PLANNING MY POSTER

& MAGAZINE COVER

BY ADEWALE ADEYINKA

I like the fact that in these posters the face of the creatures are kept ambiguous to the audience, which is

why the audience go to watch the film to find out who the character is. I also like the fact that the phone

plays a key feature in the one missed called poster, which suggest that the phone may be a key object in the

film. I took this to consideration for my trailer which involves a supernatural creature and also includes a

phone.

Tagline which is used to

attract the audience,

also putting the

audience in a hot seat

asking them a question

they know nothing

about.

The phone, which

suggest to the

audience that it will

be a key object in

the film. This idea

was inspired by the

one missed call

poster

The tree branches

suggest to the

audience where the

location of the film will

be, which will in the

woods.

General convention of

most film posters by

having the title of the

film at the top of the

poster. The colour

scheme will be black

and red which is a

convention used in

horror posters.

Music notes with

red blood dripping

down, which gives

the audience a hint

to the narrative of

the film.

I want to make the

creature the centre of

attraction by making

the image large, the

face of the creature

will also be kept

ambiguous to the

audience.

Company logo and

other information

here.

I want to use these magazine covers has an inspiration for my magazine cover because of the

aspects in which they include such as; the font colour Red which is a Horror convention and also

a colour that stands out in each of these magazine covers, it catches the attention of the reader. I

will be using Empire as my brand name because of its reputation, and lastly I like the fact that in

each of these magazine covers they also focus on a object which conveys to what the film is

about e.g. Gun and a Wand which is something I will be taking into consideration for my

magazine cover.

The colour scheme

for my magazine

cover will be red and

black so that it

meets horror

conventions and

also so that it can be

identified has an

horror film to the

reader.

This is where other

articles will be advertised

to what the magazine has

inside, this is important to

attract readers to buy the

magazine and to read

more about the articles

inside.

Repetition of the films

tagline which will be

used to attract and draw

the audiences interest

about the film featured

on the magazine.

Exclusive preview of

other films which will also

attract fans of these films.

The main focus of this

magazine cover will be

the hand and the object

which will leave the

audience ambiguous

wanting to who is

calling and reading

more about the film

inside.

This is where I will put

the Barcode.

This is to make sure that

the reader flicks through

the pages to find out who

is calling.

These are my inspirations for my Demon Poster, I like how the figure of batman is shown

with its dark feature. In the wilderness poster since my film is based in the woods I could

use the background of my location (woods) and put and like this poster add my film title,

however I still think its plain. The Blair Witch Project poster is one that really stood out to

me, it simple but at the same time draws the audiences attention to what is going on, which

is something I took into consideration for my poster.

I was not sure which poster to pick for my film, both posters include inspirations from films

Wilderness (Left poster) and Blair Witch Project ( Right poster). I decided to go for the poster on

the right because I felt that it conveyed more about my horror film than the other poster, I found

that the other poster was too plain.

Background of the woods

which illustrates where the

film will be located and

creates a sense of isolation.

The title of the film will

be located at the bottom

of the poster which is a

general convention used

in most horror poster,

and also the title of the

film will be largest to

catch the audiences

attention

The production

company will go

here.

Website which the audience

can go to, to reveal more

information about the film

The creature will be at the

centre of the poster, his face

will remain covered to create

mystery, long shot photo of

the creature will be used to

show its dark features.

A hint of the storyline will

be given to the audience,

inspiration of this came

from The Blair Witch

Project.

The colour scheme of

my poster will be black

and white.

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I chose these two photos for my film poster because

I felt that they related more to my second draft

trailer of demon wood, whilst the other photos I

thought had to do more with my first draft Pick Up.

I wanted the photo of the woods to be the

background of my poster , this inspiration came

from other Horror trailers based in the forest or

woods where they would use the background to

suggest the location of the film. I chose this photo

also because it creates a sense of isolation and

suspense.

I also chose this photo for my poster

because this is the main character that

will appear in all stages of my marketing

campaign, I wanted the face of the

character to remain unknown to the

audience to build tension with the

audience wanting to know who it is, This

inspiration came from horror posters like

scream.

These are where all the inspiration for my magazine cover will come from, I looked at Empire magazine special

issues and covers of when Empire are promoting a film, they would change the general Empire logo and subject it

to the theme of the film they are promoting. One Empire magazine I looked at had a film poster advertised inside

which gave me some ideas. I took all these aspects into consideration for my magazine cover.

The information of the

magazines edition will go

here which is a general

convention. The colour

scheme of my magazine

cover will be black and

white with a splash of red.

My empire logo will be

subjected to the theme

of the magazine which

is horror films based in

the woods. I will use

branches as the

background for this

font.

Names of other Horror

films based in the woods

will be disorientated

around the magazine

because magazines tend

not to have structure.

My film Poster will

be here, with the

largest image so that

it is the centre of

attraction and the

name of my film will

the biggest.

I will use the plus sign

rather than text,

inspirations of this came

from the silver surfer

empire cover. Extra

features of the

magazines theme will go

below it.

Barcode will go here.