Font Ideas...

The font is very important for a movie poster, one of the main recognizable features which is why we are taking time to carefully select our type face. We have used www.dafont.com to source a selection of fonts which we like and are going to ask our fellow students which they think will suit our horror film best. The fonts we have chosen are mainly quite simple, with fractured, erroded and splattered effects. We decided against a type face which is too elaborate as it can become cheesy and after some research found that most other horror films use simple type.
The font which got the most amount of votes was number 4. People said they liked that it was quite a traditional font which is recognisable, mixed with splatters of paint which reminded them of blood. They also said the splatters were like water and the sea splashing...which links well to our water themed film.
Number 2 was also popular, very simple sans serif font with a brushed eroded effect. The audience said it was very clearly readable and bold with a hint of scary.
Number 5 was the least popular, people felt it was slightly to over worked... the stroke and the splatters were a bit too much. Also someone said the font was very rounded which made it very friendly looking.
I think these are all valid points and have helped us with making the decision.

 

Magazine Covers

These are our magazine covers, both quite similar. On colleen's version of the magazine cover (left) although using the same main image, she has edited the brightness and contrast of the image to crate an apparent paled face killer - a typical image you'd expect to see within a horror. The image is more spooky than Briony's (right). Both covers have used the black red and white colour scheme, these are traditional horror colours - sticking the genre conventions.  The tag lines on both are also quite similar, main one being about our movie itself... Briony's linking with the name 'Premiere' with the idea of first look and seeing it before others. We have both made the magazine a horror special because after some research we found that movie magazines dont often have horror films on the cover, we believe this is to do with age rating and it appealing to a smaller audience. So by creating it a special, the audience will know its just a one off. We have used words such as 'exclusive', 'win', 'behind the scenes' etc as these are all things which appeal to the audience, making them feel like they are getting something extra and involving them in the magazine.
We are both happy with the two posters and are submitting both of them for the exam, we think they look quite proffesional and work well with our other media products!

Photoshoot

We have taken a range of images for our film poster and magazine cover. We experimented with a range of shot ideas which could be edited and developed. These were inspired by other movie posters we researched - we hope the images represent our film well and give the audience a sneak peek into our trailer itself. Photos can be found at our flickr or by clicking the photos below. We want the poster to be quite scary, featuring the killer and maybe a weapon or some blood (making her look like a killer). But we don't want it to be over the top creepy as this may put some viewers off and give to much away! I think the photos we have taken have potential and could look good after editing :)