Movie Poster analysis

My Movie Poster compared to other movie posters which follow the mystery/thriller genre.

Code and conventions used in my Movie Poster!

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Code and conventions used in movie poster!

1. Similar to Shutter Island, I also included an image which faded into the other image. By placing an image behind the leading actress of a forest reflects a eerie and spooky feel for the viewers! Especially as the trees are bear and creates the impression that the trees are dead. This reflects to the viewers that this film is in the mystery/thriller genre!

2. Again similar to real life posters, I also included an image of my main actress. By including an image of my actress looking directly towards the camera creates the impression that she is looking at the viewer and helps create a relationship between the viewer and the

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Code and conventions used in movie poster!

3. Using conventions that can be seen in Shutter Island, I placed another image behind the main actress and faded it in. This image related back to the mystery/thriller genre as audience members may question and become interested into finding out what is inside the building.

4. I also followed the conventions of real movie posters by including a tagline which I also kept short. By keeping my tagline short helped it stick in the viewers mind and by making it a question left them having to decided what they would do if they were in the characters position. This also relates back to the mystery/ thriller genre.

5. Again similar to real movie posters, I also included my title on my poster. By having my title in large clear font helped it grab the audience attention and also made it clear for them to read. Also by having it in the colour red created the impression that Priceton Manor was dangerous

Code and conventions used in movie poster!

6. When looking at Shutter Island and Now You See Me, you can see that both film posters included the convention of stating either their leading actors or director. I also used this convention as I felt it gave my movie poster a professional feel and created the impression that both director and actress were A list celebrities.

7.It can also be seen that in Shutter Island, an image of the grounds was faded in and placed near the bottom of the page. I liked this conventions and wanted to include it in my poster as it told the audience were the location of the film was.

8. I also used the convention, of including a billing block on my poster. By including a billing block I feel that my movie poster looks more professional. Billing blocks are sued to state all people who helped contributed to the film.

From studying movie posters that are in the mystery/thriller genre, gave me guidance into how to layout my own movie poster and what code and conventions to use to reflect the genre. Also by using code and conventions that can be seen in real movie posters helped gave my poster a professional feel!