Horror movie poster analysis
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HORROR MOVIE POSTER ANALYSIS
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HORROR MOVIE POSTER ANALYSIS
When looking at this image there's 1 or 2 things that grab your attention and focus immediately those to things are the tree with noose hanging from it and the house in the background. On closer inspection of the noose you realize that there's a shadow of a young girl hanging from the noose even though no ones hanging from the noose this makes you think what's happened and what's this movies about and makes you want to find out what happened it, also makes you imagine what this films about like weather it’s a supernatural film or a slasher movie, you'd most likely come to the conclusion that it’s a movie with supernatural aspects at least this would make you google the movie and watch the trailer for it.
The poster has limited colour pallets and has saturated colours this with the cloudy sky would suggest that something bad has happened or is going to happen soon.
The billing block at the bottom left with all the people and companies involved and the release date.
A message saying its based on a true story of some sort with the sentence “Based on the true case files of the warrens” this makes you want t see it more to see what really happened and makes the movie scarier because it makes you think this really happened.
The line at the top of the poster saying “from the director of saw and insidious” enticing people to go watch it because you might of liked those other films and this would make you think these could be similar especially since its been directed by the same person and even if you haven't seen these films you will of at least heard that these films were really good.
When I see this poster the first thing that grabs my attention is the man with a bag in the radiating light shining on top of him this makes you want too see the man and who he is and what's he doing there this along wit the light beaming down onto the man also makes you want to see what's inside the house making you curious. The movie poster is very limited in information you can get it tells you almost nothing only inferences you can make is that the man is going into that house and that maybe he's a doctor and that the name of the movie is called “THE EXORCIST” this would make you assume the movie is about an exorcism or an exorcist. The only way you could get more information about the movie is if you read the book the movie is based on written by William Peter Blatty so if you like William peter blatty’s books or just liked that one book this would entice you to go see the movie. The only other way to get information is the read about it in a magazine or a paper for a review or google the movie to look at the website this makes people want to find out about the movie so more people are going to know about it which is good because the more people know at about the movie the more likely they are going to go see it.
The tag line “the scariest movie of all time has returned in a whole new version you’ve never seen” this makes you want to watch it because even if you’ve seen the first version this has something new in it for you so you are experiencing new things added into the movie and if you hadn't even seen the first version this gives you a second chance to go see it in a newer version. This poster has a very limited colour pallet so you can focus on the parts of poster they want you too even the name of the movie blends into the dark and dreary colours on the poster because they want your focus to be on the man and the light shining out the window to spark your curiosity.
The billing is at the bottom of the screen with all the people and companies involved like the director and the person who had written the book the movie is based off of and the age rating.
The lack of information about the movie makes you curious so you start the guess what the movie could e about and with a title like the exorcist you can guess its going to have super natural elements the movie.
When I first look at this poster the first things that grabs my eyes are the house the dark atmosphere of the poster the clouds ad the mysterious boy in the fore ground of the poster which gets me thinking where will the movie take place and I assume in the house and what's the movie about and how the boy plays into the movies plot, these things get my attention and gets me thinking about the movie which is what the people creating the poster wants all this and the tag line its “not the house that’s haunted” also makes me think about what that message means and it makes me jump to conclusions to what it could mean the only bright colour in the poster is the boys red shirt and the colour red has connotations of blood violence and other threatening things. These cryptic hints and eerie atmosphere gives off an ominous feeling to the viewer of the poster and make them think about and gets them curious about it.
The billing block at the bottom informing people who's in the movie and who directed or produced it with the movies website so you can get more info on the movie if you want like trailer exclusive clips etc.
The line at the top of the movie poster From the makes of saw and paranormal activity will get the people who like those francizes to watch this one because they might think they are similar or if because they heard those films were good so they might go see these movies because of those film creator reputation.
The saturated colour pallet helps give off the eerie atmosphere of the movie poster dimming certain colours and exaggerating others like the boys red shirt. This helps give off the feeling and type of movie this will be to the viewer of the poster.
