This presentation is on the test shots we took, and why we chose not to use them. It also has our final shot that we used, and why.

1. POSTER TEST SHOTS

2. These are two of the test shots that we took for our horror poster. The first shot was taken at a
canted angle, so that we could see how the cracks on the phone screen would show up in the photo.
We also did this to test how the text on the phone screen would look. We chose not to use this
particular angle, as the use of it would make the placement of text, on the poster, more difficult and
therefore harder to follow conventions.
In the second group of test shots, we chose to experiment with the brightness on the screen phone.
We found that if it was too bright you couldn't see the message on the phone, which is the main
focus of the shot.

3. The third group of test shots were done with the camera flash on, but this wasn’t effective because
of the reflection on the phone. The fourth group of test shots were taken from a birds-eye-view, as
we wanted to compare angles, but we found that the canted angle was more successful in terms of
its use on a horror film poster.

4. We found that the photos we had taken
looked too dark, and didn’t show the
importance of the protagonist, so we
decided to use Photoshop to edit a hand
holding the phone. These are some of the
test shots we took, changing the angle to
match that of our original photograph.

5. This is the final shot that we decided
to use for our poster. This is because
both the cracks and messages on the
phone were visible, which is the
focus of the shot. The angle it is
taken at is slightly canted, and this
hints at its role in the narrative of our
horror trailer. Also, as the area around
the phone is one solid colour, we
would be able to scale it to our
preferred size, and therefore follow
conventions of horror film posters.