A2 Media Studies work.

1. MOVIE POSTER ANALYSIS

3. Overview
 My poster’s foreground denotes a close up of a
white man with long, black hair looking at the
viewer.
 My poster’s background denotes a stormy looking
beach.
 There is a large headline, accompanied by a
tagline and a date of release. There is a small
ident for Fenris Studios beneath the release date
and a website name in each of the bottom
corners. At the top of the poster, there are three,
evenly spaced actor names.

4. Stormy
Analysis background is
dramatic and
White man with naturally draws
long black hair. attention as the
Black has grey-blue sky
connotations of evil and orange-
and contrasts with brown sand are
the actor’s pale colour
skin, which makes compliments.
the picture stiking. The
Unnaturally bright background
blue eyes have a connotes
mysterious, uncertainty and
supernatural threat, thanks
quality about them to it’s dramatic
– hinting at the nature and vivid
possibility of colours.
supernatural
happenings in the
film.
The character’s

5. Large image fits codes
and conventions. Title is large in
Analysis order to draw
attention. The
Actor names at text has a glow
the top of the effect around
poster fit move it, again hinting
poster codes and at supernatural
conventions. themes.
Tagline short and
Ambiguous release
dramatic – hints at
date – this is a
controversial
teaser poster and
subject of
would be released
blasphemy, religiou
months in advance
s themes and
Websites are of the film itself.
revenge.
vital for film Ident identifies the
promotion company distributing
nowadays, so it the film – the vast
has become a majority of movie
growing poster feature at
convention to least one ident, as it
place website is vital for the