How does the villian and trailer relate to the ancilary task

For some research for my anchilary task I looked at how the design of the villian links into the actual design of the teaset poster. Here is a poster from the friday the 13th horror series. Just like my previous blog I looked into the reasoning behind the design of the mask. Now I want to see how the look of the villian can possible shape the way the poster looks. In friday the 13th  the antagonist Jason is essentially defined soley because the distinctinveness of his mask. And so the film company decided to use his mask as the basis  for both of this posters.

The first poster is an image of Jason where he seems to be in the middle of a forest. The designers have used the lighting through the use of darkning the outside of the poster to make Jason stand out more. This immediately shows that audience that this film will wither centre around him or possible he will have at least a major role to play in the film.

The second poster is possibly the most interesting. Its simple but probably the more effective of the two. The poster simply uses a image of Jason's iconic mask and then has a black background. Not only does it make the villian stand out, but also it adds to the ambiguity of the movie. Thats because it doesn't give anything away like locations etc. Also because the villian Jason is so iconic and embedded in pop culture the film company paranout banked on the fact that the audience would easily recongnise him. And in doing so they are appealing to there niche audience.Another reason why I like the poster so much is because it not to complicated to produce.