Poster Deconstruction

You're Next

• Tagline 'they will hunt you' - relates to the animal theme. use of 'will' highlights certainty - makes audience feel scared 
• 4 star rating and comment, gives audience idea of how good the film is
• 'August 29' - information important for audience
• 3 dimly light figures, masks highlighted the most. weapons also seen - gives audience an insight into the killers
• slight backlighting / under lighting to cast shadows on the masks, distorts them
• main colouring is dark with yellow hints, from the lights
• usual writing at bottom

Friday the 13th

• 'Welcome to crystal lake' - tag line - relates to the narrative, many people will be familiar with it, due to the original film 
• Main colours are black and blue, from the sky and the lake. Gives off an eerie connotations 
• The figure itself is backlighted by the moon's light. This casts shadows and slighlt disfigures the mask - although we can still tell its Jason, as the infamous mask is lit up. The weapon is also visible.
• Easily identifiable red typography
• usual writing at bottom 
• Focuses on the killer and sets it in the woods, giving the audience an idea of the narrative.

A Nightmare on Elm Street

• In this poster, Freddy takes up the whole space, his burned face visible and his knife fingers visible - there is even a gleam of light to draw attention to it.
• His infamous striped top and hat are also easily identifiable in this poster
• They use the tag line 'Never sleep again' from the fairytale like song in the film - fits in with the narrative

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

• This poster is slightly more artistic, The title is at the top and an image is used within the text from the film, to give the audience an idea of the narrative
• The main image is of the state of Texas, with blood dripping out of it, which could be easily done on photoshop. In the image, a famous picture of Leatherface wielding a chainsaw can be seen. This is identifiable to fans of the film
• 'Who will survive and what will be left of them' - slightly humorous tag line, implying people will be sliced up 
• usual writing at the bottom

For our poster, we want to get an image similar to the first, of the door with the killer behind it/perhaps looking through the window, and a victim in front, holding the door back? Looking scared? title at the bottom, tag line at the top, usual writings at the bottom, possibly a rating on the poster somewhere