The document discusses conventions of horror film posters. It analyzes posters for films like The Devil Inside, Chernobyl Diaries, V/H/S, and The Possession. It notes common elements of horror posters like dark tones, mysterious images rather than characters, the creature causing disruption, taglines leaving questions, and official information. It also discusses elements sometimes excluded like characters, websites, or directors. The document concludes by explaining the poster elements the authors plan to include in their own horror film poster.

1. Horror Film Posters
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2. Conventions of a Horror Poster?
• Horror posters can go against the conventions
of a basic film poster.
• They will sometimes not include main
characters or a specific event.
• The main focus point will be the creature that
is causing the disruption.
• The main colour theme is dark tones with
fading occurring to create mystery.

3. The Devil Inside
The film poster for The Devil The importance of this poster
Inside follows most of the is to create a sense of the
conventions of a horror film unknown within the audience
poster because it includes: because of the picture used
•The film title shows a nun what has
•A tagline unnatural eyes.
•Picture of the unnatural The D in inside is backwards
•Release date which shows that something is
•Official movie website wrong. The colours used are
•The words True Events/Story reds and blacks which have
the connotations of mystery
However it does not include and death. The tagline is
any actors names or a credit crucial because it leaves a cliff
block so these two hanger that can relate to any
conventions will be shown in body who views this poster.
the trailer.

4. Chernobyl Diaries
The film poster for the The importance of this poster
Chernobyl Diaries follows the is to make the audience
conventions of a horror film question what might happen
poster because it includes: at the location shown and the
•The film title tagline relates to any viewer
•A tagline of the poster because of the
•Credit block word experience. The picture
•Release date has the radiation symbol
•Directors name which relates to the film title
•Picture of the location and the colour theme used is
•Production company a murky turquoise which
relates to the idea of mystery.
However it does not include a Reds and whites are used for
website for the film and any the text which follows the
main actors. same typography as a majority
of horror film posters.

5. V/H/S
The film poster for V/H/S The importance of this poster
follows most of the is to make the audience want
conventions of a horror film to find out more about this
poster because it includes: film because of the
•The film title conventions it has excluded.
•A tagline The typography is red and
•Credit block white with the credit block at
•Picture that relates to plot the bottom. The layout of the
background picture is
However this film poster does important because some of
not include a release date, the tapes are facing the other
official website, production way to create an image of a
company and the name of the skull which also relates to the
director and main actors. horror genre. This raises
another question of whether
the tapes are linked to death.

6. The Possession
The film poster for The The importance of this poster
Possession follows the is to disturb the audience due
conventions of a horror film to the picture used which
poster because it includes: shows a hand coming out of
•The film title the mouth. The main colours
•A tagline used for the text are whites
•Release date and reds which stand out from
•Credit block the background which uses dull
•Picture of the unnatural tones of grey’s and black’s. The
•Official website typography suggests that
•The words True Events/Story something is wrong because of
the way there are smudge
However the only conventions marks all across it. The tagline
that this poster did not follow creates mystery by using the
are the name of the director word inside which relates to
and the names of main cast. the background image.

7. Our Poster
By looking at the conventions shown within a horror poster, we have decided to
follow these conventions by making are poster include:
Picture of the location
Film title
A tagline
Credit block
Release date
Official website
Main characters and Director’s name
Production company
The reason for why we will not include the words True story/events is because
by looking at example horror posters we found that it could make the film feel
less real because the audience might think that it is only on there to make the
film seem more realistic and believable.