How to create a Thriller/Horror poster HT

I thought this link on tutorials in photoshop will be extremely beneficial to us as it will allow us to take step by step gudiance and ensure that our poster is of the highest quality, depicting the corret message to our audience and also aiming to the right market sector for our film.


http://www.tutorialkit.com/tutorials/How-to-create-a-Thriller-Horror-Film-Poster-in-Photoshop-59857.html

Appropriate fonts...HT

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This site will help us choose the right and appropriate font to use for our advertisement of our film. It offers a 3 point guide on how to choose and apply the most appropriate font for the genre of film.

1. The size of font would allow direct variation of attention to a advert
2. Colours, these are usually linked to emotion, these would help tell the audience the genre of the film in a subtle way
3. Typeface these need to be practical and easy to read

Let Me In Poster

Eden Lake Poster AM

Blair Witch Project Poster.. AM

Friday the 13th Poster AM

Hammer Film Productions

http://www.hammerfilms.com/

• Film company based in UK
• Founded in 1934 and is best known for a series of Gothic 'Hammer Horror' films (mid 1950s - 1970s)
• Low budgets, but none the less appeared lavish, making use of quality British actors and cleverly designed sets
• Hammer dominated the horror film market, enjoying worldwide distribution and considerable financial success

Early history (1935 to 1937) - Hammer Productions

• November 1934, William Hinds, registered his own film company (Hammer Productions Ltd)
• 10 May 1935 - formed film distribution company Exclusive Films
• Hammer produced a further four films distributed by Exclusive: The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1936), Song of Freedom (1936), Sporting Love (1937), The Bank Messenger Mystery (1936)
• A slump in the British film industry forced Hammer into bankruptcy and the company went into liquidation in 1937
• Exclusive however, survived and on 20 July 1937 purchased the leasehold and continued to distribute films made by other companies

Resurrection (1938 to 1955) - Hammer Film Productions

• In 1946, James Carreras rejoined the company after demobilisation
• He resurrected Hammer as the film production arm of Exclusive with a view to supplying 'quota-quickies' - cheaply made domestic films designed to fill gaps in cinema schedules and support more expesnive features
• During production of 'Dick Barton Strikes Back' (1948) it became apparent that the company could save a considerable amount of money by shooting in country houses rather than studios

The birth of Hammer Horror

• Hammer consolidated their success by turning their most successful horror films into series
• Six sequels to The Curse of Frankenstein (1959) were produced between 1959 and 1974
• The Revenge of Frankenstein (1959)
• The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
• Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
• The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
• Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
• Hammer also produced eight other Dracula films between 1960 and 1974
• The Brides of Dracula (1960)
• Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
• Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
• Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969)
• Scars of Dracula (1970)
• Dracula AD (1972)
• The Satanicf Rites of Dracula (1973)
• The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)