Evaluation PT. 2
My ancillary texts (Poster and Magazine cover) effectively connects to my main product which is The Possessed trailer. The links starts with the choice of colours in my film poster showing only black and white with shadows of grey on the text The Possessed on my film poster. The black background connotes death and darkness to relate to the title and the type of genre it is. The graininess of the text recreates the handheld, grainy style of the film. It also links to the mystery of the film, with only the small image of my distorted, possessed face in the ‘O’ giving any clue asto what the film is about. The tagline under the title of the film also helps make the viewer unsettled and forces them to relate it to their own minds andlives. I have compared my The Possessed poster with the Gangs of New York (2004)
because it's one that has as least three features that look the same. Firstly the graininess effect of both posters shows both films are grimy, grainy and unsettling type of films. Secondly the shape of texts shown on both feature posters are the same size and cover the same amount of space of the poster frame plus the bold visual eye-catching text and style of both posters connecting with the viewer.
For the magazine front cover, I designed a horror edition of the magazine Empire. The image in the centre is of me, the main character who is possessed in the woods. The photograph had to be a dramatic, mysterious and creepy image to fit the horror genre conventions. It is a close-up pose of the main character that looks serious and gives the sense the movie is deep and meaningful, plus the low-key lighting definitely emphasises the shadows. It is also slightly blurred, to connote the handheld feel.
I designed a template around the movie magazine ‘Empire’ with the title at the top of the cover with a central image of the main character of ‘The Possessed’. Also the colour code of it was very important to consider, mainly using the colour red like in some of real 'Empire' magazine front covers. Using red connotes blood, hell and danger so this works well for our movie horror trailer. I think that in the end both the poster and the Magazine cover link in very well to the style of our trailer. They are gritty and a little bit unsettling, and they are less about body horror and more about suspense and restricted narration.
For the magazine front cover, I designed a horror edition of the magazine Empire. The image in the centre is of me, the main character who is possessed in the woods. The photograph had to be a dramatic, mysterious and creepy image to fit the horror genre conventions. It is a close-up pose of the main character that looks serious and gives the sense the movie is deep and meaningful, plus the low-key lighting definitely emphasises the shadows. It is also slightly blurred, to connote the handheld feel.
I designed a template around the movie magazine ‘Empire’ with the title at the top of the cover with a central image of the main character of ‘The Possessed’. Also the colour code of it was very important to consider, mainly using the colour red like in some of real 'Empire' magazine front covers. Using red connotes blood, hell and danger so this works well for our movie horror trailer. I think that in the end both the poster and the Magazine cover link in very well to the style of our trailer. They are gritty and a little bit unsettling, and they are less about body horror and more about suspense and restricted narration.
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