Media Analysis
Genre: Fiction – Film Posters
Follow this link:
http://www.slideshare.net/bir/analysis-of-film-poster
Film posters follow the following conventions:
- Slogan or “tagline”
- Key Image
- Credit Block
- Use of famous stars
- Film title
Here is a second example:
http://www.slideshare.net/alexdabriel/media-poster-analysis
and a third here:
http://www.slideshare.net/kymberlyjadet/film-poster-analysis-5391288
When you are writing your answers you need to consider the purpose of the poster – which is to get people interested in paying to see the film, the colours they have chosen and what that might mean for the film, what is in the background (because it has been deliberately placed there), the rating of the film because an adult or frightening film would have an adult or frightening image (so who is the target audience?), the kind of font they have used and the colours used for the writing, the layout (where is everything placed and why) and your personal reaction to the poster.
There is more about fonts used here:
Complete the analysis task for the film poster on the screen, remembering to give as much detail as possible for each new point.
On the next page there is a larger version of the poster.
