Film poster analysis

 

 Bladerunner 

- colours and lighting shows action genre
- facial expressions shows action genre
- close up imaging
protagonist (hero) biggest image  on cover
antagonist (villain) also big on cover
- props to show violence and who may be the villain or hero
- target audience on cover
- adult: sex or violence
- sci-fi
- tagline
enigma codes / action codes
- high angle
- setting
mise-en-scene
- narrative



Scary movie

- horror
- comedy
- action
- violence
- facial expressions show the unserious manner
- colour scheme
- cover writing
typography to show its unserious and a comedy
- target audience = teen
parody
intertextuality
- post-modern  text
- repetition in tagline

Usak

- old
- tragedy
- typography
- dystopia
- adventure
- dark gloomy colours
- enigma codes
- mourning colours 
- desaturated colour
- usak = distant
- not mainstream
- film festival - endorsement
- critics quotes
- won award on poster
- independent film 
- lower budget film 
- art-house (masterpiece)
- Turkish film

I'm not scared

- adventure
- mystery
- discovery
- protagonist on cover
- nature
- desert
- creatures
- big title
- typography below title
- typography above protagonist
- teens as target audience
- could include sensory images
- violence

Sin city

- action 
- violent
- props in poster
- protagonists in cover
- antagonists in cover
- flashy colours
- crime
- date of release at bottom
- actor names 
- antagonist small at bottom

Pirates in the Caribbean

- set in past
- fairy tale
- fighting
- action 
- violence
- protagonists and antagonist big on poster
- setting: island and ocean, boat
- target audience = teens
- weapons
- sensory images

bride and prejudice

- romance
- comedy
- wedding
- love plot
- main characters big on poster
- reviews top on poster
- smaller characters in background
- rom-com
- target audiene = late teens because of "sexy"


million dollar baby

-  main characters actors names on poster
- protagonist and antagonist big on poster
- target audience: adults
- dark colours
- action 
- violent
- crime
- mystery
- weapons
- small typography at bottom

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