1. Analysis for D1
I believe that overall, I was quite successful when it comes to meeting the brief. In the brief it talked about creating 3 different posters which share the
same theme resembling a Horror poster with also choosing a sub-genre within the Horror genre to make all of the posters resemble also. I have
successfully made 3 different posters that’s colour schemes, effects from Photoshop and camera setting help them resemble not only Horror posters, but
Paranormal Horror posters. For example with my Landscape poster I decided to put a fuzzy/ghostly effect onto the figure in the main image to show to
anyone who views the poster that the figure isn’t normal or at least not a normal person, which brings in this layer of mystery, tension because the
people viewing the poster don’t know and don’t understand why this effect has been put onto a model who is pretending to be a character of the movie
you won’t be able to figure it out until you watch the movie. This tension and mystery are both huge features of what a Horror movie is supposed to do
to you because it makes you scared but interested to watch the movie that the posters are advertising for. Therefore, putting that theme into my
Landscape poster will show clearly to anyone what the theme is so that they understand whether it is something for them or not. Which I believe I have
done.
Another way that I have done which meets the original brief is have all 3 of the posters have a target audience, which are late teenagers to early 30s. I
believe that I have also achieved this with my Theatrical poster. In my Theatrical poster I show the main characters in the plot (the group of six friends),
this is the only poster where I show the main characters/protagonists. This gives the people who view my Theatrical poster the chance to interpret each
character only from looking at them and to see if they relate to them in anyway, whether through what the costumes are to how old the characters are.
This will attract the target audience (late teenagers to early 30s) rather than any other age bracket because the audience members that are close to the
ages or around the ages of what the characters look like will relate to them more compared to a bunch or middle-aged people. So therefore, I believe that
I have met the criteria of the original brief.
I also believe that I have met the criteria because each poster shows a different narrative from the plot. For example, my Landscape poster shows a Ouija
Board and the lower body of a figure who is our antagonist. This shows the narrative for example the Ouija Board is the thing the group of six to come
into contact with Bill. My Theatrical poster is the only poster to show the group of six showing the narrative which is our main characters. Finally with my
Teaser poster there are the two shadows which are Ghosts again showing the narrative that they are also the bad guys.
In the poster where I show the group of six (Theatrical) I decided to have an equal split of three males and three female so that the posters are able to
attract both genders which is part of the brief.
I have also added to Film 4 logo on all of my posters to show the company.
2. • All of my posters have a Title, Release date, Billing block and BBFC logo, which is
one of the features for the brief this is so possible audience members can take in
key pieces of information about thing that the posters are advertising.
• All of the posters are put together well. For example, there are no bad cuttings
from photoshops, and everything is crisp and good quality. Nothing looks rushed
• All of my posters have been made inside of the time frame.
• All of the posters are all saved correctly. For example, a save of every poster in:
JPEG, PSD,PNG files.
• There is also a twist on the plot what the posters are advertising. For example,
the twist is the use of a Ouija Board to summon the Ghosts.
• The cast is also diverse with some characters being Korean and African American
