Poster Research

Poster AnalysisFrom looking at these horror/thriller trailers and posters it can be clearly seen that they all illustrate the genre of horror/thriller as they all have elements of the thriller and horror aspects within their posters. For example, in The Woman in Black poster you can clearly see that it will be scary and frightening firstly because of the ghost in the mist as well as the slogan “Do you believe in ghosts?” Also, the close up of the actors face shows the fear in his eyes which can therefore highlight the genre of the movie within one image which shows the poster is effective in terms of highlighting the genre of horror and thriller.

In The Woman In Black and the Gone poster one similarity between them is they both have close ups of their faces which can show either they are the main character and tells the audience the film will be revolved around them or to emphasise the fact that they are in fear of something as their faces shows they are frightened of something which can entice the audience to watch the film.

From looking at these film posters, I believe that this will give me and Saba a clear idea on how we would like our film poster to look like as we like the idea of the main character having a close up and also showing a glimpse of our killer character as well to show the audience that the genre is likely to be a suspenseful thriller however, with some horror aspects in it.

Website ResearchThe website also has a synopsis page where it gives a brief overview of what the story is in the film. This way the viewer can feel more in tuned with the storyline and even if they don’t watch the trailer they will still be able to know what the film is about through the synopsis. I think I will include a synopsis in my website as it will give an overview to the viewer as to what my film is about. Furthermore, it will be complying with codes and conventions of film websites because most of them have a synopsis of the film to give the reader an insight to what the film is about.

The website also includes a gallery page which allows the viewer to see different pictures taken from the film. This is another good way of promoting the film because it allows the viewer to see some freeze frames of the actual film which makes the viewer more interested and feel more in tune with the film.

The website for Final Destination 5 first comes up with a striking image of the skull then immediately breaks out and goes into this image here. Then as you can see at the bottom there are different tabs where the audience can look at the trailer, synopsis as well as photos and clips form the film.

This then shows that Saba and I might not want to set up our website like this as this really highlights the horror side of the film as it can be quite frightening, however, it does clearly show the genre and meaning of the film within the website which therefore shows that the website is very eye catching and memorable towards an audience, which we would also like to do for our audience.