Horror Poster Common Conventions
Horror Poster Common Conventions






- These posters all look dark and mysterious.
- All of the titles in these have a bit of red in them.
- Red could mean anger, fear, blood, etc.
- There is a character centred right in the middle of the poster.
- The character is either looking directly at you or facing away.
- The titles are very obvious.
- Slogans and tag lines.
Common colours:
- Red - Red makes me think of blood, horror, death and roses.
- Black - Black makes me think of death, darkness, night, thunder and funeral.
- Grey - Grey makes me think of rainy days, dark clouds, being depressed and dullness.
- White - clouds, light, ghost, weddings and stars.
Common images:
- The characters tend to be right in the centre of the poster, very obvious to the people that they are important to the movie.
- They all use pathetic fallacy to make it more mysterious and moody.
- They use certain props to make it more scary.
You need to post your practical work e.g. Zombie and Text 1 for me to mark too.
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