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1. The colour red connotes the
stereotypical codes and
convention that this film will
involve danger and blood.
The text used also adds the
danger feeling. This is a
typical colour and text to
use. The name of the film
‘Friday the 13th’ makes the
reader question what will
happen on this day making
them want to watch the film
to find out.
The colours grey, black and
red signifies a picture of
darkness and terror, these
three colours together
create a scary atmosphere.
There are light colours as
well as dark this shows good
VS evil.
The lighting focuses on the
location of the image, which
is in deserted woods
showing he could possibly
be alone, this is more
effective than if they were to
have a plain background.
The glimmer of light could
connote that there is a
chance to escape from the
villain. As there is only a
glimmer this could suggest
that is a very slim chance.
‘Welcome to crystal lake’
tag line is surrounded by
black, this suggests they
are trapped and enclosed
in the lake. The lake in the
poster symbolises evil and
it is so dark, this
contradicts how normal
lakes are suppose to be.
‘Calm and relaxed.’
The villain has covered his
face this is a typical
convention of a horror as
it hides the identity and
makes them unknown
which makes this scarier.
The release date is
February 13th, which links
in with the name of the
film, as they are both
written in red and start
with ‘F’.
The tag line used will
attract more customers
as they may be fans of
the film ‘Texas chainsaw’
which will make this film
more to their style.
The weapon he is
holding is a machete
which symbolises
death and murder in
horror films.
The production logs have
been placed away from the
picture so they do not get
in the way, these logs
show who the production
and distribution
companies are.