‘Dreams of Death’ Work Analysis

• ‘Dreams of Death’ Poster Analysis• ‘Dreams of Death’ Website Analysis

By Joseph Knight

‘Dreams of Death’ Poster Analysis

The use of faded images on the main actor’s head whilst he is sleeping show the viewers of the poster that he is seeing these visions in his dreams, thus why the movie is called ‘Dreams of Death’.

I have given the poster a ‘Glass’ effect on Adobe Photoshop. The use of this effect on my poster is that it makes the entire image look hazy, and not everything is as it seems in the trailer.

The inclusion of the film title, release date and website address is always crucial to include in any movie’s trailer. This informs the viewers of the poster what the film is, when it is released, and what website they can visit to gain more information about the movie.

The inclusion of a slogan on the poster can potentially be as important as the title of the film. The slogan of my trailer ‘You don’t want to be this teacher’s pet…’ indicates that a teacher is involved in the film in some way, and that the teacher is possibly the villain of the film.

‘Dreams of Death’ Website AnalysisThe main picture included in the website is the same picture used in the poster. This keeps consistency throughout all of the advertisements of the film.

For the main picture, I copied the picture used on the website and used a black-coloured ‘Basic Brush’ on Adobe Photoshop to create the blurred effect around the picture.

I have used the same font for the film title, slogan, billing box and release date in this website as I have for the poster. This, once again, keeps consistency throughout all of the advertisements of the film.

Below the billing box I have included a 15 certificate logo, the ‘UK Film Council’ logo, a ‘Dolby Digital’, and a ‘DTS’ logo. All of these logos are what most professional movies replicate in their websites, and I have therefore replicated it in mine.

Here is where the trailer will be placed in the website. Placing it directly below the title of the film will help the viewers of the website to know that this is the trailer of this film.