A movie poster for my groups film genre

This is the film scary movie, the genre of this film is a comedy horror. The reason it is a comedy horror is because it is aimed to make the people who watch it laugh, but to also scare them a little bit. Dim lighting is used for the scary scenes of the film, and high key lighting is used for the funny scenes.

By look at the poster, people might be able to tell the film is a mixture of comedy and horror because of the killers facial expressions. when people look at the killers face, normally they might feel quite scared or intimated, but when people look at this particular killer and how he's smiling, people might laugh and find it funny because you wouldn't expect a masked serial killer to smile.

The poster is there to advertise the film, persuading people to watch it and it is there to show people that it is a funny, but scary kind of film which will or will not get people to watch the film.

When the audience look at the poster, they wont just be looking at the characters, they will be looking at the background. The background is very important because in this particular poster because it sets the scene for the film. for example the film is called "scary movie" and as you can see the poster background is set so the different characters are in the cinema with there popcorn and there about tho watch a "scary movie" just like in this image below.

The three conventions of this film are dim lighting, to create a scary effect on the audience when they watch the movie, dark clothing to show who the villain really is, and finally the scary characters to remind people that the film is a mix between comedy and horror.