Film Poster Research 1

 

The main image on this film poster is a low angle shot of a dark intimidating house which looks as though it is towering over the man in the image; this tells us that the house in this image will be a significant part of this film. The colours used on this film poster follow the conventions of this type of film genre black is to show darkness and fear and red is to show danger and blood, this reveals the genre of the film without actually writing the word horror. The writing is underneath the picture and its quite small, smaller than the house this again shows that the house is the most important thing on this poster suggesting it will be important in the film. The fact that the writing is red on a black background helps it to stand out even though it is small. The title is a name of a real existing town which suggests to the audience that this could be a true story. The producers of this poster have included a small skyline which reads ‘From Michael Bay the producer of The Texas Chainsaw massacre’ this is for people who may be a fan of Michael Bay or the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, if they see that this film is also from this producer they may be persuaded to also go and view this film, for the same reason there is production credits at the bottom to show who may have been involved in producing this film.