Horror poster analysis
What Common Conventions do they Share?
Colours: Black, Red, White, dark greens, blues, dark oranges
Black connotes death and darkness.Red connotes blood and death.
White connotes ghosts.
Dark greens connote zombies.
Blue connotes Ice, coldness and ghosts.
Oranges connote Halloween.
Main image:
low angle shots, close ups of antagonist. Mode of address- the antagonist will be posed so you cannot see their whole face to build suspenseTypography:
Scary old fonts that may use blood, bone, etc.
Lexis:
Words associated with horror E.G. 'nightmare' evil or words associated with being lost like 'missing', 'one wrong turn...'
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