3. Poster Research
These posters all represent the Horror-Thriller genre and this
will help Nicole and I in the making of our very own poster of
the same genre. All these posters are effective and similar in
the effect that they all have the main characters as the main
feature, dominating the poster. The facial expressions of the
protagonists portray the state of their situation to be
unwelcoming and eerie as they look very unsettled. In
particular the ‘Gone’ and ‘Woman in Black’ posters portray the
protagonist to be right at the heart of the posters with hints,
like the antagonists such as Woman in Black hovering in the
background to illustrate a sinister effect.
4. Poster Analysis: The Woman in Black
This poster of ‘The Woman in Black’ is a credit
to the film as Daniel Radcliffe at the front of the
poster looks very intimidated. The fact that only
one half of his face is shown emphasises that he
is hiding other elements in which the viewer
would only get if they watch the film. The
spiritual presence in the background looks
mysterious and it represents the Horror-Thriller
genre very well. Some might say that it has
designed like his to show how timid Daniel
Radcliffe feels. The image in the background
almost makes the audience uncomfortable and
perhaps that the reason why they designed the
poster in this format. It’s slogan on this poster
is: “Do you believe in ghosts” and this portrays
the presence in the background of the poster.
The colours used are very restricted and simple
and the restriction of colour adds to the effect
that it is eerie and dark.
5. Poster Analysis: Hostage
In terms of this poster, the focus is on the
protagonist (Bruce Willis) and it’s very simple
in contrast with the other posters. This poster is
effective in the sense that it gives out the
connotations of being a thriller with the prop of
the gun and the colours symbolises and reflect a
horror-thriller poster. Given that our poster is
of the same genre, we can identify aspects that
we could use to portray the same thrilling effect.
You can see that the protagonist is not looking
directly at the audience, which could imply that
he looking at something, or looking away from
focus as if he has something to hide. The fact
that he’s doing this is effective and I would like
to interpret a lack of eye contact with the
audience to create a sense of a hidden identity.
6. Website Analysis: The Woman in Black
This is the Woman in Black’s website and it has the exact same font
and eerie feel to it, as the poster does, so that it is easy for the
audience to identify the film through its genre. It’s very dark and
supernatural, and the first thing that appears on the screen are clips
from the film to entice the audience to go and watch the film if they
like it. At the bottom of the screen, there are three other clips that
the audience can watch such as the DVD Trailer, Teaser Trailer etc.
This would an efficient aspect to add to my own website when
promoting our film. They also have different tabs their target
audience can explore, such as Gallery pages, the story of the
Woman in Black and games as well. At the top left hand side of the
website, there is a DVD version, which is a good way of advertising
the film. These components on the website has inspired Nicole and
I to use the same connotations stick with conventions so that our
Horror-Thriller website will create the same effect as this one.
7. Website Analysis: Final Destination
The most appealing aspect of this website is that it looks exactly the same as the poster
and therefore the audience can identify the film and the genre by just looking at the main
image of the skull. The main image is inserted as a background and it moves every time
the mouse moves, which creates a scary effect. The image then zooms in suddenly which is
an effect way of scaring the audience without them realising. This website is simplistic but
its very unnatural and peculiar which goes very well with the genre of the film.
