Choice of production company name

As a group we decided to name our production company ‘CYCLOPS PRODUCTIONS’. We began generating ideas of what we wanted our logo to look like so we started sketching out designs that relate to the name Cyclops. We thought of incorporating one eye to represent a Cyclops, then had the idea of including a directors chair within the design, once we had a rough sketch of what we wanted the outcome of the design to be I used Adobe Photoshop CC to begin designing the logo. We researched images on Google of ‘Cyclops’ and came across a cartoon version of the monster to start designing with, then we searched for a basic image of a directors chair, we came across a basic plain directors chair which I wanted to use as a basis then develop from it to make it appear original compared to the secondary image I first started using. I photo-shopped the two together and I wasn't pleased with the outcome, it just didn't appear professional and didn't have that sleek established appearance I was aiming for. So I developed from that and went onto finding another secondary image of an eye that appeared creepier because it was bloodshot I also changed the font of the text so it appeared bolder. From my groups feedback they preferred the second eye image I used but they thought the logo looked to busy and the realistic imagery didn't appear like a conventional professional logo such as ‘Dream street pictures’ , Universal, New line cinema, Miramax films etc. So using the magnetic lasso tool on Photoshop CC I cut around the iris of the eye then went on image, adjustments  and effects to flatten the image and not make it appear as 3D so it would have a more sleek appearance but added a white drop shadow so the eye would stand out. The last few features we added on our logo was a ring around the iris to join the up the iris with the chair so it wouldn't be detached, then used an effect to make the chair appear old and decayed.

We want to develop our logo further so we plan on adding movement to the eye e.g. Making the eye blink or look around so it gives  the illusion that its watching you which adds to the horror element.