Research into Film Posters

The conjuring released in 2013 is a horror film. The first thing that you are drawn to on the poster is the image of the little girl in the rocking chair holding a doll. The girl is turned away and has her back turned, this adds a sinister feel to it as it is withholding important information. The next thing you notice is the washed out colour of the poster, the poster is dark and eerie which connotes that the film is a horror film. The font and colour of the text conveys the innocence of the young girl and backs up the sinister feel of the girl. At the top of the poster it tells you the the director of the film is the director of two big and iconic horror films Saw and Insidious. This is a unique selling point as these films were very successful and have a large fan base.

U.F.OH YEAH is a poster of a short film which was released early 2015. The first thing that you are drawn to on the poster is the spaceship. This tells the audience that the genre of the film is a Sci-Fi. The tracker beam is trying to suck up an obese man. The beam is struggling which adds an element of comedy. The next thing you are drawn to the the title, it is neon blue and space age font which adds to the Sci-Fi genre. Even though U.F.OH YEAH is a short film the poster is to a high quality. The creators have used up to date software that gives the poster a professional look and conveys that the film is professional too.

Gravity released in 2013 is a  Sci-Fi Thriller. The first thing that you are drawn to is the white light that is in the middle of the poster, it draws you to the fact that they are in outer space. With the Earth on the right and black emptiness on the left. This helps the audience see that the genre of the film is Sci-Fi. The next thing you notice is the astronaut floating around in space, there is wreckage floating around the astronaut. This connotes that the has been a catastrophic accident. This tells the audience that no only the film is a Sci-Fi but that it is also an action packed thriller. The colour of the title connotes the emptiness, which links in to the Sci-Fi genre as space see as an empty place.