Codes and convention in the real media product

How I applied it to my poster

Images Most of the posters tend to have one large image on the front of the poster. This image is commonly the ‘scary’ character within the film or a character shown in distress which is the victim in the film.

I also used a large image of the main character. In the background, I took a photograph of the eyes the “scary” character in the background to tell the audience the genre of the film.

Colour used

Dark colours or light grey are commonly used on horror posters as the background. The color of background and the color of the font are normally contrast with each other in order to make it outstanding to the viewer. Eg: A common combination used is red, black and white.

I also have used the same combination in my work.

Title position In most of the horror posters that the title seems to appear in the same place. The title commonly appears at the bottom of the poster. They are normally bigger and most outstanding in the poster which helps to grab the attention of the audience to.

In my poster, the title of the film is also in a similar position.

Slogans and taglines

Slogans, tag-lines and strap-lines are commonly used in horror posters.

In my poster, the title of the film is also in a similar position.