Conventions included in my film poster and magazine cover

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This quote contains the word devil, which just like the title of this poser carries religious connotations and again when associated with a horror film lets the viewer of the poster know that there is most likely going to be paranormal events within the film, the text of this quote is also very sharp which helps to give the poster a eerie view, along with this the particular words are in red in the quote to add emphasis to them. The title of my film poster communicates the genre of horror through the use of satanic symbols, such as the upside down crucifix and the pentagram, these carry connotations of religion and satanic rituals, which when associated with a horror film usually connote to the audience that the film is going to be based around paranormal events. This title relates the poster back to my production as it is very similar to the title which was used in it. Information about the films social medias, In recent years social media is becoming one of the best ways to advertise your film and to help keep your audience in touch with the latest information about your film, recently more and more films are beginning to include their social medias on their posters which in turn influenced me to also put them on my film poster. The main image of my poster is a gun, which instantly helps to connote the genre of the film to the viewer of the poster as guns carry various connotations such as death, murders and criminality. On its own a gun would not prompt the genre of horror into a viewer's head but when combined with other parts of my film poster such as the tile it becomes very At the bottom of the poster is more information on how to find out more about the film as well as its release date, these pieces of texts are made distinguishable from each other through the use of different font styles and the use of red and black fonts which also help to complement the white, red and black colour scheme of the poster. I chose this colour scheme

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This quote contains the word devil, which just like the title of this poser carries religious connotations and again when associated with a horror film lets the viewer of the poster know that there is most likely going to be paranormal events within the film, the text of this quote is also very sharp which helps to give the poster a eerie view, along with this the particular words are in red in the quote to add emphasis to them.

The title of my film poster communicates the genre of horror through the use of satanic symbols, such as the upside down crucifix and the pentagram, these carry connotations of religion and satanic rituals, which when associated with a horror film usually connote to the audience that the film is going to be based around paranormal events. This title relates the poster back to my production as it is very similar to the title which was used in it.

Information about the films social medias, In recent years social media is becoming one of the best ways to advertise your film and to help keep your audience in touch with the latest information about your film, recently more and more films are beginning to include their social medias on their posters which in turn influenced me to also put them on my film poster.

The main image of my poster is a gun, which instantly helps to connote the genre of the film to the viewer of the poster as guns carry various connotations such as death, murders and criminality. On its own a gun would not prompt the genre of horror into a viewer's head but when combined with other parts of my film poster such as the tile it becomes very apparent what the genre of the film is to the viewer.

At the bottom of the poster is more information on how to find out more about the film as well as its release date, these pieces of texts are made distinguishable from each other through the use of different font styles and the use of red and black fonts which also help to complement the white, red and black colour scheme of the poster. I chose this colour scheme as red carries connotations of evil and death, and black and white connote blandness.

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The British Film Institute logo which is featured on all Sight & Sound magazine covers, it is usually coloured but I decided to grey mine out as I believed that it fitted with the colour scheme of my magazine cover much more when it was greyed out as opposed to being coloured. The grey, black and red colour scheme helps to signify the genre of horror to the viewer as red can signify death and evil and black and grey are insipid colures and signify dullness, this relates back to the green of horror as in horrors bland colours are mainly used as opposed to colures which pop.

The font and colour of the main title on the magazine cover help to signify to viewers of the magazine cover the genre of the film which is horror, due to the main image communicating several genres this text is a crucial part of the magazine cover and this is why it is the largest text on the magazine cover. The font which looks like smeared blood when put in red carries connotations of death and evil, this is why the colour red is very prominent on this cover.

The main image of my magazine cover is of my antagonist firing a AK47 assault rifle, the image is made to look as if the character is peeking around a wall which is the edge of the magazine cover creating a neat effect, the character is wearing all black which signifies to the viewers of the cover that he is mysterious and this is further amplified by the fact that he is wearing a mask, making him seem even more mysterious. The image does however connote multiple genres to the viewer, it could easily be mistaken for a action movie, never the less the other images and text on the magazine cover greatly help to connote to the audience that the film is in fact a horror film.