Designing and Producing a Series of Advertising Posters for a New Horror Movie For our media studies project, Gurpreet and I have decided to design and produce a series of advertising posters for a new horror movie. We plan to make our posters of the same style of those used in magazines, newspapers, public billboards and of course the cinemas. This project is mainly aimed towards a target audience of males. The age of our target audience is from 18 years old and above. Although many teenagers from an age of 16 may want to see the film because of its narrative image and rock music soundtrack, we don’t want the film to be seen as just another “teen horror movie”. Therefore we are giving it an 18 certificate. If we give the film a 15 certificate it denotes a simple storyline and makes it less appear horrifying. However, giving the film an 18 certificate gives the movie a more complex storyline and is targeted to a more mature audience. The generic conventions used on our posters should attract our target audience, as they will identify them with similar movies they like viewing. Our aim is to fill the audience’s mind with anticipation and excitement by making the poster eye-catching. We hope to entice the audience making them want to see the film as soon as it is released. We also want to provide an enigma to the audience so they come up with their own ideas of the film. That’s why we don’t give out to much information on the posters as to what the film is actually about. The understanding of audience and genre for this project will be important to its success. Things like iconography, stereotypes and generic conventions will be very important. When a film is being marketed to an audience the main aspect will be its genre, therefore the poster must attract audiences which will lead to the films’ success. It is crucial that when we create a poster, that it must be instantly recognisable as a film from the horror genre.
Although Valenti and the Rating System's advocates claim that parents should have the final choice in what their children view, the system may, in practice, obstruct that purpose for parents who decide that their children should see some films. For films with the controversial NC-17 rating, the theatre is prevented from letting young John Small and his under-aged ilk from seeing a film despite his parents' permission. In fact, had John actually been accompanied by his parents, the theatre would have had every right -- some would even say responsibility -- to refuse his admission. The printing of the NC-17 rating often does not read -- as would be reasonable -- "Intended for Adults Only" but rather the more rigid "Not to be Attended by Children Under Seventeen.
I also often think for important aspect of the storytelling consists of getting each audience member to subconsciously (or consciously) ask himself or herself a series of questions. If viewers are confused and asking themselves structural or procedural questions (“Why is this happening? Why doesn’t this person flow smoothly into what I already know? Why are the characters doing things that seem out of character or stupid?”), they’re constantly being taken out of the narrative and can’t fully absorb what the storytellers are trying to do. I find that when I’m asking
The MPAA rating system is outdated. The recent advances in technology allow children to see movies regardless of the rating. The rating system worked well for the early years, but recently “kids slip into the movies they want to see. . . . They also see them at home on widely available DVDs, on cable, and via popular streaming services like Netflix and Amazon” (Ebert 2). Even when kids go to the theater to see movies they can “theater hop” or buy a ticket to a low rated movie and slip into the R rated film of their choice. DVDs and the Internet both provide ways for kids to watch movies that contain objectionable material. Websites that offer the o...
The film’s emphasis on how the Christmas holiday is not about the material items but about celebrating together with family and friends will resonate with audiences of all ages.
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...situations in this movie are very serious like death and prison, the audience finds its way to relate.
The timeless Coming-of-Age tale is often a triumphant one in which the kid breaks free of the fallacious adults, but are they really so one dimensional? Do kids really represent truth and the adults fallacy? How does the audience perceive the power struggle? What part does the older generation play in this genre besides a stock villain? What can these characters tell the audience about the ideals of their own generations? Although seemingly at odds with each other, the adults and youth in coming-of-age films are similar to each other and can represent two sides of the viewers themselves.
Youth Representation in movies Ten Things I Hate About You compared to Stand By Me
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Many teens and adults said it was hilarious to them, while some people thought it was too scary for younger teens and children to watch. Then there were people saying that I was a good 80’s horror movie, although the viewer’s said it was horrible movie. In this movie review site called “Common Sense Media” one of the parents named “Nervous Parent Of Boys” stated that “Not for kids or Teens. Only if your teens are mature. My 15 year old wanted to watch with his friends and it really scared him” (CommonSense). That I can agree with the parent because just looking a wooden doll and seeing it run and tries to kill you will terrify a child or teen real bad. Also, another person in Common Sense Media states
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Ever since the advent of celluloid films, horror movies have always held a fascination for viewers. Just why do people pay good money to be scared out of their wits? Apart from its entertainment value, the horror movie satisfies certain primordial needs in man. Through the horror movies, one is able to come to grips with one's personal demons, fear of death and other irrational phobias and in the process achieve a catharsis. Far from being morbid, such movies actually affirm life for the movie-goer, for he is able to emerge from the dark into the light, both literally and figuratively, having explored the world beyond our normal perception as well as the deep recesses of the human soul and say, "It's good to be alive."
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Has anyone ever stopped and thought about why movie remakes exist? There is always a simple explanation to this conception, and it’s either that Hollywood directors are “lazy” or that Hollywood wants to destroy our childhood scares. For the most part, Hollywood isn’t literally attempting to become futile or destroy the integrity of films, but it’s much for the profit of recreating former popular movies. In addition to that, the revamp graphic quality allows for older movie plots to compete against their modern counterparts, but there still remains an issue. In order to reestablish an older horror film, a newer one has to take its place for the sake of pleasing the current technologically adept generation; however, alterations may completely
Horror movies generally are all the same. They all have been based off of something that has already happened or a previous movie. Society has paid to be entertained by these gruesome stories that we all truly fear. Before movies, people would purchase books of similar tramatic events to read in their spare time for amusement. Writters such as Bram Stoker created graphic novels that grabbed peoples attention for years to come. But the horror movie, The House Of The Devil(1896), was noted as being the first ever horror movie. And as the years pasted, the industry grew and became stronger. The artist and creative portion of the movies became more gruesume and realistic. Now many of the horror films that have been creatured are said to be based off an events that were real. The fact of knowing that the events could be real attract millions of people, and keep the industy growing. Numerous people spend countless hours perfecting the art of terror for our amusement. Truly, they are looking at previous story lines and methods that had become successfull before.