Picture for DVD cover

I chose this photo for the DVD cover for our film. I chose this one because from researching the different types of DVD covers it is clear that the photo usually includes either the villain or main character with a surrounding setting to give a little insight as to what the film may include. I got this inspiration from the DVD cover 'Friday The 13th' because of the way they have chosen to have the villain from a low angle looking up at him and also showing the surrounding setting around him. Instead for ours I have chosen to have the two young girls, one of whom gets taken by the villain in the film at that young age. The way the angle of the camera is slightly looking down on them makes it seem like they are being watched and are vunrable. We also do not see their faces but it is very clear they are two young children on their own. These two girls are the victims of the villain so I have chosen to have this picture as the front. I have also chosen this photo because it shows a lot of the surrounding lake area where the film is set, from when they were that age of being young and when the girl as a teenager goes down there to reminisce the times she spent with her sister. This picture also shows a lot of the woodland across the lake and on the other side you can slightly see a human figure if you look closely, this indicates that there is a man out there to get them (the villain). It shows some of what may be going on in the film which i think is important as it makes it clear to the audience when they go to buy the film but not so much that they already know whats going to happen and don't buy it or go to see it at the cinema. I made the picture from normal colour which was boring and not eye catching to this edited picture that captures the eye. I made this by uploading it in 'iPiccy'. This programme on the Internet allowed me to edit this picture by changing the colour on photo effects to slightly black and white and sepia and then adding a slight 'vintage' look to it, this gave it its basic colour. I then added the 'Focal Zoom' to it which gave the effect around it, the way it goes blurry around the edges and makes you focus more on the girls in the picture and the figure across the lake. I feel this photo really brings out what the film is about without giving away too much, it also relates to the black and white film and also is very eye catching in the way it is appealing to look at.