I wanted to narrow down the type of film posters I was looking at from Horror film posters to more supernatural horror but also specifically Ouija film posters and I found that for Ouija film poster they always used the same or near to the same font called "Howdy Captain" therefore making it a conventional font, this is also the font actually on a Ouija Board giving the poster a small theme and consistency.
Just like I found in my Ancillary research these posters follow the conventional colour schemes of black, white, red, dark colours and also a small sepia colour scheme. Something else conventional, specifically in Ouija films is to have a planchette as part of the image. A planchette is the triangle like piece of wood that the players place their hands onto and is then used as a way of communication as it moves, it typically has a small circle cut out with some glasses in it and this represents that on the other side of that glass is the 'spirit world' they're communicating to and during a modern set Ouija film one of the characters actually looks through it and is able to see the spirits around them.
Look at supernatural horror posters as a whole the posters almost always includes the person or the object being posessed/haunted/haunting etc. I believe this is becuase it shows the audiences the sub-genre but also the themes within the film. Taking all of these things into account I have decided that within my poster I want to include just one character and then hints of the Antagonist/spirit but just like the Ouija film posters conventional did, I want to have the ouija board on there whether thats it can the background or infront of the characters I am unsure yet and to help me come to a decision I'll have to do some drafts and see which is best. I also, want to use the Captain Howdy font as it fits in with the storyline of the short film creating consistacny and the audeince will be able to easily understand what it is about.
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