Education

1. Unit 3 - Graphics
LO1 - Poster research
Successful theatrical poster:
 Clear showing of genre
 Inclusions of things that match the narrative i.e. colours, locations, cars etc
 Appealing layout; grabs attention
Examples:

2. Slasher/Horror Posters
Friday the 13th (2009) poster:
 Clear image of the
Antagonist (shown by
costume and prop use) and
location
 Dark and gloomy; using
symbolised colours like green
and red and showing time
(night)
 Release date and title in red
 Colours and props showing
genre
Title
Main image
Link to director
Release date
Company logo
Billing block
Tagline

3. Friday the 13th (1980) poster:
 Outline of the antagonist
using a glow
 Clear image of the
protagonists/victims
 Dark and bright; making
certain things more obvious
like the knife with the use of
symbolised colour (red) and
showing the time (night)
 Colours and props showing
genre
Main image
Title
Company logo
Rating
Billing block
Tagline

4. Title
Main image
Tagline
Billing block
Halloween (1978) poster:
 Title and image link
 Bold font on both tagline and
title to make them stand out
 Slanted font on 'HE' in tagline
to create questions and
show importance
 Main image and title giving idea
of time period setting
 Clear show of genre from the
prop and what is shown in main
image

5. Title
Company logo
Tagline
Billing block
Release date
Rating
Main image
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022):
 Antagonist hidden away but
still visible
 Title looking gritty and in red
showing genre and setting
 Red and bold font used to
display important information
 Tagline and colour usage
showing genre

6. Tagline
Tagline
Main image
Title
Title
Release date
Release date
Company logo
Company logo
Scream (2022) Teaser and Theatrical poster:
 Linking taglines
 Simple image in Teaser – More in depth and revealing
image in Theatrical (shown setting, cast and characters)
 Tagline changes
 Killer made prominent