Looking at the poster first, we took a range of photos. They were mostly of the house which is the main thing of the film. This again was hard to create the right image along with the lighting whilst following the conventions of the horror film posters.
Below are initial layouts of our film poster.
1. This is the first layout I have created. The Labels shows the positioning of the items of the page. I have learnt from research the general convention of a horror film poster is there is one large image that covers the page. It is usually simple with a dark background so the writing will stand out. The title of the film placed at the top has not been decided yet. The logos are of the companies that have created the film which every poster has similar to the small print text at the bottom which are usually credits.
2. This is the second of the layouts and the one i prefer the most. The image again covers the page and will have a dark back ground. The logos are in the same position in order to not interfere with the rest of the poster. The title is in the bottom right hand side of the page which follows the conventions of horror posters more than than it being at the tom. The credits again are at the bottom of the page again so it can be seen but doesnt not interfere with the poster.
3. This is the last layout to choose from. It similar to the others because the image is in the same place. However the title is at the bottom of the page in the middle above the credits which is also tipical of horror posters. the logos and credits are again in the same place to not interfere witht the effect the poster will have. On this one the actors names are featured at the top of the page.
From the three layouts above the second one has been chosen to be the one we use for the poster. The reasons for this were that it followed the conventions more closely.The logos in the corners are in the perfect position as they do not interfere wuth the poster. The credits at the bottom middle of the page are in the perfect position but need to be made smaller so they can be read but doesnt over power the image. I think the title of the film works better as it is not a boring later of the title being at the top in the middle. We have chosen not to include the actors names as from doing research I found this is more typical of a comedy genre poster.
The image must be big and the main focus of the page, preferably dark so the writing will stand out.
Below are images taken for the poster.
The photo on the left is a photograph I have taken showing myself editing and creating the poster on Photoshop.
I have much experience of this as this is the programme we used for our project last year. We created an advert and mine was very successful meaning this year it was easy for me to create the poster as I knew exactly what i was doing.
Below are screen grabs showing the stages of creating the poster. I find these interesting as they show the development and improvement of the poster.
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1. This is the first stage of creating the film poster. I used the image I took of the house and put it into a new document on photoshop. I then added a dark background and centered the house in the middle of the page making it large as it need to be eye catching and the main focus.
2.For the second stage i just lowered the saturation to give it an eerie effect making it look more realistic.
3. For this one I bought the saturation back up as it was not standing out against the background enough. I then cloned the bush on the side of the house in colour, covering the rest of the page.
I think this works well as against the colour the house looks eerie and as if it is a house in a horror film. Now the title of the film it has been added, following the layout in this position. We made it this colour as it is a common colour in horror film trailers e.g. for captions. This font will also be used on the poster.
4. Thye next stage is adding logos and text at the bottom. The logos are from farm reel productions and 20th century fox which are the companies that would make our film. They are small, positioned in the corners as to not interfere with the effect the poster will have. A convention of film posters is to have small credits at the bottom. The text on our poster reads:
There is also a website as this is a common convention on film posters allowing audiences to visit the site and find out more .
Final Poster
This is the final version of our film poster. We have added a caption at the top in order to catch the audiences eye. I think this poster works well as it is a good printed interpretation of our film. It gives audiences an idea of what the film is about and relates to it well. It is an eye catching poster based around the conventions of the horror genre. It is simple and shows the house is the main focus of the poster and film. The plain drak background makes it the main focus and allows the house to stand out against the rest of the poster. The font being the only form of colour apart from a little in the bush it stands out making it clear what the name of the film is making audiences remember it. When they see the trailer they will recognise the same font reminding them to see the film. Overal I think it follows the conventions of the horror genre, our criteria and does what a horror poster should do.
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