a long time. The text 'wanted' is large so that it is one of the first things that you would see and would stress to any passers by a simple message that they want to capture this criminal.  The font i used looked stereotypical of a western movie which is the house style throughout the poster. The text is also bold to reinforce the fact that it stands out. the name of the criminal is in between the large 'wanted' text and the photograph of me. this is to show that this particular person is wanted by the government and also attaches to the picture, giving him an identity.

Moreover, the use of a nickname is stereotypical of a wanted criminal in a western film. For example, Billy 'the kid'. This makes the criminal more easy to identify and also in many ways glorifys the villain, making him sound more cool. The second larges piece of text is the use of the reward, which is also conventional of a typical wanted poster. It is written slightly larger than the other text because it is telling the viewers of the poster that there is something in it for them, this will make the motive for finding the criminal more neccarsary towards people. beneath this text tells the viewers the reason for the need to capture this criminal in terms of his crimes. This shows the level of criminal that the police are dealing with, if the crimes are things such as murder or rape, then if someone has information on this person then they may be more willing to give the police more information so that they can get justice and also make sure that this does not happen again. however, someone may be less likely to tell the police in some ways, this would be because they do not want to put their own lives in danger. If the criminal, or allies of a criminal know that you told the police about his whereabouts then they could want revenge. The text and picture is in the centre of the poster so that it is organised. the use of the colour black makes the poster more formal and yet again is typical of a wanted poster because back in the 19th century only black ink was ever used, there was no colour.