Ancillary Task Conventions

Front Cover

Dark Colors

Dark leather waist coat

Gradient background

White skin completion

Direct Eye line

Bold Round fonts

Mast Heads

Titles

Stand out blue font

Date

Page numbers

Poster

Dark Colors

Knife is a sign of fear

Red typeface

Yellow skin completion

Direct Eye line

Deformed face

Titles

Black Background

Date

Credits at the bottom of the page

My Front Cover Conventions

Dark Colors are used within all magazines I

have looked at because it adds mystery as well

Red Type Face can resembles which is

conventional

Logos are sterypically sued

within all magazines to help create a type of brand awareness

Bar codes are conventional on

the font of all magazines

because there a means of payment

Titles are conventional within all my magazines

and genres

Back Turned to camera(mystery) This

conventional because it adds mystery to the

character

Date is conventional of all magazines

because it gives the reader an idea of the release date of the

magazine

Rugged Fonts are stereo typical

referred back to horror because its

un normal

The bottom mast head is used to

give an indication

My Poster Conventions

Dark Colors are conventional for horror because it also adds mystery and a lot of people are scared of

the dark

Red typeface is used to stand out from the background. Red is

also signified to stand for blood

Hooded Character conventional scares

people because they are unaware of who it is

Rugged Type Face is conventional for horror

because it is informal and the same font is used for

all products helping to create brand awareness

Release Dates are conventional for most

posters because it gives the user an indication

Titles are used within all magazine to give

the view a clear indication about the

movie

Black Background is conventional for horror posters

because its dark and mysterious

Credits at the bottom of the page are

conventional because it gives the reader an indication of who is included in the film

Website addresses are used to help link

people to the correct information