1. Auteur
Examples

2. Task 2b: Auteur film posters
• Create 3 Auteur film posters
Pass Create 3 alternative film posters
for an existing Auteur
Merit/Distin Create an auteur style of your
ction own. Create 3 film posters
• Deadline 19th October 2012

3. What do you notice?

4. What do you notice?

5. What do you notice?

6. What do you notice?

7. What do you notice?

8. Conventions
• Conventions are the ingredients that make up a film poster.
• There are certain conventions (ingredients) which are seen in
all film posters.
• What are they?

9. Genre
• Genre is a French word which means type
• Conventions are used to identify a certain genre (type) of film
• We expect to see the certain conventions (ingredients) in all
films of the same genre.
• Horror is one example of a film genre
• What other examples can you think of?
• Sometimes films can come under more than one genre of
film, these are called cross/hybrid genres.

10. What do you notice?

11. What are the conventions
for a film poster?
Film poster
Conventions
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12. SUBSIDIARY IMAGE
BACKGROUND
CERTIFICATE
REVIEWS
TAGLINE
STARS
FOCAL POINT
STYLE&GENRE
BILLING MAIN IMAGE
BLOCK
FOREGROUND
WEB ADDRESS
TYPOGRAPHY
RELEASE TITLE
DATE
PRODUCTION
• Label the conventions of a film poster on LOGO
your film poster.

13. Task 2b: Auteur film posters
• Create 3 Auteur film posters
Pass Create 3 alternative film posters
for an existing Auteur
Merit/Distin Create an auteur style of your
ction own. Create 3 film posters
• Deadline 19th October 2012