Conventions of a Film Poster

• Film Title: Wide Eyed 

• Tagline: The opponent to a puzzle is disorder 

• Name of Actresses/Actors: Imre Bitirim and Eabha Maccabe

• Release date: 25th December 2018

• Background Image

• Billing block

• Depiction of the films themes/events

• Film Franchise Logo

• Institutional Logos

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Shapes in Posters

The Circle:

The circle is the most frequently used shape within posters, it is supposedly used to entice the audience and attract a large audience. It is most commonly used in children's films and especially is used with Disney movies.

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The Triangle:

The triangle is used to symbolise a strong and powerful character whether they are a protagonist/hero or antagonist/villain. The shape of the triangle and the create edges show that our character within the film will take risks and will not be afraid to. For example in the Clockwork Orange poster our protagonist is trapped within the triangle which highlights the theme of incarceration which is major in the film, the pointy shapes along with the knife shows that there will be heavy violence in the movie.

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The Central Pillar:

This type of poster is normally used in typical high concept movie. It shows a character that is indeed very strong and powerful. A pillar represents a strong support and pillars normally hold up bridges and buildings. This suggests that this character is holding and supporting the world they live in and take responsibility of their civilisation.

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Character Collage:  

This connotes a adrenaline packed, fast paced, action packed film. The audience should be expecting a complicated plot with twists where they meet a selection of characters. This is normally used for thriller/action films.

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Askew Posters:

The world in these movies is not normal. It may be crammed with action or drama but they're has to be something about his tale that is askew as in the poster. You can clearly see within some of the posters that there is something not quite right about the characters world that they live in. For example in Maniac the framing of the poster is tilted and the enigma ofseeing the protagonist face shows that there is something that’s quite askew.

 

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The Spiral: 

A spiral within the poster relates to a whirlpool,black hole etc. As an audience this signifies to us that it will be a story where the character is involuntary sucked into the world of the film and down their path that will be the story. In Alice in Wonderland we see Alice who is curious

naturally and through her curiosity is sucked down this rabbit hole which will lead her to Wonderland and lead her to obstacles she will have to over come and ultimately change from a young naive girl to a strong and brave woman.

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Spacious Poster:

Spacious posters are some of the least common types of poster, it is harder for the audience to identify with it. It is most likely they do not want to give away part of the exposition in the story, or they are attracting the audiences attention to a specific aspect. It shows that this is an open and wide world and possibly that the characters travel around a lot. It leaves the audience thinking and assuming things about the film.

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Film Poster Analysis