Transcript Movie Posters

Movie Posters
Codes and Conventions
Codes and conventions
• Title is the main feature of the poster
• Cast – A-list, one main star ?
• Image – who/what is shown, main
characters/ setting
• Billing Block
• Slogan/Tagline
• Release Date
Codes and Conventions
• An official movie website
• Director/Producers (from the director/
producers of…)
• Certificate Rating
• Company Logos
Codes and Conventions- Main
Image
• Digital Photo/Painted/Animated
• Portrait/Landscape
• Facial expressionsRom-com-smiles/Horror-scared or evil/ Comedy – silly expression
• Show the main character/s or a collage of images from the movie
• Colours – Romance – red or pink / Horror – Dark, black, green,
blood red / Comedy – Bright colours
Tagline – attracting
a niche audience,
Nintendo fans or The background
is of a girl,
fans of the DS image
showing us that
game
she is important to
the storyline, is
Two main charactersshe the eternal
of the game, they arediva, raising these
the centre of the
questions through
image and One is the image will
pointing towards the persuade the
audience making it
audience to watch
clear that they are
the movie to have
also the main
them answered
characters of the
movie
Slogan
challenges the
target audience
to see the movie
and is almost
humorous, and
is a successful
persuasive
technique
Company
Logos
Slogan- Humorous
reference to game,
which consists of
puzzles, probing the
audience to go see
the movie
Title is the most
eye-catching of all
the texts. It is in
the same style as
the game, the
bright colours are
attractive and
make the poster
look magical.
Billing Block
Website
The background image
shows barren desert,
pyramids and a run
down sign ‘Welcome to
Las Vegas’ , this is
establishing the setting
telling the audience that
something has
happened to the world in
this movie and makes
them want to see it to
find out what it was
Title is the
boldest set
of text, white
colour
makes it
easier to see
in contrast
with the
background
Slogan raises
questions in the
target audiences
head, what is
going to happen
making them want
to see this movie
Main Character and
the main star , is the
centre of attention in
this image, the
clothes that she
wears tell us that she
is also the sex appeal
of the movie and that
it is mostly directed at
men, she is glaring at
the camera telling us
that her character is
determined, her body
language tells us that
she is confident. The
fact that she is
holding guns tells us
she is the dominant
character and that the
movie is an action
Name of the main
star in the movie,
shows that she is
the selling point of
the movie
Billing Block
Character is in the
centre of the image
but does not take
up the whole
space, the use of a
distorted shape
and angles in body
language makes
the audience feel
uncomfortable, and
the use of shadows
to hide the face
has a great impact
making the
audience want to
see the movie and
find out what has
happened
Title is black
and bold, the
font looks like
smudged paint
effect, is the
main focus of
the poster
Company
Logos
Director/Producer Eli Roth
famous for his gore horrors
such as Hostel, Production
Company Strike
We can see from the
background that the
character is near the ceiling
raising questions in the
audiences mind – how did
she get there, is she the
devil or being ‘possessed’
by the devil, these
questions will persuade the
audience to go see the
movie and get answers.
Tagline – makes
reference to God
telling us it is going
to talk about religion
, the word devil
makes us uneasy
and raises curiosity,
doing what a
conventional horror
movie poster should
do
Credit to the writers
and director
Release Date