1. When making my
When I was making my poster I had to be very specific towards how the image
poster I had to
would appear to achieve a impact toward my audience. For example if you look to
consider how it
the image on my poster you can see I have taken a image most relevant to my
would be successfully
trailer of the main character the villain. I used the villain in my trailer to be the main
appealing toward my
image on my poster due to the fact it gives my audience a look in on one of the
target audience.
characters that would be appearing in the movie, but it also allows my audience to
When understanding
get the fear factor from the image and to draw them in making them want to see
the theme of thriller I
more about this specific character. I also used the villain on the poster cover due to
immediately knew
the fact this is the most scary and thrilling character in the trailer and by using this
the use of sharp
image I am straight away portraying the theme of thriller in my poster.
edges and dark tones
in my poster would
make my poster In my poster I had to use
appear to be a form dark toning to allow the
of horror related appearance of dark ,
movie poster. scary and dangerous to
be apparent. The
When taking my image background of my poster
for my poster I had to is black de to the fact
think what was going black is very closely
to be most impacting related to horror and
for example I had to nightmares, but when
make the contrast you look at my poster
even to allow the you can see that it is very
image to be clear but effective because of how
still appear dark and it makes the image in the
haunting. When I took poster seem almost like
my image I took it in a the villain is amercing
dark area so that when from the darkness, it
I edited it , it would be gives off the idea that the
a lot similar to villain is coming out of
combine it with a dark the poster, or arriving in
background. I made cinemas soon. The black
some areas on the background really
image darker to make enhances the impact the
it more contrasting and image gives, this is
to give off a scary because it helps the
appearance. contrast in the image
making the face appear
When thinking of the theme thriller I had to be considerate of all elements such as stronger then the rest of
lighting, appearance and use of text and colour. For example when you look at the text the poster, this is to
on my poster I have specifically used sharp edged and red text. This is due to the fact Red allow the poster not to
is very closely resembled to blood and hate, this is important in my choice of colour be too cluttered and
because my audience will resemble this colour to horror and will understand that the confusing. The black
trailer is aimed toward an audience with interests in thriller, horror and gore related background allows the
movies. I chose a very sharp text because it could work as a phallic symbol toward the red of the text to be
trailer, symbolising pain and sharp objects like knifes, things generally used in horror brought forward and to
related subjects. When you look closely to the some of the text on my poster you can see come out to the
that I have edited it on photoshop to make it appear as if it has a sheen on the edges, this audience, it is very eye
again is to enhance the appearance of sharp, cutting, knife like text. I added a release catching and can draw in
date on my poster due to the fact that follows the conventions of a typical horror poster, a audience.
I had to make sure that it was similar to the rest of the text on the poster so that it made
sense.