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Ghostbusters Movie Poster Analysis

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Ghostbusters Movie Posters The originally Ghostbusters is a comedy and fantasy movie, released in 1985. And recently there has just be a remake of Ghostbusters that was released in 2016. Both the original and the movie are about the story of a group of friends who have the common goal to protect New York City from the wild ghost haunting the streets. In both the original and the new poster, it shows a group of friends who have a type of backpack gun pack to even fight the ghost you would see in the movie. The first thing you can notice when looking at both of these posters is the main characters all lined up and all having backpack generators, while holding some kind of guns. One of the main differences you will notice is the amount of characters and the characteristics of the characters. In the original movie poster there is only three main characters presented, all who happen to be male. While in the new movie poster there is a total of five main characters; four female and one male presented on the posters. This is a huge difference in the cast and the step up of the poster because the differences in characteristics and numbers. But it is also a …show more content…

In the old movie poster the balance is very center and directed to make the viewers eye get drawn to the main characters and the very top of the poster because of the green monstrous cloud. The balance within the new poster is very similar to the old. The only major difference which throws off the balance between the two is the car behind the main characters in the new poster. In the new poster most everything is spaced out well enough to also attract the view to the main characters, as well as the big ghost with a red circle line through it. The balance within this posters direct the viewer's eyes to what they see first. This is important because what they see if what will cause them to keep or lose their interest in the

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