Poster Research - Close up Posters

Here I have decided to start researching posters, in reply to my previous blog post about the ideas we had. I have decided to find posters from films which are a similar genre to ours. These posters focus manly on the face, as this is a possible idea for our poster I have decided to make these separate from the others I have found.

This poster is from the film Scream, it focuses mainly on a girls face, her facial features imply that something she is looking at is scaring her, as she has a shocked look on her face. Her hand is over her mouth, which could mean that she is trying to hold her breath, or trying not to talk or even make any type of noise. The poster is in black and white, which is much like the mask in the actual film, they could be trying to get a link between the two. I think this poster is effective because it is simple, with the black and white yet it is informative and effective in the way it portrays the film, I think it makes you want to go and see the film.

This is one of many posters from the Saw Franchise. In this particular one you can see a mans face, but only the lower half, as we cannot see the eyes we cannot really tell if he is in pain or if he is scared etc. When you look closer you can see the brutality of the poster, you can see that the upper lip is held up by some sort of torture contraption and that in the upper jaw all of the teeth have been extracted. You can also see the Saw logo and it looks like it's the 3rd film as there are three teeth after the saw. I think this film poster is effective because as it is the 3rd film you know what the brutality and gore is like in Saw yet you cannot get enough of these films as they are quite addictive.

This is a film poster from the film Grudge, this focuses on the eye of a girl, we do not know if she is possessed or if she is just looking scared, I haven't seen this film so I am just going on what i think the film poster portrays, the poster, again is simple in black and white with red writing and red can connote blood and anger. This film looks quite scary and the fact the girls hair is covering her face says that it could be quite a mysterious film. I think it is an effective poster as you can just see her eye and some hair covering her eye, it is quite a simple design.

This is a film poster from the Friday the 13th films, which have been remade a lot of times. This again is in black and white, and there is a bit of red writing which again connotes blood. All you can see is the Mask which could tell you that someone or something in a mask is going to be a part of this film and something regarding that mask will happen to someone.

All of these film posters have the Black and White theme within them which I think is something we should consider when brainstorming ideas for our poster. They are all close up shots, which I think is again a good idea as we have a shot which would be perfect for this kind of poster.