Process of magazine cover

The magazine cover idea was inspired by a close up picture of joanna, who also features as one of the 'victims' in our teaser trailer. We wanted the cover to look or be reminiscent of other magazine covers advertising a film or trailer. From research, i have found that covers for films such as Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek and Harry Potter have close up or meduim shots of the film's main character/ protagonist. The close up shot shows two black x's drawn on jo's eyelid's to represent death - which coincides with the 'presummed dead' title. We then used acrylic paint to create what looks like blood falling down from the eye, reinstating the horror genre of our teaser trailer piece.

Above, we then used programmes such as photo shop and coral draw to create the title of the magazine cover - which is taken from the actual magazine 'Total Film'. We decided to use this title as it goes really well with the black and white version of the magazine and it was also inspired by the Total Film cover for Star Trek, in which it had actor Chris Pine's face staring straight at the audience. The black and white works really well as it makes the red 'blood' stand out and makes it look more striking which may entice the audience to read it.

Finally, the red, which is a typical convention of the horror genre, is placed over the 'I' letter. This means the cover has own own little twist on it, with the bold typography of the teaser trailer title also being shown in red. The tagline 'the most anticipated film of the year' hopefully makes readers want to invest in the magazine which would ultimatley help promote the teaser trailer for the film. To further the magazine cover, we need to include a few more titles of what else is included in the magazine, to make it look more aesthetically realistic and professional.

Poster Possibilities

These are images of what our poster for the teaser trailer could eventually look like, with all these images being reflective of the drawn out version previously shown. All of the pictures show the hand of a 'deceased' person, or so the audience will think, and each contains the name and release date of the film in order to gain the audience's attention.




The image above shows a horizontal view of the hand in which the titles include the people who starred in the film, in an almost typewriter font. I think this is effective as the names stand out due to the poster being black and white however in terms of the view of the hand i think a different angle would have benefitted it, like the other versions of the posters below. The tag is placed above the hand with focus being on this, important for the audience as we want it to catch their attention.

The poster above is in colour which i think is perhaps less effective than the black and white ones, however i prefer the angle and perspective of the hand and where the typography is placed, and i think the shadows on the black and white posters looks more effective and has a better aesthetic quality.

This is the same as the poster above yet i think it works better with it being in black and white. The shadow looks more professional and reminiscent of film noir, yet i maybe think that a splash of colour would again benefit the poster as although our teaser trailer isn't the conventional horror genre, i think we at least want some definition of horror in order for this to connote to the audience.

The last image shows the hand at a different angle which is probably less effective than the others above as not all of the hand can be seen. I like the way in which the tag has been placed and the typography on it as it is a bit more bold than the others and clearer. The shadow is darker which could have sinister connotations which ultimately help promote the horror genre. Although i dont prefer the way the titles of the characters names have been shown as there is less emphasis on them.

Poster for Final Destination

Film Poster

This poster is instantly recognisable as the poster for the American horror film 'Scream' in which the faces connote that of terror and again the convetions of the wide eye and screaming mouths are portrayed instigating the horror genre. The black is typical of a horror genre poster yet i think for this particular poster it doesn't work as well as i'v seen for others as the black background almost steals the focus from the letters made from the human faces. There isn't enough contrast between the faces and the black, and i feel that maybe an addition of color may benefit the poster as the basic idea for it is a really good one.

Film Posters

In creating our own poster in order to advertise our horror teaser trailer, i have looked at various posters belonging to the horror genre in order to gain a sense of conventions in terms of film posters. This poster gives no information to what the film being advertised is however the image of the boy with a white face and black hair is automatically recognisable for me from the 2004 remake of the japanese film Ju-On, named now, The Grudge. I think perhaps even if people of our generation and an audience of our age haven't seen the actual film, the image will be reminiscent of them for the American psychological horror. The red '2' in the middle of the child's eye is connoting that this poster is advertising The Grudge 2, a sequal to the previous film, which already has a base target audience, in effect this poster is hoping for the same type of audience to see this film. The black, white and red all connote that of horror conventions which again automatically suggest the genre of the poster, with these colours generally occuring within posters such as these. The wide eye of the child is also an image reminiscent of such films as Psycho and Scream, where main characters on the front of posters and dvd's etc are seen to have alert eyes connoting that they have perhaps witnessed a horror.