For my film poster, I wanted to create an conventional, ominous look in order to make my film stand out and entice audiences. This is similar to other posters, for example, Shrooms (2007) features a similar colour scheme and layout. The dark colours in both posters allow the audience to see which genre the film is. The central images on the posters are both significant to the films, which is effective in showing the audience what the key moments might be in the films. I used a gradient effect to blur the lines slightly on my poster and, similarly, the poster for Shrooms uses the glow from the moon to somewhat blur the main image. This creates an eerie effect on the posters, which add to the genre indication of the overall film.
On my poster, I made sure to make the title larger and more enticing, with a smaller slogan underneath, and then the credits at the bottom. Similarly, the poster for Shrooms has an enticing smeared title, with a smaller slogan and credits. The effect on this title is interesting as it suggests an eerie nature to the audience. For my poster, I added a shadow gradient effect to similarly create an eerie feeling. I made my title red to make it stand out against the black background. In contrast, the poster for Shrooms has a white, glowing title to link to the moon image in the background. This makes the title stand out, however, in a different way to how I made mine stand out.
I created production credits on my own. I used a squished, bold font to create a similar effect to other film posters that I had researched. Production credits are conventional of all posters and so I wanted to make sure they looked professional. I used a different font for the title and actors' names as I wanted to create a boundary between the texts. The Shrooms poster does this also.
For my magazine cover, I wanted to make it look professional but aimed at a horror audience. To do this, I used a monochrome colour scheme with red as an accent colour, which is similarly used in the Total Film cover. The black and white photos are effective in suggesting a more dramatic film, whilst the red accents highlight key points on the cover. The accents are also effective in drawing the attention of the reader. I used bold fonts to make the texts stand out, similar to how many other magazines use fonts and text.
Having a large font for the magazine title as well as for the film title meant that the cover stands out and readers are draw in. This enables the magazine to promote the film easily and effectively. Total Film does this effectively as it is an already established magazine. The font is well known and memorable, which is something that I wanted to achieve in my magazine cover. Other conventions that I used are added text as well as other film photos at the bottom. This adds variety and is a prominent feature in many other magazine covers.
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