I wasn't sure how i wanted to present my poster, it was for the shining but i didn't want to use that cliched axe scene where he peers through the door shouting "here's Jonny' etc. It's lost it's fear factor for me after seeing it so much.
So i thought about what else i could include, and the overlook hotel immediately came to me, after all this is where the story starts and ends. I looked up creepy photos of hotels until i found one that fitted the poster. I then scrawled the famous word "redrum" across the hotel to mark it distinctly as the hotel from the shining.
I got the picture from the Internet and then made it fit with the photograph by adding details like the blood dripping from the words. I think that throughout the process of making the poster i was aiming to unsettle the reader rather than terrify them. I wanted to create something chilling rather than gory so i settled for small details that hinted at a wider story such as the bloody silhouette in the doorway, the blooded footsteps and dried blood.
I didn't want to overcrowd the photo either. I included the title and credits in a white frame around the poster as a finishing touch and i think this gave it a classic feel.
If i could change anything it would be to include more detail and perhaps make the silhouette figure slightly bigger since he is hard to see from a distance. Despite this i am pleased with the end result.
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