Conventions for a Poster The effect of posters for movies is for advertisement as well as

creating interest for the film, by showing actors that could make people want to watch it, the image is a very strong aspect

for a poster when advertising a horror genre as it needs to bring fear to the viewer which is how they grab there audience.

The Purpose of a poster.

Conventions of a poster

• An effective full page image, from the film or showing some sort of hint of the story line. •The film title in appropriate font, creating a creepy or scary atmosphere. • Some times to have the main actors names and basic information of the film in small font around the edges of the film. • In the image a face is normally used for horror genre.

(1973) Although this is very plain I think it makes the poster effective because it creates mystery to the viewer by adding fear of the unknown to what’s going to happen. The contrasting colour choices of block colours of black and white creates a strong statement, and really draws the eyes toward it and I think it also goes well with the horror genre, warning the audience. The photo doesn't show any real characters which adds to the mystery and is already creating suspense as if were waiting for something to happen. I also think the style of image and text gives it an olden styled look, thing such as the old fashioned lamp, the black and white photo and the silhouette of the man wearing a suit and carrying a bag, which is the normally the styling of a powerful or mysterious man in a film. The old fashion style also makes you think of gothic horror. The text takes up the largest space on the poster and makes the biggest statement from the poster making it clearer.

(2002) The ring poster for me is one of the most terrifying, which in some cases isn't as always a very persuasive way to

get people to watch the film. However the girl in the photo having a very up close

image and her poses are very terrifying in the way that she's always looking at you, and does leave the viewer questioning who she is and whats happened to her

leaving suspense towards the film again. with film posters for horror films most of them do not contain anything

other than one simple image and the film title like this one which I think is allot more captivating to the audience, and

gives them all the information they need to know about the film to create

excitement for the film and to let the audience find out more about it

themselves.

(2005) The reason that I've picked another film poster of the ring is because it based on a child as is mine. Between the two I do prefer this one as I think its simpler

and therefore more effective to a horror genre, not giving the story away, but

having enough there to reach some fear in the viewer. The photo in this poster

looks old, grungy and unexplained which is what makes it daunting. However for a poster I do not feel that all the extra text is necessary and takes away the fear by

making it show that it's not real. The film title I think suits the theme well looking as

if a child had wrote it, looking innocent but then contrasting with the fact its been written using a knife which I think makes

the poster.

(2009) Here is another horror film genre poster, with a theme of children, this

poster although looking very simple and having nothing but the girls face in it, they

have made her look like a doll as if she's not real, with her hair, makeup and

costumes all following the same style, making the viewer unsure to believe she's

real or not, alive or dead and already creating ideas of what the film could

contain, making them want to see it to find out. When the image of just a child's face is used for an image on a poster, the eyes should be looking up at the centre of the camera like in this one as where ever you

look at the photo its as if she's always glaring at you. What I don't like about this

poster is the background image or the halo around the girls face as I think it makes it look to nice, and doesn't match with the

rest of the colour scheme.

Conventions of a magazine The purpose of having your film in a film magazine Is to

have it advertised straight to your target audience, of people love films and therefore buy film magazines. It also gives you the chance to have good reviews and give more information out about your film, creating interest and making it more well known and therefore more successful.

The purpose of a film magazine

Conventions of a magazine

•A large/ full page image containing a main character from the film. •The films title, and a sentence or two briefly explaining the type of film in a persuasive way.• other stories that the magazine contains•Bbarcode and price tag, date issue.•Mmagazine title•Other photos.

This out of all the magazines is the busiest of the magazines, which for

this type of photo I think is ok as the main feature doesn’t take up much

room and the extra effects in text and decoration with banners and stories

which all follow the same style to grab the target audience of that certain

film. The quotations and short story explanations get the audience excited to read on and the lime green colours grab the attention from fair away. The random splats of purple randomly put

underneath text and quotes makes them stand out and also adds some creativity and separation from over

cover designs.

What I like about this magazine cover is the fact that the image, the text and style of the whole

cover follows a creepy and intense atmosphere to the magazine, and you know what your getting

from the inside story. The text for example is very creative, glowing, which really goes with the vampire theme of the magazines story, and

separating the magazine from all the other same titles, drawing it straight to the fans of vampires

films. the conventions of a magazine are also used and placed well on this magazine, to covering up

any of the image or text and leaves it not to spread out and clear to the viewer from a far

distance. with film magazines the main stories normally are introduced with a catchy or

commercial line, on this magazine it is "no one if safe" which I think is a real audience grabber to look at the film and magazine. The image also

showing the three main characters, using different poses than just the plain straight forward look at the camera which gives a bit more interest and shows the relationships between the characters

stirring up thoughts for the viewer.

This is my favourite type of film magazine covers. Turning the

image into a carton style makes the image allot more bolder and eye-

catching, and a bit different so interests the viewer to have a

further look. The colors are the main eye grabber for me on this

magazine having a allot of dark or plain colours Brocken up with bright red blood purred down her face is a

real impact to the cover. This magazine also plays around with the

conventions of a magazine in a stylish way putting them all in a

circle at the top which I think is clear as well as different

and memorable so that the customer will always be able to find

that certain magazine. For these reasons I will further my research onto little white lies magazines.

On this magazine what I like is how the silhouette on the front frames the rest

of the image, and the black circle highlights the main story and also

keeps it simple and effective. I think this also gives a mysterious look to the magazine, but its ruined through the contrasting colours of yellow and red in the title, that does not go with the rest of the theme in the cover. How

ever it does make the title stand out so people that want to find the magazine will find it easily and it’s stayed true to the home style. There’s not much to cover, its very straight forward and

gets to the point which I like however there’s not much to sell, or get the

audience interested enough to buy the magazine.