Monday, 18 October 2010

POSTER: Analysing conventions of film posters

Film posters are an important part of making a short film, or any film for that matter. They are used to draw in an audience and make them want to come and see the film you have made. The way in which they do this is by using suggestive pictures and taglines.

Conventionally a film poster will consist of; the largest text being the title, followed by smaller text of a tagline. Sometimes there will be small font showing the cast of the film because sometimes seeing someone in a film who you like to watch will make you want to go and see that film. It also contains details such as a website, music details and an age certificate.

A film poster we studied was 'silence of the lambs'. I thought this was a very good poster because it didnt give away to much but the moth with a skull represented death or pain therefore you can gather that it's going to be a horror. This made me want to know more therefore this film poster is very effective as it lured me in, to make me want to watch the film


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