Film Poster Analysis

For part of our coursework we have to create a poster for our short film. To do this we have to analyse some film posters to see what aspects make a good poster.

Hostel:

Narration-
-The title is in a larger font than the rest of the text to make it stand out, it is also written in a different font.
-The body in the floor is running along horizontally to the title and text, this is odd because most posters usually contain the protagonits in them. This is just a body cuffed to a chair.
- There is also a head in the bottom right of the screen. This is to give the impression that this man had been decapitated. This show's that the film is a horror and very sick.
-The red background and blood splatter suggests a dark bloody film that doesn't have a lot of brightness or happiness in. It is all about darkness and death.

Target Audience-
-Just from looking at the poster it is possible to see that this film is not for everyone. It looks like the sort of film a Saw fan would enjoy.
- Possibly young men from 20-35 would enjoy this film.
-The whole poster would attract a fan of horror movies.
- No reviews on the poster, this would cause some trouble with showing people what the film is like. But it is possible to work it out just from the poster.

Representation-
-First thought would be that it would appeal more to males, but as there is not much representation of either sex in this poster, it must be for both genres who have a taste for horror films.
-However the body and head are a mans, so it may appeal slightly more to men.

Genre-
-The dark red background and title written in blood suggests a very dark and bloody film.
- The blood splatter and decapitated body suggest a horror film.



Ali G Indahouse:

Narration-
-The title is not the largest font on the poster, the tagline of "blair beware" is, this could be to catch a viewers attention.
-The picture of Ali G is obviously what the character thinks himself to look like, a rich pimp with smoking guns. To anyone who doesn't know about this character, then this would look like a poster to a serious gangster movie, not a comical spoof.
-The background shows the house of commons, this is to show that this place will have a big impact on the protagonist.
The white text really stands out from the dark background. This shows that we are supposed to pay more attention to this than anything else.

Target Audience-
-We can tell by the written text that this is a spoof film. The use of "da" instead of "the" mocks how gangsters stereotypically speak.
-This is a film for people who like comedy films.
-They also will probably be quite a young audience from about 15-25. Anyone older may not get the message from the film.
-This is a film that both genres should be able to enjoy.

Representation-
-It is obvious that Ali G is the protagonist. His posture and the fact that he is the only character on the poster proves this. He is holding the two guns up with no problem, this is to show his physical strength.
-He is wearing a white fur coat and this helps him stand out from the background.

Genre-
-It is a spoof comedy film.
-Fit for anyone who likes funny quotes and taglines.