Media Film Poster Analysis

It has an ongoing flow of how the audience should read the poster. Beginning with the tagline then comes the comic strip which describes the story of the movie then the headline (movie title). The poster is trying to mention that movie is incredible and unique from

Imagery uses color as well that is eye catching to anybody. For instance, in a poster with a large British solider, this shows that they are powerful and should be looked up to. Below the solider are hardworking citizens which do work and this helps aid to the solider to grow. Additionally, there is another poster that states "Woman of Britain" and has a picture of a factory worker standing right under war planes. It is stating that they have the power to aid with the war by working. Overall, imagery is a necessary part of posters and propaganda to persuade an audience.

The film ‘Paper Planes’ is a heartwarming Australian film, based on a true story, directed by Robert Connolly, written by Steve Worland and starring Ed Oxenbould and Sam Worthington. The film begins in outback Western Australia where 12-year-old Dylan (Ed Oxenbould) is living with his with his widowed depressed father (Sam Worthington). One day at Dylan’s school a student teacher shows Dylan how to make a perfect paper plane. He discovers he has a passion for making them and decides to enter the world of competitive paper plane making. During the movie Dylan meets memorable characters like Kevin (the main character’s mate), Kimi (a Japanese contestant), Jason (another contestant who bullies the protagonist) and struggles with his relationship with his father after the death of his mother.

2. The poster has both denotation and connotation signs. The movie title is on the top part of the movie poster in black and white. This indicates a big plot of the movie where white people ‘get’ into the black people’s bodies and black people are ‘out’ of control of their bodies. Underneath the title, there are some sentences saying, “Just because you are invited, doesn’t mean you are welcome.” This explains

The movie poster that I have chosen is Maleficent, produced by Walt Disney and is released in year 2014. Movie poster is very important as it is considered as an advertisement for a particular movie. With containing the powerful visual elements of the movie such as the famous actors, movie title and attractive image, it can easily grab the audience’s attention. Some of the movie posters may include the main actor’s name as well. These visuals are vital to convey impactful messages to the audience and persuade them to watch. Maleficent is an example of using actress’s name to attract audience. The main actress name, Angelina Jolie is written in an elegant and simple black capital letters in serif typeface and is placed in upper part of the poster.

The stylised poster of Crocodile Dundee constructs the identity of Australian men as being brave, gritty morally bound macho men who fill the roles of being the protectors of women and conquerors of the universe as man has always been. Paul Hogan is the central focus who represents the supposedly typical Australian man. Linda Kozlowski plays the supporting element in which she is the link between the rest of the world and Australia. The city skyline is the final element which brings the poster together for an immediate understanding for the viewer because it acts as a framing device for the couple. From a modernist point of view in a post-feminist era, viewers can agree with its ideas and Australians especially enjoy our depiction of a

1. The Jaws poster is particularly effective due to its bold primary colors of blue and red. The red text jumps out through contrast, catching the viewer’s interest. In addition, isolation, convergence, and location causes the eye to move around the poster.

The text, or more so the movie about the text, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, does a good job of portraying race, class and gender. During the setting of the book, many people looked at white Americans to be superior to the Black, African American race. With this being said, the successful white families hired in the African American women to cook, clean, and in most cases, take care of the children. They were known as the help. Throughout both the book and the movie, the African American women experienced many forms of gender, race and class inequality.

The students have just found out that one of Patricia Polacco’s books has been chosen to be made into a movie. Each student is responsible for making a Coming Attraction Poster that will be hung in all the local movie theaters. Each student will have already chosen and read the book. The poster (12” x 18” construction paper) should include title/author/illustrator. They are to list all the important characters to the story. Students can also assign an actor/friend to portray the different characters. An example of this would be Mr. Falker played by Tom Hanks. Students will then illustrate one scene from the book, and finally write a short paragraph explaining

The first element of art present in this poster is the value of the poster. The dark brown colors allow the rest of the poster to really pop when looking at it from a distance. An example of a principle of design is the rhythm of the poster which is very much noticeable with all the players organized across the poster evenly. This allows the poster to feel like it has a visual tempo when looking at it. The next principle of design represented in this poster is the harmony which is shown with the accompanying text styles. This is achieved by repletion and small changes which is present in the photo. The second element of art that is represented by this poster is the shape of it. The poster is flat and is limited in height and width. These are just two examples of both the elements of art and the principles of

In literature color is often used to create a mood within the story. Within the two mediums I picked. The Book Thief and A Single Man. Zusak and Ford utilize color to represent emotions and feelings in a character. More specifically, they focus on darkness to further accentuate the main characters’. George and Liesel. struggles with death and trauma. George and Liesel both experience traumatic deaths in their lives; however, Liesel finds a way to overcome this trauma without letting it define her, while George lets it fester and remains lost in mourning.

Posters have changed in various ways over the years. One example is movie posters. In the 1920’s, movie posters

Color is used to set the mood and tone of a movie. The first movie poster is colored with blacks, blues, whites, and greys with select words highlighted in red. This dark color scheme stimulates boldness, fear, mystery, and a more harsh tone. The red words such as “warning” and “inconvenient” are eye-catching and help to portray the general message of the film. The second poster is illustrated with blues, whites, browns, and light colors.

For my movie poster, I chose a dark colour scheme and a simple font. I decided to colour “Lord of the Flies”, “There’s a beast in all of us”, the fly’s eyes, and part of the glasses in red to catch the viewer’s eye as those are the most important things in my movie poster. I used red as it symbolises blood, and blood is connected to violence. In the book, the boys are violent. The choir boys hunt pigs, piggy is pushed around, Simon and Piggy are killed, and even Ralph gives in to his desires and helps kill a pig.

Throughout this class, various discussions and blogs have been used to analyze the different elements of films such as theme, cinematic techniques and genre. It is time to bring all of these separate elements together in the analysis of one specific film, according to class text, “analyzing levels of meaning below the surface story can greatly enhance enjoyment as well as understanding of a film” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014. p. 10.03). There are several different approaches to film analysis including formalist, auteurist, and generic or any combination thereof. Utilizing a genre theory lens, the 1956 film The Searchers will be analyzed addressing contextual information, story/plot, aesthetic choices, social/personal impact and how these areas come together to develop the film.