The document discusses the process of analyzing different genres of movie posters and designing a poster for a horror/comedy parody film. Key aspects discussed include researching horror, comedy, and parody posters to understand common styles; choosing a title font that fits the genre; editing photos of characters to look scared but funny; and including elements like a dark background and catchphrase to convey the hybrid genre. The final poster was created in Photoshop and Quark following the conventions of the genres to attract audience attention and effectively promote the film.

2. Poster analysis on other horror posters to get an idea on how to create my
poster matching to our genre close as possible.
I have picked three horror movies
posters, as we can see they all
have a few things in common,
first of all the background is plain
black and one image which takes
up most of the poster and is eye
catching towards the audience,
the picture has a lot of detail to it
which makes it eye catching and
stands out and looks scary, also
the writing is in pink which
implies it is also a horror poster.
This is how the audience can
identify that it’s a horror film
poster by these house styles. The
lighting is also usually shinning
on one side and the other is
darker

3. Now I will be analysing comedy as my poster is based on
horror/comedy.
With comedy posters
the lighting is usually
bright and colourful to
show meaning as it’s a
comedy poster and the
lighting and colour is
different from the
horror poster as it
stands out bright and
eye catching to the
audience implying it’s a
comedy poster and the
house style is the same
for all comedy posters.

4. I am now going to analyse
comedy/ horror parody
poster as this is what our
film is based on and the
genre is related to, after
looking at both horror and
comedy posters I can
identify that both genres are
merged into one with the
camera editing and lighting
and photos. For example the
lighting on chosen bits are
darker than others and also
the title is in red which
implies it also has some
horror scenes along side
with some comedy hence it
becomes a parody poster of
the two genres.
Analysis on comedy/ horror parody
posters.

5. In order to find my perfect title font to match my
selected genre, I went into google in order to find
a specific font I has an image of in my head. I went
on www.dafonts.com in order to find my specific
genre type title that I needed. In the end I went to
the horror section font and found the preferred
font I would like to use and believe would fit in
well with my poster and genre we picked which
was horror/comedy parody. I chose out of two
fonts which is shown to my right.
Font 1
Hide and seek
Font 2
Hide and seek
The first font is bold and stands out more as its
thick writing, where as the second one is in
italics and not as much in bold, I am choosing to
go with the first one as its one which caught my
eye the most and grabbed my attention which I
am hoping it would do to my target audience.

6. Analysis of how I am going to create
my poster.
First of all I am going to have a
black background as this is
most common in a horror film
as my picture is going to be
the main thing which stands
out (the main character the
killer) and the title is going to
be in bright red blood writing
grabbing the target audiences
attention. As it’s a parody of
the two genres I am also going
to add the characters who are
involved in the film making
funny faces/ scary faces behind
the killer. To the right is some
of the pictures and styles I
have chosen to add on my
poster.
Font 1
Hide and seek
Main title
MAIN
CHARACTER ON
THE POSTER

7. This is the final outcome of my A2 film poster, I started off
by finding the title font first and then moved on to the
pictures being edited. All of the pictures I had photo
shopped and deleted bits I didn’t need or increase the
lighting in some areas and in other areas put a shadow so
it looks scary and blends with the genre for example like I
did to zian (character on the right in the green jacket) he
has a shadow on his face as hems looking scared, all of the
characters are making scared faces but in a funny way to
show it’s a parody, we can identify it’s a parody from the
main characters posture and how he's standing and one of
the character again to the right making a scary funny face.
This represents the genre of the film and the audience are
able to identify what type of film this is going to be, again I
kept the house style plain and simple as concluding from
research that is how the genre we picked magazines look,
the darker background, blood writing and funny/ scared
looking characters.

8. I created the title using dafonts.com
and its in red representing blood
alongside the font I had chosen also
gives that affect implying its got some
horror.
I inserted pictures of characters looking
rather scared, but with a funny
expression allowing the audience to
identify it’s a horror/ comedy parody,
the pictures go well with the genre of
the film as the protagonist is in a funny
posed holding a knife creating humour
again suggesting its got some comedy.
I also added a shadow affect from
photo shop to give an affect on the
pictures and the target audience as it
also identifies it includes some horror.
Ive also included a
catchphrase, makes the film
and poster more exciting and
attracts attention towards the
film.
The background is dark black
as in horror movies posters are
usually black as the
background and the comedy
bit the characters wear bright
clothing and funny
expressions.
I included some signs of
where people can engage
with the film and see what its
about by including social
networking websites to get
more of an audience and it
creates more publicity, also
attracts the audience to
follow these pages and see
what the film is about and
spread the news.

9. I have followed the house style required when creating a horror/ comedy parody poster, from the
colours to the pictures I have developed many key skills when creating the final product when
using photo shop and quark, using this last year enabled me to carry out tasks more effectively
and efficiently and create a goof piece of work as I knew what to use since I was able to practice
on it last year. My poster fits in well with the genre we had chosen to base our film around, the
title implies its got some horror scenes in it from the blood dripping affect and the colour red,
where as the funny pictures implies its got some comedy telling the audience it’s a parody of both
the genres as some of the characters create funny poses and look scared at the same time and
the protagonist is postured in a funny way creating humour. I have felt I have followed what I
could when creating this parody product from doing research which helped me a lot when
creating the poster, it is plain and simple but tells a lot however, this is how this genre is
represented.
Thank You for your time.