Movie Posters

1. Movie Posters Horror Charlotte Kelly

2. The background is a solid black, to make the main image and text stand out The red font, is bold and stands out by using capital letters and could represent blood The tagline ‘ come out, come out, whatever you are’ links to the title of the film ‘ hide and seek’ however says ‘whatever’ meaning something is hiding but they don’t know what The main image is a long shot of a corridor with a dark figure at the end, makes us wonder who this is, and what relevance she has to the film? The lighting in this poster is completely dark, the only light coming from the door in the main image, straight away attracts us to it The title of the film ‘ Hide and Seek’ is WOB, which makes it stand out on the black and the writing is faded in places, giving a mysterious feel Well known actors names, to attract fans and movie fanatics , makes the film look better Release date

3. States the film is from the same director as ‘Saw’ and ‘Insidious’, they do this to attract fans of those movies, and to show that this director has had other successful movies in the past The lighting is very dark around the edges and the main characters are very dark, surrounded by a lighter colour, turning our main focus to them The background colours are a mix between black, white and grey, all colours associated with horror The main image on the poster is of a woman sitting with her back to us in a rocking chair, with what looks like a child's doll, staring back at the audience The text says ‘ based on the true case files of the warrens’ this tells us it’s based on a true story, to appeal to horror fans, to make them want to watch something ‘real’ even more ‘Conjuring’ is written in a pure white font, standing out on the dark, dull background‘, these colours give a mysterious, spooky affect Doesn’t tell you the release date

4. The main image of the DVD cover is of the boy who's the main character, the one who gets possessed, the house is in the background, linking to the tagline. He is making direct eye contact with the audience, making us feel intimidated and has a spooky feel to it Opinion from a viewer, 5 stars, rates the film highly, going to make people want to watch it Teaser images of the movie Small amount of text tells us what the films about, without giving too much away, attracts people From the director of ‘Paranormal Activity’ and ‘Saw’, attracts fans of these movies, knows they're from successful directors ‘special features’ they want to attract people to their DVD The font is sans serif, mostly white font, with two letters in red, attracting us to the centre of the title, maybe indicating blood Tagline – ‘ It’s not the house that’s haunted’ makes us wonder, if the house isn’t haunted, what is? Age rating, attracts the appropriate target audience Dark , dull, lighting, typical horror barcode