THE POSTER FOR THE FILM ANALYSIS & HOW IT WAS

PRODUCED.BY AMNA AFZAL

Poster analysis on other horror posters to get an idea on how to create my poster matching to our genre close as possible.

I have picked three horror movies posters, as we can see they all have a few things in common, first of all the background is plain black and one image which takes up most of the poster and is eye catching towards the audience, the picture has a lot of detail to it which makes it eye catching and stands out and looks scary, also the writing is in pink which implies it is also a horror poster. This is how the audience can identify that it’s a horror film poster by these house styles. The lighting is also usually shinning on one side and the other is darker

Now I will be analysing comedy as my poster is based on horror/comedy.

With comedy posters the lighting is usually bright and colourful to show meaning as it’s a comedy poster and the lighting and colour is different from the horror poster as it stands out bright and eye catching to the audience implying it’s a comedy poster and the house style is the same for all comedy posters.

I am now going to analyse comedy/ horror parody poster as this is what our film is based on and the genre is related to, after looking at both horror and comedy posters I can identify that both genres are merged into one with the camera editing and lighting and photos. For example the lighting on chosen bits are darker than others and also the title is in red which implies it also has some horror scenes along side with some comedy hence it becomes a parody poster of the two genres.

Analysis on comedy/ horror parody posters.

HIDE AND SEEK TITLEIn order to find my perfect title font to match my selected genre, I went into google in order to find a specific font I has an image of in my head. I went on www.dafonts.com in order to find my specific genre type title that I needed. In the end I went to the horror section font and found the preferred font I would like to use and believe would fit in well with my poster and genre we picked which was horror/comedy parody. I chose out of two fonts which is shown to my right.

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Hide and seekThe first font is bold and stands out more

as its thick writing, where as the second one is in italics and not as much in bold, I am choosing to go with the first one as its one which caught my eye the most and grabbed my attention which I am hoping it would do to my target audience.

Analysis of how I am going to create my poster.

First of all I am going to have a black background as this is most common in a horror film as my picture is going to be the main thing which stands out (the main character the killer) and the title is going to be in bright red blood writing grabbing the target audiences attention. As it’s a parody of the two genres I am also going to add the characters who are involved in the film making funny faces/ scary faces behind the killer. To the right is some of the pictures and styles I have chosen to add on my poster.

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MAIN CHARACTER ON THE POSTER

The Cast

FINAL OUTCOME This is the final outcome of my A2 film poster, I started off by finding the title font first and then moved on to the pictures being edited. All of the pictures I had photo shopped and deleted bits I didn’t need or increase the lighting in some areas and in other areas put a shadow so it looks scary and blends with the genre for example like I did to zian (character on the right in the green jacket) he has a shadow on his face as hems looking scared, all of the characters are making scared faces but in a funny way to show it’s a parody, we can identify it’s a parody from the main characters posture and how he's standing and one of the character again to the right making a scary funny face. This represents the genre of the film and the audience are able to identify what type of film this is going to be, again I kept the house style plain and simple as concluding from research that is how the genre we picked magazines look, the darker background, blood writing and funny/ scared looking characters.

EVALUATIONI created the title using dafonts.com and its in red representing blood alongside the font I had chosen also gives that affect implying its got some horror.I inserted pictures of characters looking rather scared, but with a funny expression allowing the audience to identify it’s a horror/ comedy parody, the pictures go well with the genre of the film as the protagonist is in a funny posed holding a knife creating humour again suggesting its got some comedy.

I also added a shadow affect from photo shop to give an affect on the pictures and the target audience as it also identifies it includes some horror.

Ive also included a catchphrase, makes the film and poster more exciting and attracts attention towards the film.The background is dark black as in horror movies posters are usually black as the background and the comedy bit the characters wear bright clothing and funny expressions.I included some signs of where people can engage with the film and see what its about by including social networking websites to get more of an audience and it creates more publicity, also attracts the audience to follow these pages and see what the film is about and spread the news.

CONCLUSIONI have followed the house style required when creating a horror/ comedy parody poster, from the colours to the pictures I have developed many key skills when creating the final product when using photo shop and quark, using this last year enabled me to carry out tasks more effectively and efficiently and create a goof piece of work as I knew what to use since I was able to practice on it last year. My poster fits in well with the genre we had chosen to base our film around, the title implies its got some horror scenes in it from the blood dripping affect and the colour red, where as the funny pictures implies its got some comedy telling the audience it’s a parody of both the genres as some of the characters create funny poses and look scared at the same time and the protagonist is postured in a funny way creating humour. I have felt I have followed what I could when creating this parody product from doing research which helped me a lot when creating the poster, it is plain and simple but tells a lot however, this is how this genre is represented.Thank You for your time.