Horror posters analysis.

Ben Wilkinson

Scream 4

Starts with mask, then as it gets to the bottom of the mask it ends with a knife, so this implies the ‘murderer’ wears this mask and that is his murder weapon.

Using the number as the A in the name title and also it’s the number of what film this.

Dark background to add emphasis on the image and the film title.

Red font to draw attention to that there is rules and plots.

Kept the design plain just to get to the point and to portray what the killer looks like and weapon used.

Shrooms

Used shrooms to make a skull face on the moon, this adds to the scary side of things.

The title has a glow to add spooky effect and looks trippy, so it could be what It looks like if you have taken shrooms.

They have compared it to a very successful scary film so people will want to watch this.

Get ready to get wasted – this could be aimed at teenagers as they like to get drunk and do drugs

Looks like its based in the woods, which is a scary place to be in the dark.

It has a blue theme, which mean its cold or mysterious.

The Ring

Kept a dark theme, to show the film is really scary and dark throughout.

The O on the two, is used to look the a ring to go with the title of ‘The Ring’

In the middle of the page, you can see an image of a girl sat down but with her hair covering her eyes, this is to show a character who plays the scary bit so people have an idea of who murder or victim is.

Made the middle look fuzzy like its on a TV screen, or they’ve done it so you cant quite make out who or what is sat down, or if they are bad or good.

Kept detail to a minimal so it doesn’t give to much away, but it also makes the poster look spooky, and make people think it is a good scary/horror movie.

Sinisterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgYxydrVlDk – This is the trailer for sinister, it starts off with just family moving house and then builds up, towards the end and has you keep your on eye on it, this is a good thing for trailers to do as it would make people go and see the film itself. Within the trailer there are a few jump scares, this is to show that there would be more things like that in the film, but also because its horror, so they have scary bits within the trailer so people get a small idea what sort of the things the film has in it. They try and make the trailer really intense by adding the music over the top, this is to add the tension and also leaves you on a sort of cliff hanger which also makes you want to watch it due to the suspense the music causes, with the quick scene changes.

Summary

I have noticed with all of the posters, that they all the an occurring theme, they all keep it dark and they have the main character in the middle or within the poster, or they involve the murder weapon or they have the main ‘thing’ involved in it. They also try and match things with the title, such as Shrooms, this is also included in the movie, but they have used the Shrooms to create a skull on the moon, this is to put forward that it is a horror. They also try and include the film number within the film name, like Scream 4 is written like Scre4m as the title, just to add effect. The ring have gone with a different approach bye using the name in the number, The Ring Two, but the O is a ring to go with the title.

From this, I will want to keep the dark theme with the main character in the middle, and to also keep it simple with not a lot on it, this is because I prefer things with not a lot going on, simple things that also put the meaning across.