I like this magazine cover for The Da Vinci Code. The layout and the concept is great. The main character (Tom Hanks) with a villain behind him, seen over his shoulder. I like it because it makes it very clear who the protagonist and antagonist is, the lighting is very good, covering part of each character's face, implying a traditional good versus evil struggle. It seems as though Hanks' character cannot see the antagonist, but he knows that he is there, hidden somewhere.

I would consider using a similar layout with my mag cover as I found this to be very effective, preparing you for the VERY basics of the story (the antagonist and protagonist). The Da Vinci Code is based on a book of the same title, which is very popular and the film was long awaited by fans, so these people may know immediately who the characters are, and their relationship in the film. This would have been very exciting for an audience member.

I love this image of Lily Allen, the fact that you can see the back of her head AND her face in the mirror is very clever. To me, if we had Violet in a similar position, but fully clothed and dirty, as if looking at herself after her ordeal. This implies reflection, making the audience delve deeper into the emotions of the character. It implies that there is more than one side to a character.

I want Violet to be seen as a victim, but for the audience to be wary of her. Not because the character is evil or a villain, but because I want the film to make people feel uncomfortable, and this will alert the audience to this hopefully.

It implies that Violet gets away unharmed, without giving too much plot away.

This image inspires me. Though the film it is about (Harry Potter) is very different to my film, Fire Hills, the magazine's cover has similar elements to that of my poster. Which makes me wonder whether or not to use a similar image for both?

I love this magazine cover for Sight and Sound magazine because it resembles my movie poster, an image of a young woman, presumably in distress who looks as though she has been struggling against someone or something. The text is very simple with a conventional horror theme of black and white text, like many horror POSTERS. It makes me feel unsettled as I feel as though the girl is staring at me, a very clever example of good photography, especially for a horror genre as the whole point is to feel unsettled.

The white text represents purity and possibly hope, whereas the red contrasts this message and repsresents blood and danger. The girl is wearing red, which enforces this message. The black 'passion' contrasts the red clothing and sticks out brilliantly, catching my eye as soon as I saw the cover.

I chose to have a close up on Violet (Grace Leaney) for my movie poster. I found this image to be simplistic and raw, much like the film itself, as it is filmed in a very shaky, raw style. I like the cuts on Violet's face, it tells the audience that if they wish to come and see our film, there will be blood and gore. I chose to use Violet as my poster's character as she is the one character to survive. I like the fact that she is surrounded by darkness, implying hopelessness and makes the poster feel claustrophobic.

This poster is excellent in my opinion due to its special effects/ graphics and the fact that it is very mysterious, there isn't much plot or storyline given away. I like that we can literally see part of one of the character's body (the eye) and only the back of another through HIS point of view. I find this very inspiring. We know that one character is disabled and that there is a large house involved, as we can see this through the eye. I'm guessing that its run down as there are dangling, overgrown plants above the disabled character. The character whos eye we are seeing is made to seem inhuman as we cannot see his actual eye. At first glance the eye seems like that of an animal such as a snake or a cat, implying that the character has an inhuman personality. Many say that the eye is the window to soul. So what does this mean? Is this the killer lusting for the blood of this disabled victim (I am presuming he is a victim). The character is watching or thinking about the victim which promotes the question 'why is he thinking about him/ watching him?'. The image in the eye is in sepia and the young man (I presume he is male) is wearing braces, a piece of clothing not often worn by younger people nowadays. Both of these elements say to me that the film is set years ago. The shot of the house is a low shot looking up at it, making it seem big and scary. We can see a greying eyebrow that is slightly bushy. This makes me presume that the character is an older male, in many horror films such as The Texas Chainsaw Masacre, older males are used as villains. The text is not very clear and an undeterminable colour, adding to the theme of mystery that runs throughout the poster. The 'E' in 'Key' has been replaced by a dollar sign. This implies greed. The writing is readable but doesn't distract from the sinister image.

Various Movie Posters

This poster for 'One Missed Call' is very sinister and has the ability to both make a viewer cringe and gasp at the same time. The bottom half of the face has a smug smile on it, and it is obvious to me that it is the smile of the villain or antagonist of the film, as he is holding a phone. In place of eyes, the 'face' has open mouths and noses. Presumably of a victim, implying that he or she kills more than one person in the duration of the film. The darkness surrounding the face once again implies utter hopelessness, that this figure is maybe unstoppable. This is very unsettling for an audience member. The text above the head is written in red, the colour of blood, implying that the film will be gory. The majority of the text is white, sticking out against the black background. This could imply hope against this ruthless force. The top of the character's head is not shown, making it unclear as to whether it is male or female, adding an element of mystery to the character, this is needed as you cannot see an unseen caller, which is what the film is presumably about.

This Friday the 13th poster is a great example of how special effects can alter the effect on an audience, e.g. the smoky, glowing effect is very eery, with the image of a man standing at the centre of the poster, with a weapon, the poster is extremely sinister and would make an audience feel uncomfortable, as if the man can see you or can see straight through you, as if he is an all knowing character... and somewhat un-human. The scene is also set in a woods,

much like our film. The black surrounding the scene implies hopelessness and an impending danger that cannot be avoided. The text, similarly to One Missed Call, is above the villain's head. It is a deceiving 'Welcome to Crystal Lake'. I see this as insincere and even sarcastic, which adds to the sinister theme of the poster. Also, like the One Missed Call poster, it has red writing, implying blood shed.

The deaths of the principles...

Alfie and Roxie will die together, when they sneak ooff from the group for some 'fun'. The others begin the wonder where they are, they begin to look for them, presuming they have gone home.

They return to the camp and find that their tents are on fire. Taylor saves his bag which contains his car keys, being the only driver. He opens the bag to find that his phone and keys are gone, and the girls' mobiles are inside the burning tent. Taylor begins to panic and becomes infuriated, shouting to whoever has done this to 'come out'. The unseen villain appears and drags Taylor into the woods. The girls lose him, resulting in the film's most poignant line ''shall we run?'' said by Violet to Darcie.