Designing main titles and the film poster

I decided to use this font, Times and Times Again, as it is a serif, commonly associated with horror films and because it has a creepy, distorted feel to it and close kerning between the characters. I think the mix of upper and lowercase letters in the title adds to the dramatic effect created by the contrast of colours in the main title and poster.

I used layer effects in Photoshop to give the poster a grim, grungy look

Poster flat plan and tagline ideas

In my idea I have chosen to follow conventions of horror movie posters by using an image of one of the characters and bold text at the bottom of the page. Immediately as someone looks at it they can tell it is a horror as the text at the top makes reference to Halloween, also hinting about the release date. The colours used would ideally be black, red, some white for contrast. Originally I thought dark blue would give it an eerie look but dark blue and green have connotations of the supernatural which does not relate to our film's plot.

Taglines could possibly be: along the lines of: "Avoid the VOID", "Nothing can save you in the VOID"

Representation of women in horror trailers

Feminist film theory: Laura Mulvey's audience theory argues that the film industry creates products for a male audience. Filmmakers use this 'male gaze' in a variety of ways: women are objectified through 'lingering' camera shots and females are characterised as passive in narratives.
Textual analysis of a horror trailer:

'Demons Never Die' (out 28th October) is a new teen slasher/horror film set in London

Genre, Iconography and Ideology: Film poster analysis

Genre, Iconography and Ideology: Film posters on Prezi