Film Posters

Film Posters
I decided to do some research into film posters and what makes a successful one, as we will eventually create a DVD cover for our opening and cover use the same techniques as posters.
Halloween

When looking at this film poster, I can see that it is very striking, and very effective for many reasons. The image is of a pumpkin face, with an orange hand holding a dagger, on a black background. The eyes and nose of the pumpkin are filled with flames, giving the face a menacing evil look. The colour and texture of the image are the same as a pumpkin (directly linking to the film title), but the shape looks like it could be a mask of some sort, leading us to believe that in the film, the killer’s identity could be hidden. The black background definitely gives it a deathly, horror feel and it draws our eye even more to the bright, haunting pumpkin face and knife.

The font used in this poster, is simple and easy to read yet still very striking. It is white which completely contrasts with the black background, and the title has an orange outline to tie in with the image. From the title itself ‘Halloween’ we can immediately assume that it is a horror as Halloween is probably the scariest night of the year. Additionally the tagline ‘the night HE came home’ is very harrowing and spooky. The capitalisation of the word ‘he’ emphasises it, implying that we know who ‘he’ is already. This also adds to his significance, making it seem like ‘he’ is known, powerful and that we should be frightened of him therefore making it more alarming.