Year 8 - Movie Posters Creation 3 - PhotoPea - SCITT 2026

• Computing
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Year 8 - Movie Posters Creation 3

KO - Understand the anatomy of a poster

1. Main Image / Hero Shot - layout of your images
2. Title / Typography - Font style that makes your title stand out
3. Tagline - A short phrase that makes you want to see the movie
4. Colour Palette  - colours that make your poster look good
5. Billing Block - Small text at the bottom - actors, director, production company, rating.
6. Studio Logos - Warner Bros, Universal etc

Last lesson...

1. You'll add some props - extras around your hero.
   
2. Reposition your images to make them stand out
   
3. Add billing block text.

This lesson...

1. Add effect and styling.
2. Peer assessing your partner's work
3. Implementing that feedback - uplifting your work.

Open you posters!

1. Open PhotoPea 
2.  Press "Open From Computer" 
3.  Navigate to your file. Did you save it in "Downloads"? Did you save it in "Onedrive" in the "This PC"?
4. Search using "*psd" in your "File Explorer"

(If you have lost your file use this template)

Checkpoints

Checkpoint 1: Choose and plan your poster then collect assets for your poster - you can use AI for titles, props and heroes but NOT the WHOLE poster. ✓

Checkpoint 2: Open PhotopPea and use an A4 print/Flyer ✓

Checkpoint 3: Add assets like a backdrop, a hero and remove the background for the hero. ✓

Checkpoint 4: Like your hero, bring in props for you poster ✓

Checkpoint 5: Move your character and props into positions to make it stand out. ✓

Checkpoint 6: Add your text title, billing block and tag line ✓

Check point 7: Add effects like shadow, lighting and colour changes to your poster so it looks like it "belongs" together

Your Mission

Create a movie poster with one of the following scenarios without AI and only with Creative commons images

 

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

Your Mission

Create a movie poster with one of the following scenarios without AI and only with Creative commons images

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

Peer Assessment Hats - Use the sentence starters to write a feedback sentence from each coloured box to help your partner improve their work

4 Hats Feedback

1) Open Teams and find:

2) Fill in the document (there are 2 pages)

Checkpoints

Checkpoint 1: Choose and plan your poster then collect assets for your poster - you can use AI for titles, props and heroes but NOT the WHOLE poster. ✓

Checkpoint 2: Open PhotopPea and use an A4 print/Flyer ✓

Checkpoint 3: Add assets like a backdrop, a hero and remove the background for the hero. ✓

Checkpoint 4: Like your hero, bring in props for you poster ✓

Checkpoint 5: Move your character and props into positions to make it stand out. ✓

Checkpoint 6: Add your text title, billing block and tag line ✓

Check point 7: Add effects like shadow, lighting and colour changes to your poster so it looks ✓ like it "belongs" together ✓

Hidden level: Improve your work with you feedback 💪

Summarise what you have learned about poster making by completing these sentences:
1) I learned that...
2) What went well was...
3) what I could have done better was...