Second Poster Analysis

Halloween is a horror film made in the USA and was released in 1978 much older than the previous 2 films so will have lots of differences between them.

The main image on the poster is of the hand of the killer, as you can see there is a part of a pumpkin on his hand which fits well within the film as pumpkins are usually seen at Halloween. You are only able to see the killers hand on the poster which may suggest that the killer is a masked villain and may even be mutated.

The colour of the poster is mainly black which makes the image of the killer more dominate as the killer is the main part of the film and tells the viewers this. It also has white font so this too stands out on the black background so the readers can immediately read the title and tag line of the film.

The fonts on the poster are very bold and basic so they stand out well on the poster to try and catch their target audience’s attention. It also has a thin orange outline which shows a relation on this colour as is the same colour as the bad guy in the film.

The tag line on the poster is the night he came home this suggests that the main villain in the film has risen from the dead and come back to his home where the haunts the people who currently reside at his old home.

The target audience of the movie will be an older audience as the film came out in the late 70’s so would be more popular with people in their 30’s/40’s.