Creation of our Poster

To create our poster we used the Microsoft Word software which allowed us to add effect
The screen capture on the left shows the build-up and stages to creating the poster for our trailer. We firstly began by doing some research on different fonts and made a decision as to what style would conform to the horror genre that we are doing. This is an important thing to consider as the title of the film is the thing that should be most prominent and stand out to audiences.
We captured multiple different shots of our character to ensure that we had the best possible and that it was clearly focused and shown in detail. The focus and detail in this particular shot that we have chosen was important as it was a close up of her face and therefore it is essential that it reveals detailed features of her face.

The image we ended up using is an effective shot; as well as it being a close-up and focusing and showing a lot of detail... particularly of the characters facial features; one major thing about the shot is the direct eye contact that is a way of engaging the audience but also making them feel quite intense as it is quite an eerie look/facial expression. This kind of shot is effective for a poster as the extremeness of the close up cannot be missed by audiences and among other film posters... it is something that would capture the eyes of viewers.

The decision that was made for the title on the poster was simple due to the fact that it was more prominent and stood out much more with using a white text on a black background rather than red or black. We thought that both text fonts were effective and the red title was particularly conventional of a horror where its essentially portraying the heart-beat effect which is quite intense and expected as a use of sound in horror. However the final decision with choosing the white bolder heading was that iw matched well with the image we had used and with using the black and white effect on the picture; followed by the black background, it was essential that the title followed this kind of theme. Lastly, the final title that we decided was much bolder and more prominent which again makes it stand out more to audiences and would potentially make them remember the title of the film...... to then go and watch it. The screen capture here is only showing a few stages of the creation of the poster and we further intend to add title credits at the bottom of the poster; obviously stating the actors and institutions in the film. These credits will be presented in a small font as they are not a feature that needs to be immediately acknowledged by audiences.