ANALYSIS OF ‘ILL MANORS’ FILM POSTER

By: Rymel Constantine

MISE-EN-SCENE• The images on the poster immediately convey a message

to the audience of that the film is addressing a serious issue. This is reinforced by there being a gun in the centre at the forefront of the poster. By the gun being in the centre of the poster automatically portrays a message to the audience of that violence is due to be a main theme in the film. Bearing in mind the gun isn’t animated and looks real, this reinforces the reality of the film and is way of reminding the audience that the film is a social realism. Furthermore the background of the film poster is cluttered with what seems to be very old and dull high raised council estates/ flats. This is the typical conventional setting of a social realism, due to the fact that these type of council estates/ flats really exist and are often common in specific parts of Britain/ England.

BODY LANGUAGE OF CHARACTER IN CONTRAST TO

BACKGROUND • The body language of the character in the poster is very firm and solid in

regards to his posture which suggest he may be a characters with importance and power. However this is juxtaposed by his surroundings, hence the background of the poster is concentrated with very tall estates which seem to be over powering the character in the poster but based on his body language and facial expressions he doesn’t seem to be fazed by this which suggest he must be a very fearless. However in the poster the character seems to be over powering the letter “ILL” which has even been enlarged when compared to the other word which has evidently been implemented to suggest that the film must be very explicit and chaotic. Therefore for him to portrayed in the poster as over powering this big bold word of “ill” automatically informs the audience that this character is not someone to mess with

LIGHTING

• The film poster consist of very dark and dull colours which are near enough similar to a black and white theme. The use of these very dark colours have been used to emphasise the seriousness of the film and to reinforce the audience again that the film isn’t a fictional story, its actually serious and may be addressing real life serious issue of which most social realisms do.

STARS

• The film poster doesn’t significatntly state in text any starring characters in the film. This may have been specifically avoided based on the fact that the characters in the film are unknown actors and actresses. This immediately force’s the audience to focus on the other images on the poster which is the male represented as the bold and predominant character due to him being in the centre of the of the poster. This already gives some form of information of to who the main character of the film is going to be especially due to the fact that this male is the only character in the poster, so therefore the film must revolve around this character

FONTS

• The fonts used in the film poster are very bold, predominant which in my perspective is a way of portraying a message to the audience that the film is serious again reinforcing the genre of the film being a social realism.

TITLE

• I also noticed how specifically the word ‘ILL’ is only in bold and manners is in a smaller case font size. Bearing in mind the word ‘ill’ usually refers to something or someone being ‘sick’ must suggest that the film is harsh, gritty and isn’t going to consist of a fairy tail story seen as the word is in large bold letter in comparison to the other words.

LAYOUT ’

• The layout of the film poster consist of a young male surrounded by what seems to be council estates/ flats which immediately suggest the film consist of some social realism themes. The layout of the poster also consists of many tag line quotes such as “An Absolute Must See” which has evidently been implemented into the film poster to fuel an excitement over the film and to entice the audience to come and watch the film. Above the title is states “plan B presents…” this informs the audience into who is presenting the film and may be way of informing the audiences in favour of Plan B’s work to come and watch the film. Below the title of the film states “A Ben Drew Film” this is also another way in which the distributors are trying to entice more audiences in favour of Ben Drew to come and watch the film. The release date is in bold which has been specifically implemented evidently to inform audiences of when the film will be exhibited in order for them to come and view the film