Research into similar products: The grudge poster

To ensure that my knowledge of the ancillary product is well and that i know what to do when it comes to making my own. In this blog post i will be looking at the poster for the movie the 'grudge'.
What i very much like about this poster was its simplicity. The colour uses just one primary colour and one sole image. This is really effective to me as it makes it stand out and seem more effective.
The title of the movie is in the centre of the page and so is the focal point of the poster and is the thing that all of the audience will see. The colour of the text being red is also something that i find very effective. Because it is red it connotes the feeling of violence and horror and blood that can make the audience feel uneasy and show the fact that is a horror.
The dark background can show and highlight the main feature of the horror being fear and scary. The main image of this poster is a extreme close up of the antagonist of the film. Most of the face is covered by hair and the only real detail about the character is the eyes. This creates an enigma around the character and a sense of mystery and suspense. What I like about this has been designed is that you can only see the eye of the character. I like the effect that this gives as it now makes the poster seem as though the 'grudge' is looking directly at them which may make the audience seem uneasy and restless.


The tagline in this poster is very effective and is something I really like for myself going forward as it is very simplistic yet effective in what it has to do. The tagline mentions "it". This creates a sense of curiosity as it leaves the audience wanting to know who it is. Another aspect of the poster that I like is the juxtaposition of colours used. Although not obvious the maker of the poster has used a full dark background which allows part of the main image to stand out even more and have more of a creepy effect on the audience due to its bright pale skin.


So when going forward I think some of the aspects of this poster will defiantly inspire me when creating my own poster. Things such as the colour use of the poster has stuck out to me because of its simple use it has created a really effective and scary image for the poster that the movie can promote. Another thing that I really liked about this poster was its tagline. For my own poster I want to create something that is very short and sweet for example.  Something that can scare the audience with just a few words and this is something that this poster does expertly and so is something I will come back to looking at for my own ancillary product.