PLANNING MY POSTER &

MAGAZINE COVER

BY ADEWALE ADEYINKA

INSPIRATIONS FOR POSTER (PICK UP)

I like the fact that in these posters the face of the creatures are kept ambiguous to the audience, which is why the audience go to watch the film to find out who the character is. I also like the fact that the phone plays a key feature in the one missed called poster, which suggest that the phone may be a key object in the film. I took this to consideration for my trailer which involves a supernatural creature and also includes a phone.

DRAFT OF POSTER (PICK UP)

Tagline which is used to attract the audience, also putting the audience in a hot seat asking them a question they know nothing about.

The phone, which suggest to the audience that it will be a key object in the film. This idea was inspired by the one missed call poster

The tree branches suggest to the audience where the location of the film will be, which will in the woods.

General convention of most film posters by having the title of the film at the top of the poster. The colour scheme will be black and red which is a convention used in horror posters.Music notes with

red blood dripping down, which gives the audience a hint to the narrative of the film.I want to make the creature the centre of attraction by making the image large, the face of the creature will also be kept ambiguous to the audience.Company logo and other information here.

INSPIRATIONS FOR MAGAZINE COVER (PICK UP)

I want to use these magazine covers has an inspiration for my magazine cover because of the aspects in which they include such as; the font colour Red which is a Horror convention and also a colour that stands out in each of these magazine covers, it catches the attention of the reader. I will be using Empire as my brand name because of its reputation, and lastly I like the fact that in each of these magazine covers they also focus on a object which conveys to what the film is about e.g. Gun and a Wand which is something I will be taking into consideration for my magazine cover.

DRAFT OF MAGAZINE COVER(PICK UP)The colour

scheme for my magazine cover will be red and black so that it meets horror conventions and also so that it can be identified has an horror film to the reader.This is where other

articles will be advertised to what the magazine has inside, this is important to attract readers to buy the magazine and to read more about the articles inside.

Repetition of the films tagline which will be used to attract and draw the audiences interest about the film featured on the magazine.Exclusive preview of other films which will also attract fans of these films.

The main focus of this magazine cover will be the hand and the object which will leave the audience ambiguous wanting to who is calling and reading more about the film inside.

This is where I will put the Barcode.

This is to make sure that the reader flicks through the pages to find out who is calling.

INPIRATIONS FOR POSTER(DEMON WOOD)

These are my inspirations for my Demon Poster, I like how the figure of batman is shown with its dark feature. In the wilderness poster since my film is based in the woods I could use the background of my location (woods) and put and like this poster add my film title, however I still think its plain. The Blair Witch Project poster is one that really stood out to me, it simple but at the same time draws the audiences attention to what is going on, which

is something I took into consideration for my poster.

DRAFT OF POSTER (DEMON WOOD)

I was not sure which poster to pick for my film, both posters include inspirations from films Wilderness (Left poster) and Blair Witch Project ( Right poster). I decided to go for the poster on the right because I felt that it conveyed more about my horror film than the other poster, I found that the other poster was too plain.

DRAFT OF POSTER (DEMON WOOD)

Background of the woods which illustrates where the

film will be located and creates a sense of isolation.

The title of the film will be located at the bottom of the poster which is a general convention used

in most horror poster, and also the title of the film will be largest to

catch the audiences attention

The production company will go

here.

Website which the audience can go to, to reveal more

information about the film

The creature will be at the centre of the poster, his face will remain covered to create mystery, long shot photo of the creature will be used to

show its dark features.

A hint of the storyline will be given to the audience, inspiration of this came from The Blair Witch

Project.

The colour scheme of my poster will be black

and white.

BEST PHOTOS FOR POSTER(DEMON WOOD)

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BEST PHOTOS FOR POSTER(DEMON WOOD)

I chose these two photos for my film poster because I felt that they related more to my second

draft trailer of demon wood, whilst the other photos I thought had to do more with my first draft Pick

Up. I wanted the photo of the woods to be the background of my poster , this inspiration came from other Horror trailers based in the forest or woods where they would use the background to

suggest the location of the film. I chose this photo also because it creates a sense of isolation and

suspense.

I also chose this photo for my poster because this is the main character that

will appear in all stages of my marketing campaign, I wanted the face of the character to remain unknown to the audience to build tension with the

audience wanting to know who it is, This inspiration came from horror posters like

scream.

INSPIRATIONS FOR MAGAZINE COVER (DEMON WOOD)

These are where all the inspiration for my magazine cover will come from, I looked at Empire magazine special issues and covers of when Empire are promoting a film, they would change the general Empire logo and subject it to the theme of the film they are promoting. One Empire magazine I looked at had a film poster advertised inside

which gave me some ideas. I took all these aspects into consideration for my magazine cover.

DRAFT OF MAGAZINE COVER(DEMON WOOD)The information of the

magazines edition will go here which is a general convention. The colour scheme of my magazine cover will be black and

white with a splash of red.

My empire logo will be subjected to the theme of the magazine which is horror films based in the woods. I will use

branches as the background for this

font.

Names of other Horror films based in the woods

will be disorientated around the magazine

because magazines tend not to have structure.

My film Poster will be here, with the

largest image so that it is the centre of attraction and the

name of my film will the biggest.

I will use the plus sign rather than text,

inspirations of this came from the silver surfer empire cover. Extra

features of the magazines theme will go

below it.

Barcode will go here.