‘film poster analysis’

This is the film poster that has been designed for this film. The colour scheme of this poster isn't very obvious, the background colour is gold which connotes wealth , however this links in with the film as the characters end up spending their money and ending up in a bad state and that is how the ‘hangover’ comes on. Because the film is all based around alcohol and friendship it shows on this image as we are able to see the impact on their night out, but because they all end up in a bad state it shows that they must have had a good time, but the main image shows how that had impacted on them the next day. When looking at this poster we are able to see that there is going to have been some action happening but then when we see the state of the characters and the props that have been used it makes us think of comedy to be the main genre . The look of the this poster enables us to see all of the important aspects of the film , with the image covering the majority of the poster it shows us what the film is going to be about and what the characters look like, there is no text on this poster that gives us an insight as to what is to happen however the props allow us to see that there is going to be a twist.

On the actual film poster that is put up we aren't shown what the names of the characters are which is something unusual for a film poster. However these are some of the additional posters that have been added to the collection, each of them stars a different character and this allows us to see them in their own light and to not have the spotlight taken away from them after being overshadowed by a bigger name of a actor. These posters are used as other media items to help promote the film, the text and the colour scheme is all the same this shows the audience that everything is to promote one film.

This is the information that we see at the bottom of the film poster, this information is of the names of the people who made this film possible as without them it wouldn’t have been made so some credit needs to go to them and they deserve to have their names displayed as there fans will want to see if they have made the film and who they have worked in partnership with, usually judging by who has helped create it you are able to judge what genre of film it is going to be.

When we think of males going on a stag do we think of just them, however in this image we see a young child, this indicates to me and to the audience that something has gone wrong in the process.

When looking at the male who is carrying the baby it is clear to see that they both have the same accessories, this could be to show the relationship of the two characters or it could be used just to show the style of character that they are supposed to be representing.

When looking at the appearance of the three older males they are typical men that we would group together as to be friends as one looks like the typical image of a pretty boy, another looks like a drunk and the other looks like he is a parent, however this image has been created to make us think things like this as it leaves it as a mystery for us until we actually watch the film.