Evaluation Movie Poster (Two Faced)

In this blog it will be an evaluation about the Two Faced movie poster and how it relates to the genre and audience in which it was based on using other horror movie posters as a reference.

The movie poster Two Faced is based around the genre of a Slasher Horror movie in which there is one main slasher and often one or none survivors in some cases there is a main protagonist or hero which is this case throws a spanner in the works.

The cover itself relates to they genre as the main villain or killer is seen on the front in plain sight indicating to the audience this is the killer and this is who you should fear and this is who you should watch out for in the movie much like the classic movie poster it shows the audience that he will find his victim and this will be the last sight they will see much like the audience will see him last in each murder scene.

Much like the scream slasher franchise the killers main mask is on display for all the audience to see the picture below shows more clearer.

With the movie poster Two Faced it has a red border this red border represents the bloody part of horror it also brings off the main focus of the mask or the killer to make him appear more intimidating it also links in with dark horror side of the poster as it mixes in with the genre of a classic horror movie.

As seen by the cover above the main antagonist is on the front of the cover and is slightly visible to the audience. However two faced is completely visible like the cover below however it is mainly only the face of the murder so some similarities and differences work together to create the finished product.

The title text for two faced mixes with the genre of the movie as the text is a vibrant red like the blood of his victims furthermore the shape and the style of the text matches the genre as well due to its rough edges and jagged corners it links with the dark genre in which horror is associated with in the modern fashion. Similar to the the examples above each poster has a signature text used this is mainly for the movie title of the film they are quite worn or quite bold. Two Faced has used both of these styles and mixed them and has made them work making the signature text more visible.

The tag line merges with the poster and fits with the genre well as most horror movie posters have a intimidating tagline so does this poster as the tag line is a warning to the audience and mixes with the theme of an intimidating killer in the film.

I found information about horror films from websites but also from my own knowledge and those who appreciate a good horror movie one that visually looks the part so i used other sources such as movie poster images to get the correct feel and look to the horror movie i wanted and then making the poster on from those image segments.

Making the poster started with a basic image of the mask in the most popular cases of horror movie movies with serial killers they seal there identity behind  a mask even those of which who don't have a reoccurring series of movies and remakes the mask makes the murderer. However making a basic horror movie plot on why he wears the mask is key so that was done and is found on one of the other blogs i have posted.

The poster started using a basic image of a white theatre mask one happy and one sad these mask where then cropped and cut then merged to make the canvas for the mask to start. using features to lower the brightness and higher the contrast the mask started to take shape. After which using colour balancing and texturing techniques on the poster darken and soften parts of the mask it then became finished and the mask was done. 

Making graphics such as the red border was made using the brush tool then adding layer effects to make it look more bold and appealing to the horror audience mainly young adults.

Visually the poster look good now in turn using the text tool to add the title of the movie and the crew information and text line was text this was one of the smaller tasks other then finding the correct movie title font it was a quite basic process. 

Finally adding images of company logos of big media industries to the poster was essential  to grab the audiences attention for this i used Sony Pictures emblem and then added a BBFC eighteen rating for the movie to make a specific target audience and finally adding a star graphic with the shape tool added five times the product was now finished.

This made the poster look genuine from what i had seen from previous made posters of the horror genre some of which i previously talked about before and some image examples listed above as well.