Making our poster

Out of all the posters that we looked at and researched into, we thought that this one would be the best to take inspiration from. We thought this because the image has trees, and a person looking scared. This ties in with our story because the group go camping in a 'forest' and the 'survivor' is left scared by the events of that evening. We won't copy this poster obviously because that would be copyright but it gives us a good idea of how to present our film by poster.

I think this poster works well because it gives the impression of a dark, scary night and it makes you want to watch the film.

The main image is an extreme close up of one of the characters which has been taken to show the fear and sheer panic in their eyes leaving the targeted audience with the same feeling. This also makes the reader want to know why this character is so scared and leave them wondering what they're scared of.

The red symbol above the background information on the poster has been included because it is obviously an important part of the film otherwise it wouldn't have been put on it.

The background information for the film gives the reader an idea of what the film is about and by using the words 'a year later their footage was found', it makes the viewer think that the film is real footage and it makes it seem like a documentary which adds to the suspense.

The woods in the background lets the viewers know where the film is going to be set. The woods look dark and scary. They also look like quite an enclosed space which gives the viewer the impression that someone may be trapped in there or that something has happened.

Because of all the above things, the poster works well, leaving the viewer wanting to see this film because they want to know what happened to these 'students' and because the film seems like real footage, it makes it all the more exciting for the target audience.

Because this poster works so well, we will be trying to use the same elements for our movie poster. We want the viewer to feel slightly on edge about going to see the film but also excited and scared all at the same time. We also want them to think that our trailer is real found footage as well. To do this, we need to have a good poster as well as trailer so that they both support each other because if one was better than the other, it would leave the viewer disappointed.