Poster Analysis.
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Poster Analysis
In this PowerPoint, I will be analyzing exciting film posters for
inspiration and help when creating my own one. I will be looking at :
S Use of form
S Colour
S Design
S Language
S Attitude to Audience
Poster 1: Alien
My first poster choice is Alien, this film is a
Horror/Thriller hybrid, This poster is very
good because it’s simple, and with the name
of the film located at the top for everyone to
see and the one sentence ‘In Space, no one
will hear you scream’ this gets people excited
about the film and will make them want to
watch it.
Alien: Form
S The form is in the poser is very good because it’s very
appealing to viewers because it’s so simple and it doesn’t
have loads of images or text so it’s nice and eye catching.
And nothing gets in the way.
Alien: Colour
S The use of colour in this poster is very good because the
black background means the green of the opening on the
egg is highly visible and this will get viewers guessing what
could be inside it. And with the white text it stands out very
well on the black background so it’s easy to read. And the
egg itself is a slight grey colour.
Alien: Design
S The design of this poster is excellent, because it only has 3
main parts on it, first being the name of the film, which is
located at the top like most posters so people can know what
it it’s for, secondly the egg, which is the most important part
of this poster, and with it located in the middle it’s what
people will see first. And finally the sentence at the bottom
which people will see last and will make people want to see
the film.
Alien: Language
S There isn’t much use of language on this poster. Only the
name of the film and the eye catching sentence at the
bottom, because there are only a few words on there, it’s
very good because having poster covered in text isn’t good.
And the sentence will get people wanting to watching it.
Because of the scary type of language used.
Alien: Attitude to Audience
S The attitude to the audience is very good on this poster
because of the small amount of things on here, it means it
has been designed so that the audience will see the 3 main
parts to this poster, and with the important sentence at the
bottom it will keep viewers wanting to know what the film is
going to be about and what type genre it will be.
Poster 2: The Shining
My second poster choice is The Shining,
this successful film has a very good and
unique poster to it, with the main
character’s head being the most important
part of the poster and it covers almost all of
it. So this is defiantly what people will see
first, and they think what it’s about.
The Shining: Form
S The form of this poster is good because like the Alien poster
I analyzed it’s very simple and gets the audience guessing
what the film is going to be about, this is harder because the
film title doesn’t match the poster. Again this poster is
extremely eye catching because of the single image used.
The Shining: Colour
S The colour used on The Shiny poster is very bland, this is
because it’s most a white background, but the film title is in
black so it’s visible and that everyone will see it, but the
colour used on the face is the same as any other face.
The Shining: Design
S The design is impressive on this poster because it has a
single image used, that being the main characters face, this
is very good for the poster because it will get the viewers
guessing as what it’s about. And with the text located at the
bottom it’s simple to read with the colour as well and the
positioning.
The Shining: Attitude to
Audience
S The attitude to audience in the poster is good because like I
have stated in the slides before, with the main character face
being the first thing you see it will have the audience
wondering why this man looks like he does, and will attract
them to go and see it.
Poster 3: The Village
My final poster is The Village, this is again
another Thriller/Horror mix genre, I chose
this poster to analyse because it has lots of
different colour and language used. And
with the design being very good as well.
The Village: Form
S The form of this poster is more complicated than the other
two because it has a lot more details and images on it, but
this isn’t always so good because it could be harder for
audience to read it and see what the film is about when
looking at it.
The Village: Colour
S The colour is very good on this poster because it’s set on an
all black poster but the part in the middle and a wooded
area which is a very dark orange, this is very visible to see
on the black and you can also see what’s on the image as
well, also the use of the colour on the text, the same orange
is very easy to read.
The Village: Design
S The design of the poster is impressive because it has the
picture in the middle so audience will look at that straight
away, and the 3 sentences with small pictures at the top as
well they are located where they can be easily read and the
same goes for the film title at the bottom.
The Village: Language
S The use of language is very good on this poster because of
the sentences located at the top of the poster saying. 1: ‘Let
the bad colour not be seen, it attracts them’ 2: ‘Never enter
the woods, that is where they wait’ 3: ‘Heed the warning
bell, for they are coming’ These are also in stages, so the it
keeps the audience guessing as what happens in the film.