2. THEATRICAL POSTER (PORTRAIT)
Model is wearing a denim-on-denim
costume consisting of denim jacket and
baggy denim jeans. This has been done
to hint at the time this film will be set
in which is the 1980s
The model is holding a baseball bat
as a prop. This prop is one of the
classic self defense weapons in a
horror movie showing that this
person could be in in danger and will
have to protect themself, hinting
that the character could be the
protagonist of the film. By having this
it creates a sense of suspense and
mystery to who the character is,
where they are going and what are
they up against.
In this I have made the model the focus of this picture as this is for the
theatrical poster so showing a character will interest the audience but
what will interest them more is that they can't see their face and they will
want to know who they are and what they look like adding a sense of
mystery in the picture. This is like what the Poltergeist poster where the
girl's face cannot be seen and like the Doctor Sleep poster where the
protagonist is walking down the corridor.
The setting for this is a long shot
photo someone walking down a long
corridor holding a baseball bat.
The use of the long shot exaggerates how long the corridor is creating a
sense of unease because in horror movies long corridors are a scary
place. Furthermore, it allows the audience to see the whole character,
what they are wearing and the bat that they are holding. For the poster
I want the corridor to look quite dark and that the audience can only
really see the person walking down the corridor, but in this photo, the
lighting is bright, this will be edited on photoshop to change this.
The characters face cannot be seen
however they are standing up straight
showing that they are being brave and
that they are on a mission and that no
one can get in their way as they have a
bat for protection. They are in the
middle of the corridor giving themself
space to swing their bat if needed
incase anything jumps out at them.
In this photo it is uneven at first, I
wanted to edit this so that it looked
straight, however I thought that if I
keep this way it will make the audience
feel uncomfortable because it is not
straight making them look at this for
longer and tilt their head to try and
look at it straight.
3. QUAD CROWN THEATRICAL (LANDSCAPE) This is a close medium shot of the model
mid gasp looking scared/worried like they
have seen something, and they are frozen
on the spot frighten. I have chosen this
shot so that their face can be seen
properly and to emphasize their fright,
which will create a sense of unease as the
protagonist has seen something the
audience can not see. This is like the
Insidious poster with the boy being the
focus with the house in the background.
The costume for this is a denim jacket and
charcoal grey T-Shirt. This has been done
again to show what time this film is set in.
Also, because this is the same character
from the theatrical poster it is finally
revealing what this character looks like, so I
have kept with the same costume from the
theatrical poster. This means the audience
will recognize the character and know they
are the same person from the other poster.
The lighting for this photo is on the
right-hand side of their face so that the
light can cast a shadow on their face
and neck so that the gasp
is emphasized as they have seen
something that has scared them.
In this photo I have made it so that the model
is the main focus but when I edit this on
Photoshop, they will be on one side so that
the title, tagline etc, can fit on the other side,
but also so that the party crowd behind them
can be seen to juxtapose each other as parties
are seen as fun but for the protagonist this is
they are mot paying any attention to that as
they have seen something that's scared them.
This fits with the conventions of a teen horror
film with the party going on but then
something dark is happening during this and
only the protagonist has seen it.
I will be changing the lighting colour from white
to a light blue to match the graphics of the party
crowd that I will be editing in via photoshop.
Furthermore, the light blue will reflect the
characters isolation from the party and how
lost they are because of what they have seen.
