2. Idea 1
To show that this style of horror
has the subgenre of
psychological the poster could
be similar to a puzzle. My initial
idea was to create a poster that
needed to be decoded. I would
achieve this by creating a
portrait poster filled with words
associated with horror, however
the tag line for our film is
imbedded amongst the words
but the tagline is red and in a
larger font size. Whereas the
rest of the individual words are
in black and in a small font.
3. Idea 2
My second idea was to channel
the slasher aspect of our trailer,
I have chose to place a stock
prop (knife) as people can
easily identify with this object.
For this poster the back ground
would be black, with a large
glistening knife. As the blood
falls down the knife it reveals
the word deactivate which is
the title. The combination of
black and red are common on
posters as black is associated
with darkness and evil, whist
red is linked to death and
murder.
4. Idea 3
My 3rd idea was to create a
traditional poster, this would
included a character and a prop. I
have placed the character face in the
middle with the title hanging over
her head, in order to draw the
audience in i have split the tag line
either side of the character head to
make it look like its her thoughts. For
this poster the background would be
black with white text as a contrast.
For this poster I would have to look
closely at lighting, as i don’t what the
character to look like a floating body
on a black backdrop.
5. Development of idea 3
I have developed different character posters which was idea 3, these are some of the
character position that I'm taking into consideration.
This poster only shows half the characters face, it helps keep
her full identity a secret. This poster creates a sense of
mystery which enforces the subgenre of psychological. Also
this character is staring straight into the camera so this poster
should draw in the audience.
Another character poster would
be to have a pair of lips
whispering into an ear. This
shows that there is something
hidden, this makes the audience
want to find out the secret
enticing them to watch the film.
By only showing a few feature of
the character the viewer are left
in the dark as to who the
character is. The sense of
unknowing makes the viewer
want to watch the film.
