The Demented Poster Final Draft

this is my final piece for my poster i really like the finished look of the product, i changed it by adding a tag line under the header saying 'body of a girl soul of a psycopath' i really like this feature because it gives a little insight into what the movie might be about i also really like the font and colour i have writen the tag line in. The font makes it look like it has been scratched in and i think that this goes alongwith the theme of death. i like the colour because it makes the dress of the woman i the image. i also changed he header of the poster a lot, it originally hate effects 'pattern overlay' but i took of this effect an replaced it with 'stroke' and 'outer glow' which i think look a lot more professional a subtle.

The Demented Poster First Draft

This is the first draft of my poster for my film, i still think that there is room to improve but i really like the image that i have used on it i think that it is very creepy and the effects that i have use on it make the one red eye stand out, i used the paint brush tool to o this by zooming in very fast an decreasing the transparency and coloured in the coloured eye area which was previously blue, i think that the original blue eye didn't looks scary enough so this is a really good element to the poster cover. i used various filters over the whole poster because i feel like this darkened it in general and then i used the contrast tool to make different parts of it to stand out, for instance the white night dress looks bright and almost glowing which connotes purity. this contrasts the deadly black hair on the wig which is very messy which could mean she was once pure but as since been trough hell.

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Horror Magazine Cover Analysis 3 - TOTAL FILM

this is a magazine cover for TOTAL FILM magazine the picture on the front of this is very sexualised this is done to attract the male audience, therefore this magazine is targeted towards young males. i really like the layout of this magazine i think that it is very well spread out and the colours really go well together, i think that the white back ground looks very clean and professional the pictures along the top of this magazine show snippets of with is iside the magazine and i think that this makes me want to buy the magazine because i see a little insite and then i want to read on. the way the have got 'out biggest preview ever!' written on this magazine is a marketing technique, if the consumer think that it will be the 'best' of something or they will be getting 'extra' for their money then they will be more open to buying the magazine. i think one down side to this is that the creators could have doe more to make this piece of information stand out against the rest of the cover lines. to me any person just scanning the shelves would just skip past it where as if it was in a box in a colour that didn't fit the colour scheme them it would catch the buyers eye and possible pull them in more.

i think that other weaknesses of this magazine cover are that some of the cover lines are a little small therefore a bit hard to read although i do think that this is a minor problem and overall i really like this magazine and i would buy it if i was looking to get a film magazine.

Horror Magazine Cover Analysis 2 - ENTERTAINMENT

this is one of my favourite magazine covers i like it because it looks simple but all the information you need is there on their. the header is covered by the image but this doesn't matter because the entertainment logo is well known and iconic so is recognised even when it isn't fully visible. the image on the front of this cover isn't a still from the movie instead a glamorous photo shoot to pull people into buying the magazine because the women on the front of this cover are pretty and wearing nice, expensive clothes. i think that this magazine cover is directed towards middle aged men and women, the men want these women and the women want to look like these women.

I think that the negatives of this magazine cover is that the cover lines are in a bit of an awkward place, i feel like the ;layout doesn't really look right and possibly a little bit messy, i think that this could have been approved by putting them to the sides.

Horror Magazine Cover Analysis 1 - EMPIRE

i like this magazine cover because the header is very clear, and the iconic font and layout of this magazine all cotribute to making a very professional looking magazine cover. i also like the fact that the magazine cover isnt very over crowded and everthing on the cover is easy to read. the over line 'twilight: new moon' combined with the picture of a character of someone from that film shows that the main focus to this issue is the release of that film. the cover also has other small images on it to show other things that are inside the magazine, they show you a sneak peak to draw you into buying the magazine/

i think that the negatives of this magazine are that it doesnt have much of an insite into the magazine, their are a few pictures and cover lines but not enough that it would pull me in and want me to buy this magazne.

solo horror trailer review- nightmare on elm street

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My rating: 5

 

In this trailer you see a woman who has a child, he has a terrifying birth and terrifying death and then Freddie decides he needs a child and all hell breaks lose.

 

I think that one positive of this is that i like the cheesy voice that goes over the top of the trailer i think that if this was not there then i wouldn't really understand what is going on in the trailer as it is very low level lighting and not very much dialogue .

 

i think that the negative of this tralier is that i dont really understand the story line even with the voice over explainig, i havent seen the film but i have watched the trailer and i wouldt go and see this film because nothing really drew me into wanting to see it. the story line didnt look very interesting either.

 

over all i dont think i would bother going to see this film on the basis of seeing the trailer.

Solo horror trailer review- 7500 (2012)

My rating: 4

 

 

in this trailer you see a flight boarding from la to tokyo in japan, the plane is taking off and once in the air it seems they are about to hit some rough air, it is suggested that it is something more than the weather conditions torrorising the air craft

 

i think that one of the posatives of the trailer is that the music fits very well with the trailer, i like the fact that it builds lots of tension, as the trailer goes on the music breaks up and i think this really adds an element of far to it. Another thing that i like about the trailer is that the pace is good, it goes with the usual horror trailer conventions and is much slower at the start then goes faster paced towards the end to make it more scary.

 

i think that one of the nagatives of the trailer is that it doesnt really explain the story at all. i still really know nothing about what the movie is about exept the fact that they are on a plaine and they hit some rough air.. possibly something a bit more super natural. the tralier isnt very convincing and doesnt make me want to watch the movie.

 

all round i was very disapointed with the trailer and i wouldnt watch the film.

Solo trailer review- Carrie (2013)

My rating: 8

 

in this trailer you see the story of a young girl who becomes aware of her power, contsantly picked on at school and daughter to a crazy mother. The troubled teen is randomly asked to prom with the most popular guy in school and just as she is presented with the prom queen title a crewl prank is played on her and Carrie spirls into a furey using her power to ceate devistation.

 

i thought tahat this was a good horror trailer because the showed a good amount of the film, it also leaves you wanting to see more because it does not tell you everything that happens. i also liked the stle hat the film was shot in i think that the colour nd the old fashioned filters really worked, especially as it is a remake of a film from the 70's.

 

i think that one of the negative points of the trailer is quite slow paced the whole way through, i think that if the pace had increased a bit more towards the end of the trailer then it ould have created a bit more suspence and fear.

 

over all i really ejoyed this trailer and thought that it really made me want to go and watch the whole film.