Film Poster Conventions

Inter textual Influences- so the audience know what the film is going to be like and can tell if they are going to like it.

Title of film usually in the biggest writing

Picture of main characters in the film, or big actors and actresses in the film

Release date of film to inform audience

Industry information and credits of directors

Stars and Actors involved, to persuade audience to watch

Colour scheme = romance, sunset on a beach, represents romance

The film posters are usually dominated by an image, so the public and audience don’t get bored of reading it, and so it stands out to them.

Other conventions of film posters that aren’t included on this particular film poster are…

A slogan or tagline of the film eg : “ something has found us “

Quotes from reviews of news papers or film magazines eg :

Logo’s on the poster, to link it to other films that

may have been made by the same director or company