Quarantine Website Deconstruction

As our genre is horror, we decided to look at some websites that have been made for well known horror films because making a website is part of our promotional package.

The picture above is a print screen of the homepage for 'Quarantine' which was a horror film made in 2008. At the top of the website page, there is a space which is dedicated to sony pictures, therefore the visitor to the site knows that this film was produced by Sony Pictures.

The website is mostly black matching the genre of the film and the other main colour used is green. This is used to represent nighttime vision as the whole film is filmed as a documentary and nighttime vision is used.

The catching phrase that is used to describe the film uses words like 'terrifying' and 'secret' which builds suspense and builds up tension for the audience.

The trailer appears on the screen and plays for visitors to the site so they can get an idea of what the film is about and the genre it is. Below the trailer shows quotes from critics and this appeals to the target audience of the film as they know it is going to scare them and give them a thrill.

The background of the website uses the nighttime vision effect and has a picture of the protagonist who is taking up a lot of space in the background and people can clearly see her facial expression and stance representing she is frightened.

This is another page of the same website and i have highlighted the tabs at the top to show what is included in the website. The font is typical of the genre and is in green against a black background. The picture on the background is scary and we can tell this is a shot from the film where she is frightened and needs help.