When making my poster I had to consider how it would be successfully appealing toward my target audience. When understanding the theme of thriller I immediately knew the use of sharp edges and dark tones in my poster would make my poster appear to be a form of horror related movie poster.

When I was making my poster I had to be very specific towards how the image would appear to achieve a impact toward my audience. For example if you look to the image on my poster you can see I have taken a image most relevant to my trailer of the main character the villain. I used the villain in my trailer to be the main image on my poster due to the fact it gives my audience a look in on one of the characters that would be appearing in the movie, but it also allows my audience to get the fear factor from the image and to draw them in making them want to see more about this specific character. I also used the villain on the poster cover due to the fact this is the most scary and thrilling character in the trailer and by using this image I am straight away portraying the theme of thriller in my poster.

In my poster I had to use dark toning to allow the appearance of dark , scary and dangerous to be apparent. The background of my poster is black de to the fact black is very closely related to horror and nightmares, but when you look at my poster you can see that it is very effective because of how it makes the image in the poster seem almost like the villain is amercing from the darkness, it gives off the idea that the villain is coming out of the poster, or arriving in cinemas soon. The black background really enhances the impact the image gives, this is because it helps the contrast in the image making the face appear stronger then the rest of the poster, this is to allow the poster not to be too cluttered and confusing. The black background allows the red of the text to be brought forward and to come out to the audience, it is very eye catching and can draw in a audience.

When thinking of the theme thriller I had to be considerate of all elements such as lighting, appearance and use of text and colour. For example when you look at the text on my poster I have specifically used sharp edged and red text. This is due to the fact Red is very closely resembled to blood and hate, this is important in my choice of colour because my audience will resemble this colour to horror and will understand that the trailer is aimed toward an audience with interests in thriller, horror and gore related movies. I chose a very sharp text because it could work as a phallic symbol toward the trailer, symbolising pain and sharp objects like knifes, things generally used in horror related subjects. When you look closely to the some of the text on my poster you can see that I have edited it on photoshop to make it appear as if it has a sheen on the edges, this again is to enhance the appearance of sharp, cutting, knife like text. I added a release date on my poster due to the fact that follows the conventions of a typical horror poster, I had to make sure that it was similar to the rest of the text on the poster so that it made sense.

When taking my image for my poster I had to think what was going to be most impacting for example I had to make the contrast even to allow the image to be clear but still appear dark and haunting. When I took my image I took it in a dark area so that when I edited it , it would be a lot similar to combine it with a dark background. I made some areas on the image darker to make it more contrasting and to give off a scary appearance.