Research horror posters

Research: Horror Movie Posters

Digital Media Foundations K1109528Arfa Shah

Details of previous films made by the directors/producers- used to add to the credibility of the film.

Location is integrated into the background to set the scene and to also link it in with the location of the film.

Main character in the forefront of the image to link it in with the film and to also give the audience an idea of what the film is about (haunted house, possessed child suggests supernatural horror.

Title of the film positioned at the bottom of the page- allows the audience to focus in on the visual graphics of the poster. Tagline located below the title

of the production.

Details of the cast, director located below the title and tagline in smaller fonts, perhaps done to promote the film first, the makers and actors second.

Reviews of the film again to give more credibility to the film and encourage audiences to watch it.

Details of previous films made by the makers used again to give credibility to the film.

Title of the film placed in the centre of the poster surrounded by a black background perhaps to add to the mystery of the film. The title of the film itself is quite ambiguous, the colours and how much of the location is revealed reflects that.

Tagline featured below title in a small font to emphasise that the name of the film should be in the centre point of the audiences mind.

Release date and website of the film positioned at the bottom of the poster instead of the name of the actors, director.

Logo of the production house.

Details of previous films made by the makers, a common theme emerging to reassure the audience of the film’s credibility.

Brief reviews of the film to reassure the audience once again.

List of cast, director, producers, production house, links to Twitter and Facebook page of the film at the bottom of the page.

Title of film on the upper centre of the poster. Placed above the image of the killer in order to emphasise the killer and the child also emphasises that the killer and the child are central to the story of the film.

Location of the film in the background- the poster reflects the movie.

Title of the project placed at the bottom- to emphasise the location and the single character on the poster.

A brief insight into the plot of the film- longer than a tagline which suggests that the makers of the film wanted their audience to know more about the film.

List of the actors, directors, website and production house logo at the bottom.

Common themes• Location of the film in the background.• Shot of one of the main characters in the forefront .• Reviews of the film- to reassure the audience.• List of actors, director, producers at the bottom along

with website information, Facebook page. • Title of the film very prominent- centre or at the bottom.

• Details of other films made by the makers.• Colours used are quite dark and grey, reflects the horror

genre and the content of the film.

Poster for “Chaos”

• Taking into account the common themes of horror trailer posters, below are some of the ideas I would like to incorporate into the poster for “Chaos”:– Location of the film blended into the background of the poster with

the shadow of the killer at the forefront.– Place the title of the film at the bottom of the trailer along with the

tagline below it.– Reviews of the film will be placed in the centre of the poster next to

the killer’s profile. – Details of the release date- in the posters I analysed, only one poster

had a release date on it but I would like to incorporate it into the poster anyway because it would make the poster more authentic.