Film Title; Shutter
Genre; Horror/Psychological Thriller
Director; Masayuki Ochiai
Plot; Ben Shaw and his new bride, Jane, leave New York for Tokyo, Japan, where Ben has a job as a photographer. While traveling, Jane hits a girl in the middle of the wilderness; after regaining consciousness, they find there was no body and think the victim is alright. The victim later starts to appear in Bens photographs and haunts them.
The font used for this
text is the accustomed ‘Times New Roman’; to use this for a horror poster could
be portrayed as a brave move due to the face it is a common, formal and rather
bromidic font type. However, the poster manages to pull it off and it suites
the poster itself; any writing has been put in capitals which makes it noticeable
and stops it from being dismissed. In addition to this I feel the little flicks
at the end of the letters help the font to look quite scary; or perhaps because
the poster is so dramatic, having normal writing stops it from going over the
top so it starts to look tacky.
The words ‘The Grudge’
and ‘The Ring’ have been made larger compared to the rest of the text because
they are the important parts. A lot of people have seen either both or one of
those movies, and as those movies got good viewing it automatically puts a good
view on this movie.
I really like this
image on the movie poster; the face of the evil spirit and frames from the
movie have been blended together which does two things for the viewer –
Firstly, it shows the evil character and some of the characters which may
encourage the public to watch it. Secondly, it very slightly gives away the
plot due to the fact the frames from the movie are put there like a collage of
pictures in the evil spirits face, showing photography, the people in the
pictures and the evil spirit all link somehow.
The colours for the
background, the eyes and the mouth are very dark which connote to your
stereotypical horror poster. White is then used as an overall effect on the
pictures on the face; white is usually seen as ‘pure’ and ‘holy’ however using
it on the evil spirit conveys it as more scary than innocent – in addition to
this it could be suggesting this evil spirit isn’t all that bad.
‘The most terrifying
images are the ones that are real’ This text is referring to the fact the man
takes real life photographs and sees a spirit in them which helps to get across
the story by having this along with the image. However this text is also almost
implying that the images included in this film are real which would not only
scare the audience but intrigue them as to what actually happens in this movie;
it adds a sense of trust.
‘Shutter’ This is the
movie title; it is bigger than any other text on the page so the public know
that is the title and pay attention to it. The ‘S’ and the ‘R’ are bigger than
the rest of the letters, which could perhaps be portraying a sense of ‘being
trapped’ as if they go one side the ‘S’ is blocking the way and the ‘R’ is
blocking the other way. There is a light coloured circle in the middle of it,
almost like a spotlight – this could link with the ‘being trapped’ theory as
it/s as though there is no way out and you’re being targeted with a spotlight.
In addition to this the circle could be representing the camera lens or light
off the camera in the movie, which would again be giving away some of the
story/mise-en-scene used.
