Maisie's A2 Media Blog: May 2015

The poster on the right is my poster for Francesca where as the one on the left is for the film The Vow. Both of these poster have similar convention, one thing they both have in common is their colour scheme. They both have a red, black and white colour scheme, these colours are very popular in horror posters and magazine this is because black represents the bad, red represents blood and white represents innocents. They are also used because of the way they contrast against each other which makes everything stand out. The lay out of these posters are also similar, the main character of the films are central on the poster this is usually done so it draws people in via the actor or actress. On both of these posters the tag line gives away a small amount of the story, this is done so that people get intigued and want to find out what happens in the rest of the film.

Original poster image

Final Poster

My magazine cover is on the left hand side, these magazine covers are similar in a number of ways. The first way is the simplistic lay out, both covers have limited text and one eye catching picture in the center. The master head on both covers is placed at the top but is also partly behind the main image, the master head on both covers are also bright colours and at the top this is so they stand out in the magazine rack. Both covers also contain a circle with movie lists in, this is done to draw people into buying the magazine as they feel like they are getting more for free. My covers main image is Francesca standing at the bar which was one of the locations in the trailer, I have used Francesca for the main image as it would attract more attention as people mainly remember the main character. Empires cover also has the main character Hell Boy on the cover, but this image has a plain background this would have been done so that the text stands out. Both covers have stuck to a simple colour scheme this is so that the covers dont look over crowded and confusing.