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Analysing Print Products Scream 4 & The Strangers Jacob Stephenson

Transcript of Horror

  • 1. Analysing Print Products Scream 4Jacob Stephenson & TheStrangers

2. Scream 4First Thoughts..When looking at the poster, you can instantly tellthat it is representing the horror genre. The keysignifiers which prove this are; the colours which appear to be dark and mysterious with a huge contrast from the main image helping it stand out. The main image which is centred and catches our eye instantly and appears eerie and distorted The shot which is a close up of the mask showing it is a main character 3. The main image within theposter is centred and takes upmost of the poster. Due to thesimplicity of the poster, theThe title has been written inimage has to have a huge effecta font that stands out andon the audience. The imagecontrasts with the rest of theshows the mask of the mainposter. It is placed just belowkiller within the movie and it isthe image as the eye will bein a deformed and evil way. It isattracted to the main imagewhite so it contrasts with thebut then look below at theblack background and standstitle which stands out. It is aout. It proves to the audiencehuge contrast compared tothat the movie is within thethe poster as the poster ishorror genre and it seems todark and this is white withhave a shadowy effect used tothe 4 being in red tomake it appear 3D. Because wesymbolise the death andcan only see a side view, weinitially, blood. The titlehave a question of identity onlooks very modern buttop of us as we are wonderingproves that it is in the horrorwhy the mask is used and whatgenre due to the font andit is for. Because it is acolour.sequel, there will also be afollowing. 4. The StrangersLike the poster of Scream 4, we can easily tell fromthis poster that the genre is horror. Key signifiersare used such as; The main image which instantly drags us in and also uses masks to do so The colours which are dark and neutral and work well together The shot which is a medium shot of a group that appears to have two people under their power 5. The title is written in a very distorted fontA tag line is included to entice the audiencewhich stands out and it is placed belowin further and it helps feed the audience thethe main image so it is one of the mainstory that tiny bit more. It makes us ask theeye-catchers. It is coloured very bright question why? This is vital as the audience isand the font makes it appear like it isgetting included in the drama as it addressesliterally flashing out at us. It has a shadowy us by including YOU. It shows that it caneffect included. It follows the horror happen to everyday people.. It is direct andtheme and blends in with the colours ofshort and snappy leaving us wondering. Thisthe poster. It is of a harsh font and it is also tag line adds to the horror theme as it iswhat is expected of a horror genres filmscary and brings a personal element inposter. The two main characters names are included below the title and it is in a place where the audience will see it directly. This is used as the actors are a unique sellingpoint for the movie and bring in a huge following that support the specific actors. For example, Liv Tyler will have a fan base willing to watch the movie just becauseshe is in it. 6. The main image is the first thing that us as an audience are attracted to. As it is centred and very bright in contrast to the rest, we are drawn to it and shown straight away itseerie effect on us. It makes us scared and this draws us in. From the image we can see 3people hiding their identity by masks this makes us really spooked out by it as we can see they are in front of two people who are looking at them. It appears as a show to them but we still sense that it is torture etc. The 3 people stood up are dominant andseem to be evil as we cant see their full identity.