1. In what ways does your media
product use, develop or
challenge forms and
conventions of real media
products?
POSTER
2.
3. USE
• I have used the stereotypical colours for a horror
poster, using the colours red, black and grey. These are
dark colours which connotates danger and death.
• I used the mystery element convention, allowing
suspicion, by using the hand that holds the photo, the
audience are unaware who the hand belongs to, or why
they are doing what they are doing.
• The use of a tagline is also another convention usually
found on a film poster, it helps aid the audience on the
direction of the film narrative, therefore it is an
important part and should be on every poster.
4. Develop
• I have developed conventions on the poster in
different ways.
• A main poster would usually have the actresses
names around the edge on their own
somewhere, however I have decided to place them
in the poster credits, at the bottom of the page.
This is because I want to make use of the blank
black space around the page, to make it more
effective. I have still used the conventions of
having the names of the actresses however they are
just in a different position to what they normally
would be, therefore by changing this I have
developed the use.
5. Challenge
• I have challenged the convention of having a photo revealing
either characters or a plot or scene within the film. My main
poster shows one character, using direct mode of address
(main convention to create relationship with audience)
however it is not a full face picture, and so the main attraction
of the page is the fire, with an electric colouring against the
black, it is first to reach the attention of the audience. The
poster does not show any other people and therefore is very
limited on the narrative.
• Another challenged convention is the date display, for a main
poster. Instead of displaying the date, I have wrote ‘Coming to
haunt you this January’ it is as if, along with the horror
genre, the film will creep up on the audience, they have to wait
in anticipation for the film to be released. This is challenging
the usual specific date on a main poster, but including the
audience more in the film.
