Above is the final poster for my first ancillary task. This poster follows the more traditonal information poster I first researched, however, I also researched teaser posters in order to see if there are any ideas I could incorporate into the poster. From the information poster I realised that the credits are an essential part of the poster as they are featured on all posters and are required in order to reference all companies involved. I found a credit font on the internet and used this to create the 4-line credit at the bottom of the page. Keeping on the topic of fonts, the title of my film 'Welcome Home' is created in the 'Creature of Darkness' font, which I feel represents the horror genre well. I also feel that the font helps the title look like a 'Welcome Home' banner. I wanted this look to the title as it subverts the idea of moving house being a celebratory event. The tagline featured at the top of the poster reflects the storyline of the short film and allows audiences to make predictions and to anticipate what could occur in the film.
The picture used for the poster shows the protagonist (me) walking into the light with his back to the camera. The reason why I chose this as my poster shot is because this could be classed as a representation of the horror genre. The protagonist remains focused on the light infront, which signifies safety in a conventional horror film. The darkness behind him represents the danger and shows how the protagonist is not aware of his danger. I chose not to show the antagonist in this poster as the short film rarely shows the antagonist, keeping an element of mystery within this character. It would also get audiences to build an image of what the antagonist could be, again building anticipation and excitement around the short film.
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