. TEST SHOTS FOR POSTER COVER

Here are some test shots for our poster. We were trying to work out what shots would look best on the cover, and these were the best four shots . The shots however did not portray the narrative or it's events clearly due to the use of no iconography, even though these shots are of the final girl (myself.) All of these are medium close up shots, which can be identified as a convention of horror posters. Medium close ups allow the audience to observe the conventional elements related to both the genre and character type e.g make up, jewellery, facial expressions. Those examples don't apply to these shots, as the final girl normally abstains from hedonistic practices.We didn't photograph these images using a white background because the white background wouldn't have provided the conventional look that most horror poster's have, along with that the use of bright lighting in my face make me the key focus and represent my angelic appearance and behaviour in comparison to the dark events to come. The colours of the text we have chosen for the poster (red and white) would really only stand out best on a black background. Regardless of how well shot these images are, we chose to reject them because we wanted to ensure the poster and magazine image were closely correlated, therefore we'll choose to include an image of Dawn.

The image of Dawn we choose for the poster should have  Dawn holding a necklace and looking towards the camera. The necklace is an example of iconography because it links to the narrative directly and is cursed by the . The use of such a strong image of dawn would emphasise that out trailer is for a Slasher.