This film poster is very conventional of what film posters actually look like. The poster mainly consists of a a black and white image containing 'The Last House on the Left' which is the main location of the central part of the film. This image relates well to the story of the film as it is a very dark and mysterious which is very much like the film as it contains scenes of rape, kidnap, torture and extreme violence. The poster also has a very dominant title which covers at least half of the poster, the word 'house' is in red and has was seems to be a blood splatter across it connoting the idea that the film consists of violence. The idea of the word being in red whilst the others are in white allows it to stand out a great deal more focusing on the idea that the film is central to the house.
This poster is advertising the psychological horror 'The Strangers'. This is a stereotypical film poster as it consists of one main image that contains the main characters of the film, as well as the film slogan, title and the names of the two main actors within it. The colours we see in the image are all very earth like colours, non of which stand out too much producing the dark and horror like feel to the image. The fact the all the characters are in the same shot suggest the idea of being trapped as well as the brick wall located behind the antagonists. The font used for the title of the film is quite an aggressive and striking font even though it is not necessarily bold or large.
Location: My home as well as the surrounding areas such as the garden and the local playing field.
Props: TV remote, mobile phone, kitchen knife, general household items.
After finishing college with a high pass grade, the life of the young student Alice Court appeared to be back on track after a cancerous tumour killed her father. Her life was looking positive, her life was looking easy but before she had chance to celebrate this, her life was about to come to an end. News stories had plagued the TV and newspapers for months about a masked murderer randomly choosing and killing its victims. The mask of an elderly woman was feared amongst communities everywhere but nobody expected anything to happen to them... until now.
My trailer is going to be a mainstream horror film which attract a mainstream horror audience in the age range of 16-25. My trailer will target both a male and female audience.
The reason I have targeted this ranged audience is because this is the general audience that horror films are targeted at would be of this age range and at both a male and female audience. Another reason that I have targeted this audience is also because mainstream horror are very successful and I believe my film trailer relates well to these films. This would attract a large audience because they would be able to relate previous experiences of the films they have seen to my trailer making them want to see it.
People who have a keen interest in stereotypical horrors would like this trailer and also people who like films such as 'The Strangers' would like this as they are both psychological horrors.
The idea of marketing the film as based on a true story would also be influential on the audience and create an interest into the events that have generally taken place in a real life situation.
