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Bloody Mary Horror Short film

What to study

Stakes & Tension

  • A ghost girl with dead white eyes holds a candle in the dark, the exact image the legend plants.
  • That alone earns the look.
  • The poster text then repeats the title word for word, spending a whole surface on an idea already sold.
How the packaging works
Title

The title names a legend the viewer already fears.

Thumbnail

The image shows the ghost exactly as the legend paints her, candle and all.

Remix this

When a fear or myth already lives in your audience's head, name it plainly and show the image they picture. You are not creating the fear, just proving you will face it.

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The transferable lesson

Name the legend, show its face, never twice

What to avoid copying

The image text repeats the title exactly; give that space a new job, like a date or a dare.

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  1. 1 Start with your video idea
  2. 2 Define your title, promise and thumbnail
  3. 3 Share your finished brief with your designer
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