1. Period Drama Film Posters
By Nathalie and India

2. Introduction:
• Period dramas can be set in any time in
the past, and usually have a complex
plotline.
• The main theme in period dramas are
relationships and the emotional
development of characters.

3. •Shows film will
be serious Jane Eyre
•Shows main
character
Colour scheme:
•The man has
•Bleak
control over her
•Uninteresting
•Shows the
dominant •Neutral
ideology •Plain
•Shows the era
– costume and
hair
•Big, but simple
font
•Flat
atmosphere

4. •Regal colours
The Duchess (gold)
•Main character
looking straight at
camera, making her
seem confident
•Looks powerful,
like she is in
control, she is at the
front and other
people are behind
her
•Grand and posh
costume, by this
you can tell her
class

5. Pride and Prejudice
•Can tell the main
character, as she is
stood at the front
•Shows relationship
between characters
•The man is almost
in her shadow
•Light colour
scheme
•She looks like she
is looking back at
him
•Focused on
female characters –
target audience to
relate with
character

6. •Can tell
The Kings Speech
his role by
his
costume
•Central
layout
•Colour
scheme is
rich
•Main
character
looking at
audience,
other
character
turned
away

7. Titanic •Shows the
relationship between
the characters
•The characters are
archetype lovers
•Shows where it is
set and which era it
is set in
•Gives indication
that the characters
are going to die as
they are floating up
into the clouds.

8. Atonement
•Shows conflict – soldiers at the bottom – shows when it is set (war)
•Shows one of the main characters
•Main character looks sad, could give indication as to feel of the film
•The title looks as if it has been typed on a typewriter, foreshadows what
happens

9. Dorian Gray
•Can tell the setting from
background image
•Can tell the era
•The colour scheme is
dull, washed out and
dark
•Showing the main
character and showing
the importance of this
character

10. Conclusion
• All of the film posters show the era the film
is set in due to mise-en-scene.
• All of the film posters feature one or two
main characters.
• Some of the film posters show the
relationships between characters
• The posters mainly centre around the
characters and not the location