Poster and Magazine Analysis

2. Colour Code:
Red, black and white was the
colour code I wished to use
as they are your stereotypical
horror genre colours. They
connote many horror themes
like blood, death and anger
etc. This also links with my
magazine as it also uses a
similar colour code.
Skyline:
I used the stereotypical
skyline to tell the audience,
what other movies the
creators of this movie has
made. This creates appeal to
the audience as if they liked
the purge they will like this
movie also.
Star appeal: I put the main stars
appearing in the movie at the
top of the page. By showing the
stars it will interest the
audience, as they will therefore
base the movie on how good
the actors are.
Slogan: By using the movies
slogan on the page creates
continuity through your
media products as the slogan
will be used in the trailer and
any other promotion for the
movie. This helps create a
brand to the movie.
Main image: the main image
stereotypically displays the
protagonist of the movie.
However with the use of
superimposition, (the scratches
in front of the image) you can’t
fully see the protagonists face
which creates enigma, still not
fully showing who the
protagonist is. The scratches also
keep continuity with the trailer
and magazine as it displays the
killers signature weapon.

3. Masthead: the masthead has
to be iconic as the typography
will become its own font and
brand. The typography very
much fits the horror genre and
also advertises blood
splatters, to emphasise the
genre.
Release Date: as this is the
final poster, it displays the
final official release date. The
release date is Halloween,
which is its own unique selling
point as by it coming out on
Halloween indicates it will be
very scary.
Website: By advertising a
website it allows the audience
the research more into the film
if they are interested it also can
show us how many people are
interested in the movie.
Credits: The credits, give the
audience the institutional
information on the movie. It gives
them information or who is staring in
the movie, the institution, the
directors, producers etc.

4. Main Image: the image is of my
protagonist links to my poster
and trailer, which creates simple
continuity throughout all my
media pieces. That is why the
costume and props (knife) is very
crucial. This is a niche magazine
therefore it was not as
important using a studio to take
the images, however the lighting
still came out really well.
Skyline: I used a skyline to give
some information to the audience
which will appeal to them making
them want to buy the magazine.
Colour Code: I used red, black,
white and yellow and they are all
your conventional horror colours
as they have many connotations
of themes like death, blood,
danger, warning etc.
Masthead: The masthead
does not use
superimposition as this is a
niche movie therefore if
the writing was behind the
audience would not know
what the name of the
magazine was.
Issue Date: Gives the audience a
date in order to collect the
magazines etc.
Sell lines: a colloquial register
used, in order to appeal to
audience. Sell lines simply give
the audience an understanding of
what is in the magazine.
Tagline: the main tagline uses
anchorage as it links with the
image and also shows audience
what is the main article in the
magazine.
Barcode:
Unique Selling Point: Telling the
audience they can win
something or get something for
free will become an incentive
making them want to buy it.