conventions of a film poster

The major forms and conventions of film posters could include:

• A large title which attracts the eye
• Bold colours which stand out from the background
• An intriguing picture which would attract viewers to the film
• Persuasive language which might persuade the viewers to go and see the film
• Use the main character's name for promotion
• The certification will either to ensure that the right type of people are watching the film.

B.Birch

Ancillary task film magazine covers

This is a link to the Empire magazine website containing there past magazine covers and the top 20 voted magazine covers, these will show what is a good cover for my target audience:
http://www.empireonline.com/magazine/covers/

T.Burden

Ancillary Task research Film posters

I decided to research into what poster styles are popular and what a good poster contains.
This is a link to the top 100 posters : http://www.tccandler.com/columns/100_greatest_movie_posters.htm

I also researched into what makes a bad trailer these are the worst posters of 2009:
http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-17-worst-movie-posters-of-2009

T.Burden