1. Poster research
Posters analysed:
- Bag of Bones
- Bye Bye Man
- Carrie
- Nightmare on Elm Street
- Orphan
- SAW
- Texas Chainsaw
- The Boy
- The Conjuring
- Woman In Black 2
2. ● Contains the name of main actor
● Background Image: contains the
key parts of the movie, drowning
of a young girl.
● Synopsis: Beware the lake. Sets
the audience up for a possible
location for the movie.
● The title of the movie is in bottom
third of the poster, easier for
members of the public to view.
● Release date at the bottom.
● Colours are coordinated and
reflect the synopsis Beware of the
Lake.
3. ● Background Image: Is the main
character - the
Bye Bye Man.
● Contains the Synopsis ‘’Don’t think it,
Don’t say it’.
● Title is at the bottom of the poster.
● Release Date: underneath the title,
smaller print.
● Colour Scheme: Dark colours,
contrasting with the orange glow behind
the silhouette.
4. ● Lists the actors in smaller red
print above the title
● Background Image: of the main
character
● Synopsis: ‘’you will never know
her name Carrie’ in a faded grey
● Title at the bottom of the poster,
in clear white.
● Release Date; in bold at the very
bottom of the poster
● Colour Scheme: Dark colour
scheme.
5. ● Contains the small print of producers.
● Background image of main character
● Synopsis ‘’welcome to your new
nightmare’
● Title in bold red font. In bottom third of
poster
● Release Date in bold red font at the
very bottom of poster
● Colour Scheme dark reds and browns
Co
6. ● Lists the producers in small print down
the bottom
● Background image: main character of
an orphan girl
● Synopsis ‘there’s something wrong
with Esther’
● Title appears handwritten
● Release Date Smaller print July 24
● Colour Scheme is a brown
background with the orphanage
uniform in blues.
7. ● List of actors across the top in small
print, against the white background
● Background image of limbs on a
white background, with a saw blade
running along the top of the poster
● Synopsis ‘make your blood run cold’
● Title in red, blood like font
● Colour Scheme white and red gives a
clinical feel to it.
8. ● List of producers in small print at bottom
of the poster
● Background image of the main character
● Synopsis evil wears many faces
● Title is in a metallic font which is bold
and positioned in the bottom third
● Release Date, narrower font, bottom of
poster
● Colour Scheme is greys and blacks.
9. ● Gives a list of producers at the
bottom in narrow font
● The Background image is of a
mansion’s corridor with the main
character (Boy) in the centre.
● Synopsis ‘Every child needs to be
loved’
● Title is in bottom third of the poster, in
a white font.
● Release date is in a smaller font and
is positioned in the bottom third of the
poster, below the listings of
producers
● Colour scheme is dark colours:
browns, blacks, and blues.
10. ● Lists the producers and directors at the bottom of
the poster. Also states the directors other
blockbusters at the top of the poster
● Background image is of an armchair, child and
doll.
● Title is in a bold, white typeface in the bottom
third of the poster.
● Release Date is in bold fonts
● Colour Scheme greys and black, gives the
impression of aging building
11. ● Actor - Producer of
● Background image is of the
two main character; the
woman in black and the
young boy
● Synopsis ‘She never forgives,
she never forgets, she never
left’
● Title Bottom third, Bold white
and red
● Release Date bold white very
bottom
● Colour Scheme greys
12. Outcome
★ All posters have their title on the bottom third of the poster
★ Release date is underneath the small print of producers
★ Synopses are either on top of titles, underneath the titles or in ‘The Conjuring’s
case, no synopsis is on the poster.
★ Actors are usually displaced on the top of the poster
★ Text on the poster are consistent with: colour, alignment and font.
★ The background images are often simple with only having one character, this
is scene in the The Boy. Whereas Woman in Black 2 and The Conjuring have
two characters on display.
