I have made some collages of movie posters from these three genres: horror, action and romance. I wanted to show the difference between how the posters differ according to their genre. From researching and looking at lots of different horror posters I found that a colour scheme is consistent throughout the majority of them regardless of the sub-genre. The predominant colours that are featured on most horror posters are black, white and red. Black and red will almost mainly always be on it especially the colour red. Red represents blood and blood is featured heavily in the horror genre. The posters of the horror genre tend to be quite simple only featuring one person on it, typically the villain of the film. Symbols that are present in the movie could appear on the poster to let the audience know that an object or a person play a key role in causing conflict.
The collage I made of action movies were to represent the things that commonly most appear on them. It differs from what would be found on a horror poster. Action movies obviously contain scenes that would be more fast paced and exciting. I have found that on action posters, weapons are usually present on the poster which establishes the genre. A location is sometimes present in the back of the poster then has the main character(s) on to the front, again this differs from the horror poster as the location will mainly be the main image for the poster. This could be shown through The Last House On The Left poster as the house is the only main image on the poster. This is to show the link between the title and the image. It will show the audience that the house is important and to watch out for clues as to why whilst watching the movie. For the action poster, the location is put behind the characters to show where the action will take place. Posters for action movies tend to have a lot going on and seems to consist of more than one character which is the total opposite for horror posters where the it's quite minimal and features one main character. The similarity between horror posters and action posters is that they use dark colours such as blues and blacks.
The collage I made of romance movies were to show the differences and similarities to horror posters. With romance posters, there will typically be a male and a female on the cover in some sort of an embrace or next to each other. Romance posters use a lot of bright colours as romance is associated with positive feelings and has positive attributes as opposed to the horror genre which is associated with evil and has negative connotations. Having the two main characters on the front of the poster illustrate who the romantic storyline is about. In horror posters its rare to see the villain and victim alongside each other, this is done to prevent the final girl being revealed if there is one or to give too much away too an audience. Romance posters have a simple layout just like horror posters. In most romance posters they have greenery in the background to create a heavenly feel which is the opposite of what the horror genre would have on the poster. Romance movies won't use a lot of red on the poster unless the red is used in a positive way such as being used to represent passion or lust. Even the representation of the colour red on romance posters is totally different from the representation of the colour red on horror posters. The colour red is more negative when its in association with the horror genre.
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