Planning My Poster

Fonts

KATHY- Trajan Pro

KATHY- Bookman Old Style

KATHY- Casablanca Heavy SF

KATHY- Chiller

Colour scheme

Initial research

I started to do some research into what I want the overall style of my trailer to be. I have chosen four fonts that I could use for my title. I really like the first three fonts as they are simpler than Chiller. They will fit in better with my simplistic colour scheme.

The colour scheme for my title is black and white. However, if I feel it would enhance my poster I will also include red.

Photo shoot 1

For my final poster, I want to make the picture black and white. However, I would like to keep her eyes the blue/green that they originally are so that they stand out on the monochrome background. I would like to darken the edges of the picture so that I can include white text that will be clear and easy to read.

The picture I have chosen

This is the picture I want to use for my poster. This is due to the fact that you can see both her eyes and she is staring directly at the camera. The shadow from the tree darkening half of her face creates a creepy effect that I want to enhance when editing.

The font I have chosen for my film poster is Trajan, it is an old style serif typeface designed in 1989 by Carol Twombly for Adobe. The design is based on roman square capitals, as used for the inscription at the base of Trajan's column, which is what the name is based on.Although many people feel that the Trojan font is overused I think it helps create a creepy effect and fits accurately with my trailer. It will also be keeping to conventions.

YouTube video on the use of Trojan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t87QKdOJNv8

The Font

Horror film posters that have used Trajan font

By using Trojan font, I will be following the conventions of other horror film posters.

Scream posterI have been researching different horror film posters. Although most of them have very similar characteristics e.g. Black and white and close up on a humans face. I really like the scream poster, it follows the same conventions as other posters but it automatically attracted my attention. I want to construct something similar for my film poster.

Further research of the scream poster: http://shiltonchsa2.edublogs.org/2015/01/07/film-poster-analysis-scream/

Basic layout of poster

K A T H Y

Quote from reviewer

Names of cast and directors

Black and white picture

Darkened edges

White text, to stand out on the black background

Large title in Trajan font