We decided to go with this photo as we like the simplicity
of it and how that made it very effective. When we first started to create our
film we thought that the main mask we would use was going to be gas mask
because generally they are very effective in horror films, but we enjoyed
working with the white hockey mask more and therefore chose it for the film
poster. The colour of mask is what we thought was most effective; light bounced
off and reflected on it which meant that it caught shadows. The main reason we
used this photo was because we liked how the camera only grabbed the light of
half the mask leaving us with a striking eye looking straight at us but also
with the other eye in the dark making the character look even creepier. We took
this photo at night time which meant for this photo especially we didn't have
to do much editing because we could use the dark lighting to our advantage at
the time. This meant that we only really had to make the background a little
dark but also fade out the jumper of the antagonist. We chose to keep the
numbers on the jumper on display because they looked a bit like a concentration
camp identity badge which we thought would give off enigmas to the audience.
Who is this person? Where are they from? and What are they doing here? if you look closely you can see that around
the mask there seems to a ring of light, this made it look like there was a
light shining just on the mask. The blood stains on the mask make it clear to
the audience that this is a horror film and that killing or abuse is shown in
the film.
The font we used for the title of our film is called 'Ring bearer’.
We used this font because it was simple yet is still showed a hint of the
stereotypical horror film font with the pieces of the letters being left out,
this gave the font a distressed look. We chose the font to be white because it
stands out against the black background but also matches the colour of the
mask. Having a light text also means that the distressed look stands out more.
We chose to have the title at the bottom of the poster because we had a lot of
spare space that we needed to fill but it also meant that we were able to have
it larger and more central making it stands out even more. We didn't want to go
down the really stereotypical path of using a lot of red because it has started
to become a bit tacky, however we used it for our slogan and for the release
date but made it a very deep red rather than bright. The slogan we made up is
quite evil sounding so the colour red works well with it because it the colour
of the devil. We also used it on the release date because we chose to have a
that in a small font but the red means that it stands out enough for the
audience to notice when the film is coming out. Friday 13th is also very well
known to be used in or for horror films because its supposedly an unlucky day
and therefore the colour red connotes blood, fear and danger. We chose to have
the slogan, release date and actor names in a very similar font to our title
font because we didn't want to make it to complicated and busy.
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