Teaser Poster.

I have created a teaser poster for my film using a prop that I plan to use in the footage.

As a working title I have christened my film "Masque," a name developed from  "Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe. (See intertextual links for more about the text) I think that this ties in nicely with the white, decorated masks that the cannibals will be wearing (See props).

For the tagline I adapted the tagline from "Alien," In space, no one can hear you scream. I think that my tagline fits in well with the narrative of my film and provides a narrative enigma for the audience. As this is a teaser poster, I don't have to put any more writing than that.

At the bottom of the poster is written a blog address that is different to the this one, http://www.masque-movie.blogspot.com/. This is another blog that I have created. Like The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield, I plan to create a fake news blog that would follow the news as though the narrative of my film has actually happened and is being covered by the local news. I feel that this will allow me to think more clearly about the context of the film, and will allow me to create a more realistic product.

The poster shows a hand holding one of the cannibal masks loosely by the side of the leg. This ties into The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan. When one of the central characters is first shown his back is turned to the camera and he holds his mask loosely by his side. As it was this character that originally inspired the masks in my film, I thought that incorporating him into my teaser poster was appropriate.

In the background of my poster is a picture of the Middleton Woods, which is where I plan to film the section of the film that involves the cannibals. This links the masks to the cannibals, and therefore provide anchoarge as to who is standing in the foreground.

I used Photoshop Elements 5.0 to create this poster. I decided to tint the image slightly red in order to signify death, and blood. I think that overall the poster is interesting and will entice the audience into wanting to watch the finished film.