Analysis of horror/thriller magazine 'Gorezone'

Gorezone is known to be the world's most up market horror entertainment magazine. Looking at the magazine, i can see that the colors that are used are red, blue, black and white. The masthead of the magazine is really bold and stands out, from the bold writing, big font, dark red color on the font and the black shadow. Also the name of the masthead, 'Gorezone' stands out by itself because the name shows that the magazine will have a lot of scary pictures and review of scary films.

The model on the front cover of the magazine has been made up to look like a scary and horrific character. This is due to the blood smudges that are on her clothes and face which shows that something has happened to her, and it looks like she has been attacked by something. The model has bold brown eyes that just stare at you and it gives the audience a really scary look.

The straplines contain name of actors and film names which are in red and they are bold. The actresses name is in bold and it is bigger than the other straplines to show that she is in this certain film. The actor's names are in light blue and they are different to the other straplines on the magazine, this gives credit to the actors.

Looking at the magazine I can see that the target audience will be mainly teenage to late 20's/early 30's. This is because the magazine, font, colours and the image itself draws attention to these types of people and associates them, especially as this magazine is promoting a horror film as mainly young people are interested in this type of movie.

Analysis of Insidious Poster

The film 'Insidious' is a horror/thriller film.

The poster of Insidious is simple and there is not a lot going on. This is because the poster contains the films name, the website of the film, the release date, the slogan 'it's not the house that's haunted'. The poster only contains one picture which is of the main character the possessed child and the background is the house which the characters in the film think is haunted. This picture and the slogan gives an insight of what the film is going to be about. The poster also contains the production information, for example the actors, actressess and the name of the directors and producers. The production information and the style of it makes the poster seem realisitc, thus it looks like a real film poster.

As it is a horror/thriller poster there is not much color, and there are no bright colors in the poster as well. The main colors in the poster are black, white and red. The color black compliments the horror/thriller theme well because it is dark and when people see the color black they automatically think negative and scary thoughts. The red could symbolise the blood and danger that is going to happen to the family. The color white is a color that is not bright and that you can't see well. This shows that it is hard for the family to catch the ghost that is inside the boy because they cannot see it. And if you can't see the ghost it is even more scary because you do not know when it is with you or when it is going to come and harm you.

The target audience of the film Insidious is also fifteen and above. This is because it contains scenes that are scary and may scare anyone under this age.

Analysis of Grudge 3 Poster

The film 'Grudge 3' is a horror/thriller film and it is part of two other films 'Grudge' and 'Grudge 2'. The target audience of this film are people who are interested in horror/thriller films and who like a lot of violence and supernatural happenings.

The main colors in the Grudge 3 poster are red, white and black. The color red could symbolise the blood, there is also blood on the ghost's hair. This could show that the ghost or spirit is going to kill people brutally and there is going to be a lot of blood. There is also a small boy tangled in the ghost's hair, this shows that it does not matter how old you are because the ghost will attack anyone that gets in their way. The ghost's color is white, this shows that she may look normal like a human but she has evil motives. The black could show that the ghost get's people easily on her side which is the dark side, and no one can return from the dark side.

The main image on the poster is of the main ghost that kills many people in the film. The image only shows half of her face, and it only shows one of her eye that is red. Her red eye could show how evil she is because she is taking away innocent lives. The boy that is tangled in her hair could show how she takes away innocent lives.

This poster also has a slogan which is 'the curse continues'. This could suggest that the ghost or the spirit that has been killing people and has not stopped, it is still continuing, and this gives an insight of what the audience should expect in this film.

From looking at the poster, the target audience of the film is fifteen and above, this film is for people who are interested in horror/thriller films and who like a lot of violence and supernatural happenings. This is because the film contains a lot of blood scenes, because on the poster a lot of blood is shown. The Grudge seems like a scary film, which may startle and scare anyone under this age.