Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Colour scheme

Film poster colour scheme:
The main colours on many film poster magazines I found that relate to my genre include similar colours that I have also chosen. I decided to conform to the common conventions and house style that psychological thrillers contain. for example, the film posters are generally made up of dark, dull and gloomy colours, this is done to create mystery and suspense towards the audience, which is why I chose a similar colour scheme to existing film posters. Dark gloomy colours also relate to the setting as this genre is generally set in basements, graveyards, or abandoned warehouses. and is generally set in the evening or the night as it is more dangerous. 



Original photos from photoshoot










A collage of inspirational front covers


Throughout analyzing film posters and film front covers, I noticed there was a similar house style to the products. The reason I chose these front covers was due to them being closely related to the genre of my trailer, a psychological thriller/horror. I noticed common iconography used such as blood dripping. This is commonly used in horror genre, by this being used often it allows audience to have expectations of what the film will be about, which would include a confusing and frightening plot, murder or a plot twist to create tension. This relates to John Fiske’s theory of genres and explained that there is certain aspects that each genre has which is what differs them from each other. I was inspired from these front covers and decided that I would also use red, black and possibly white as my main colours. My colour scheme will also not be so bright as I believe this does not compliment my genre.