Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Research into film posters

The 6 main actors and the dog are the main focus point of this poster, as they are in the centre and take up a large proportion of the entire poster. They are the main characters in the film.

 The protagonist is the man in the blue jacket with the red undershirt holding the dog lead. This follows the convention of the main characters being the main focus point of a film poster. 

The small lower case text in the black colour works well with the white background as they contrast and it has a German slogan underneath in the same
font and colour.

The slogan and the credits is a convention of all film posters and its placing on the page is a typical place to put the slogan.

"Coming soon" is a strong convention of a film poster as it gives a sense of anticipation for when the film will be released.




The text font of the title stands out as the white font contrasts with the orange background. Also the title is different to the Actors names and the sins as they are in block capitals but the title looks to be in lower case and a different font all together.

The text colour of the sins blends in with the yellow/orange colouring of the main part of the poster then crossed off with a vibrant red colouring. The title is prominent as it is centralised and positioned on the bottom.

The actors faces and names are also a key feature of this film poster and most others. The reason for this is that they are a selling point to the film as they are two very famous and well-known actors that could persuade an audience to watch the film. Their facial expressions looking directly at the audience gives the poster some realism and interaction, we can only see the neck to head on these characters as they are easily recognisable faces in the film industry.

The tagline of the poster is positioned at the bottom of the poster and it is difficult to see this is reflecting the film as the tagline reads "seven deadly sins, seven ways to die" this shows the genre of the film (thriller) and some of the action involved as it is a deceptive film.



The "House" is in a  red font giving a strong representation of danger and the splatted effect looks like blood conveying murder.

The cloud cover over the house shows a gloomy setting which is a typical convention of a horror film.

The forest and woods is the setting in which the house is. This looks quite a secluded which is also a typical convention of a horror film.

The tagline gives a slight insight into what the film will be about. It reads "If bad people hurt someone you love how far would you go to hurt them back". This shows us that this film will include some sort of revenge theme.

The main image of the house is a haunted house and looks like it will be the main setting for this film and is a typical convention of a horror film.




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