This is my version of 'The Birds' poster. It has been made in the style of Saul Bass with a simplistic and bold layout.
Wednesday 23 October 2013
Tuesday 22 October 2013
HORROR FILM POSTER ANALYSIS
30 DAYS OF NIGHT POSTER
This poster uses many typical Horror
poster themes. It uses only two colours, which are red and black. Red and black
are the most common colours used on Horror film posters and this is because of
what they represent and make you initially think of when you see the colours
displayed in a certain way. The colour of red is used because in horror films,
there are a lot of gory scenes that commonly involve blood, something that many
people are slightly put off or disturbed by. The red is used to make you think
of this, and also to give you insight of what will be shown in the film. Red
also is a colour to signify danger, something that every horror film plot
entails. Black symbolizes a long list of things in general and especially in
horror. As black is the darkest colour there is, it connotes with darkness and
the unknown, which can be considered scary and unsettling. Black also
symoblises death, mystery, fear, evil, unhappiness, depth, hopelessness, sadness,
remorse, anger, and mourning (to name a few). All of these things are very much
referred to in horror films in some way or form. There will almost always be a
scene where it is very dark in a horror film. The choice of colour used on a
film poster is extremely important because a film poster is almost like a
window/sneak peak insight
MOODBOARDS
Location
In horror film
one of the main aspects that make the films scary is the location of where the
film is set. To make the location scary, unusual or unknown locations are
commonly used. For example the woods, an old haunted house in the middle of nowhere
and abandoned buildings. This is to invoke our fear of the unknown and to
create an unsettling sense of no hope or help being in such places.
Blood, Death, Gore
There are always
scenes including blood, death or gore in every horror film. The whole point of
horror film is the element of danger, which commonly results in some characters
being killed, and others harmed (mentally, physically). This is a big reason as
to why the colour red is used to commonly on horror film posters as it
represents danger and blood.
The Threat
In every horror film there must be a
threat of some sort. Some films such as The Ring, Hatchet and Chainsaw Massacre
use monstrous threats that are of course not threats we’d face in real life,
but because they have been created, there is more opportunity to create more
scariness in them. Other films like The Night Listener and Silence of The Lambs
use a psychological threat, which are people who are so unstable mentally to
the point that they become life threatening to others. Events in these films on
the other hand are much more likely to happen than monsters coming out of your
closet! The other common threat used in horror film is the
paranormal. This is becoming an increasingly more common threat used in horror.
I personally think this is because more and more people are becoming open to possibility
of paranormal life being a reality.
HORROR FILM POSTERS
Most horror film posters
have many aspects in common. For example the colours used are mostly red, black
and white. This is simply because red is a colour that represents danger and
evil. Black is a colour that represents fear, horror and evil.
Introduction To Horror Film
Horror Films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films effectively center on the dark side of life, the forbidden, and strange and alarming events. They deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares, our vulnerability, our alienation, our revulsions, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death and dismemberment, loss of identity, or fear of sexuality.
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