Current Students' blogs 2013/14
Chikomborero Makondo
Ulera Longwe
Lucy Hicken
Joanna Wong
Misbaah Maahjabeen
Saad Khan
Nafeesah Sharif
Ammar Chaudhry
Thursday 12 September 2013
Codes and Conventions of Film Posters
Codes and Conventions of Movie Posters
1.
Title of the film
2.
Names of actors
3.
Tag line
4.
The blurb – always includes
similar info – Give some detail – do a close up
5.
The “Coming Soon” or release
date
6.
The links to Facebook or a WWW
or Twitter – usually takes you to somewhere to see the trailer
7.
The photo is usually face front
and of the main character or characters
8.
The colour scheme of the whole
thing works together – integration between text and image
9.
Sometimes there is the use of
“From the makers of..” or “From the Director of….” Unique Selling Point or USP
10. Accolades if the film has won a film competition/ Oscar
11. Restriction notices – if film is a 15 or 18 for example
The tag line
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The actors
The director
The title
The blurb
The release date
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