Film Poster Research

Another product I have to make for my practical production is a film poster, I have done some research into film posters of the same genre that my teaser trailer will be to get ideas as to what I will want mine to look like. I chose to research and compare The Strangers and Dead Silence.

I feel as though 'The Strangers' film poster will be a good example to get ideas from as the genre and idea is slightly similar as to what my teaser trailer will be about, the title of the film is small and doesn't stand out as much as the rest of the picture does which shows that the title does not matter as much, the picture is of a young girl standing in what look like the kitchen/ living room and towards the back of the room in the poster there is another figure he is not as clearly seen, I would like to use this idea in my poster as my film idea/teaser trailer is about a unknown caller who phones up people and makes them kill others. If I decided to use this it could show that although the dictator is important he is hardly seen and you don't know where he is. I like the idea of this poster as you can see her surroundings and where she is, I like this because it gives you a clue as to where the scenario may happen without giving anything else away.

The Dead silence poster is a simplistic poster yet effective, it has a picture of a ventriloquists dummy on the front, the dummy has a finger to its lips as though to promote that you should be silent or something bad may happen, much like other horror films being silent is the key to surviving, much like The Strangers poster the name of the film is small and at the bottom perhaps because it is not as important as the picture. Unlike The Strangers poster where you can see the surroundings all you can see is a black background creating uncertainties.

Both posters are effective in how they have been produced and how they want to promote their films.