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

The actors

The director

The title

The blurb

The release date