When starting out with thinking of ideas for my poster I thought of horror films that I have seen before that pulled me in. I tried to take things from them and change them around to make an original. I thought of films such as Halloween camp, chainsaw massacre and Amityville horror. I drew out 4 very rough sketches of for different new films. The film I settled for is called ‘The village that never woke up’.
When starting out with designing the final poster I knew I wanted a scary looking house, like Amityville horror. I decided to use Ewhurst place as it has an old theme to it and looks scary from the outside in the dark, and so when it was dark enough I took several pictures of the house. I then took several pictures of my friend, Ben Norris, who’s picture I used as the killer who standing outside looking into the house. I took several pictures of this setup in the dark so it had a more real effect to it. I then took some pictures of Ben as he pretends to stab a man through the window and staring at a girl through the doors. I took the picture on my own state of the art, Digital Single Lenses Reflex (DSLR) Nikon D90 camera. Due to the high standard camera the pictures came out extremely well.
I went through all the pictures and decided on the best ones, one of the house and one of Ben. I loaded them up onto Photoshop where I merged the images and made a few subtle changes to make the pictures become a poster. Once I was happy with the way the picture looked I then thought added in the title of the film, director’s name and the main characters name. All that was left was to think of an appropriate slogan. I tried to use the theme of sleeping and life as the title is ‘the house that never woke up’. Your life is in his hands was my first idea but that doesn’t relate to sleeping started again. After hours of thinking I came up with, what I thought was a very good slogan, ‘good can become tired but the mind of a killer never sleeps’.
I used the rule of three to help me place my items so that they stand out to the observer and therefore make the poster better. I made sure that I was the director and that I took the photos in order to make sure that the correct shots where taken and that they where taken properly. This poster has worked successfully as it looks scary and pulls the observer in making them ant to see them film, or see it again. It, to my mind, defiantly looks like it is a horror poster and describes them film just like I wanted it to. ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ and this poster defiantly tells the narrative better than the words.
When starting out with designing the final poster I knew I wanted a scary looking house, like Amityville horror. I decided to use Ewhurst place as it has an old theme to it and looks scary from the outside in the dark, and so when it was dark enough I took several pictures of the house. I then took several pictures of my friend, Ben Norris, who’s picture I used as the killer who standing outside looking into the house. I took several pictures of this setup in the dark so it had a more real effect to it. I then took some pictures of Ben as he pretends to stab a man through the window and staring at a girl through the doors. I took the picture on my own state of the art, Digital Single Lenses Reflex (DSLR) Nikon D90 camera. Due to the high standard camera the pictures came out extremely well.
I went through all the pictures and decided on the best ones, one of the house and one of Ben. I loaded them up onto Photoshop where I merged the images and made a few subtle changes to make the pictures become a poster. Once I was happy with the way the picture looked I then thought added in the title of the film, director’s name and the main characters name. All that was left was to think of an appropriate slogan. I tried to use the theme of sleeping and life as the title is ‘the house that never woke up’. Your life is in his hands was my first idea but that doesn’t relate to sleeping started again. After hours of thinking I came up with, what I thought was a very good slogan, ‘good can become tired but the mind of a killer never sleeps’.
I used the rule of three to help me place my items so that they stand out to the observer and therefore make the poster better. I made sure that I was the director and that I took the photos in order to make sure that the correct shots where taken and that they where taken properly. This poster has worked successfully as it looks scary and pulls the observer in making them ant to see them film, or see it again. It, to my mind, defiantly looks like it is a horror poster and describes them film just like I wanted it to. ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ and this poster defiantly tells the narrative better than the words.
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