This image below shows an initial sketch of our film poster. I have come up with the idea of having the protagonist in a medium shot

with an outline of a hooded figure behind him symbolising the mystery figure at the door in our sample scene. Dark colours are to

be used for the poster to represent the darkness of the horror genre and therefore luring the audience into a false belief of the

genre. We have also used red on the poster as a symbol for danger and violence also indicating this point. Although i have included a

rating for the film being '15' i will need to research into the conventions of a 15 age rating film to see what would fit to our

short film. From putting this onto the poster I feel that it is detrimental to the piece and may not include this in the final shot. However, I will trial this convention to see whether it is useful or

not for creating the idea of a real horror poster.  

'The Set-Up' will be in bold white writing to stand out from the dark background with the credits directly below. After looking back on this sketch and researching recent film posters, I have decided to

include the date when the film is to be released. The tagline reads 'everyone likes surprises...' to indicate the plot of the film and the 'Surprise' party however it is subtle and does not stray from the genre of a horror as it adds an element of mystery.