Pictures Used:
It clearly shows 2 main picture on this poster. Both of them being of Brittany Murphy, this could instantly indicate that she is the main character of this movie. The top picture of her face shows her looking over her shoulder with a questioning look, she is set in front of a city scape which could represent being lost- hence the questioning look. The bottom picture shows her running through a corridor, by what she is wearing it looks like hospital corridor so the audience will sense there some sort of illness or death in this movie. The picture also have words at the top saying "Exit-3-190" which could show that she is being watched on camera footage.
Font Used:
The font is all the same however it ranges in size. The main title is the largest font used which obviously makes the title jump out and be the main focus of the poster. There is then medium writing above the title which clearly shows the 2 highest payed actors of this movie and then finally the smallest writing is used on the tagline which is below the title. By having it in an orderly form of all being directly above or below each word, it could show the representation of an OCD- which is a psychological disorder- meaning everything has to be in its place or just general use to help make the poster wording stand out more than other words.
Positioning Choices:
By having 2 different pictures on each poster it depicts 2 different scenes or elements that may have been used in the movie and gives the audience an extremely subtle clue to what the movie might be about. Making the writing directly in the middle it is used as a tool to ensure the audiences eye is attracted to that first so they instantly see the title and then there eyes can follow the rest of the poster to find out more. Both pictures and the main titles are all slightly sloping down to the right which could represent the main character being unbalanced in her life which could link into the genre being psychological thriller by having some unbalance and discomfort.
Effects put on Poster:
There are 2 main effects that the audience may notice when looking at the poster the first being that the bottom picture has a drawn out effect and at the side and on the main character which could represent surrealism and the unrealistic themes that may run through the novel which could be the case as it is a psychological thriller. The second effect being the title is half red which then fades into black, this could represent blood, sinfulness, courage and longing (Which links into the tagline). However by only half the title being red it could represent the fact that the main character inst fully committed to push the boundaries and really go all the way to do what she needs to accomplish so it instantly makes her a weak character. Both of these techniques are used to catch the eye of the audience and helps make people intrigued and ask themselves questions.
Tag line use:
"If someone took the one you love... How far would you go to get him back?"
This tagline asks a rhetorical question which is not usually asked on an everyday basis so this instantly intrigues the audience to go and see the movie as they want to find out that answer for themselves and question how far someone else would go and whether they could do that also. It gives the main character an edge to what she is doing in the pictures and shows her lost and looking for something, the tagline tells us what that is, a man she loves. As mentioned above the title is half red, the colour red represents courage and longing mostly which instantly links into the title of her wanting to find the person she loves and the people that took him showing her longing for the man and the courage to do it.
From looking into posters like this one it has given me personal ideas about what i think would be good for a poster, however as a group we will make the final decisions. But i do not like the fact that this poster does not have an age rating at the bottom or the production company name. An age range is needed on a poster because if you promote the movie to everyone and not just of a specific age people of a certain age will not be able to see it even if they want to. Also by having a production company logo it gives the poster a look of professionalism but also gets the production companies name out there.
These are all things to consider when making our own poster and we will definitely be putting an age rating, classified by the BBFC, and our production logo on the bottom of our poster!
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