Billy: mock-up poster

This is a simple mock-up using photoshop of what the poster may look like in the end its also a way for me to visualise the layout and practice creating effects on photoshop.

I came up with the idea for using a shadow because it can be used as a powerful tool for instance; it can be distorted to create an imposing effect much like I did in the draft, it also can describe someone or something with ought actually showing it keeping it a mystery. This idea has been used a lot throughout the horror genre a classic example is in 1922 film Nosferatu and its famous shadow sequence seen below.

I also experimented with creating the dark, hemmed-in effect that is fast becoming a tradition in modern horror posters like the ones seen below.

I have also noticed that there is a trend of using textures on horror posters to give a decayed, worn and scratched feel to both the images and text the poster for 'Survival of the dead' seen above is a very good example of this we definitely want to incorporate these details in or final product I think it will add depth substance to our work and will hopefully result in a very atmospheric poster.

I came up with the idea to put devil horns on in the girls shadow at the last minute and I think it gives the poster another dimension I definitely want to include this in the final work in a slightly more subtle way so that when people look at it for a second time they notice it and will point it out to a friend, its things like this that generate a small amount of interest about a film.

Billy Waterworth