Magazine/Poster Drafting By Blesson Bangula-Zola
The posters consist of Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Maniac Cop and April Fool's Day. These posters are the inspiration for my digital and drawn posters. The main thing that they all have in common is that in the dominant image, the aggressor of the movie is the main focus and they are seen with their chosen weapon that they use against their victims.
On the April Fool's Day poster, the first thing you see is the woman with the knife. That already indicates that this is a slasher film. Then in the background, there are what appears to be her friends on the table celebrating but little do they know that her friend is really a psychopathic killer; this shows that this movie plays on the fear of the unknown to another level. In addition, the tag line at the top says 'Guess who's going to be the life of the party?' which was intended to play with the life and death situation everyone else is unknowingly in. Also, to add more, the smaller tag line at the bottom says 'A cut above the rest' which means that the aggressor has an advantage above the others since they don't know they are going to die and the use of the word 'cut' can be linked to the knife she uses. The fact that you could tell that from the poster itself shows that this poster was successful at telling the summary with just the dominant image itself and is able to sell. Also, the producer credits are at the bottom which is expected but no visible release date.
On the Friday the 13th poster, the dominant image consists of the outline of the aggressor as a way to hide the identity and the portrayal of the victims (they seem to be located in the camp) in the body of the aggressor. This poster also does a good job of outlining the summary of the story as well; you can tell that in the woods, someone is chasing them but we don't know who since all we see is an outline of the aggressor - its identity is unknown which makes it even scarier. The tagline at the top says 'They were warned, They are doomed and on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them.' This basically adds more confirmation to the summary judging from the dominant image.
On the poster of Nightmare on Elm Street, you see the aggressor behind a very young girl. He is portrayed in a bigger size than her which shows the overpowering force and the imbalance between the prey and predator. Also, the tagline says, He knows where you sleep which indicates that he attacks kids in their sleep and that's the actual story-line. This poster also does a good job on telling the summary of the story through dominant images.
On the April Fool's Day poster, the first thing you see is the woman with the knife. That already indicates that this is a slasher film. Then in the background, there are what appears to be her friends on the table celebrating but little do they know that her friend is really a psychopathic killer; this shows that this movie plays on the fear of the unknown to another level. In addition, the tag line at the top says 'Guess who's going to be the life of the party?' which was intended to play with the life and death situation everyone else is unknowingly in. Also, to add more, the smaller tag line at the bottom says 'A cut above the rest' which means that the aggressor has an advantage above the others since they don't know they are going to die and the use of the word 'cut' can be linked to the knife she uses. The fact that you could tell that from the poster itself shows that this poster was successful at telling the summary with just the dominant image itself and is able to sell. Also, the producer credits are at the bottom which is expected but no visible release date.
On the Friday the 13th poster, the dominant image consists of the outline of the aggressor as a way to hide the identity and the portrayal of the victims (they seem to be located in the camp) in the body of the aggressor. This poster also does a good job of outlining the summary of the story as well; you can tell that in the woods, someone is chasing them but we don't know who since all we see is an outline of the aggressor - its identity is unknown which makes it even scarier. The tagline at the top says 'They were warned, They are doomed and on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them.' This basically adds more confirmation to the summary judging from the dominant image.
On the poster of Nightmare on Elm Street, you see the aggressor behind a very young girl. He is portrayed in a bigger size than her which shows the overpowering force and the imbalance between the prey and predator. Also, the tagline says, He knows where you sleep which indicates that he attacks kids in their sleep and that's the actual story-line. This poster also does a good job on telling the summary of the story through dominant images.
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