Film Poster Research

 

Psycho was released in the 1960; the film was the film to kill the most famous actress near the begging. She is the main/ largest images on this poster as she would have been the most recognised actress. The image of her is yellow and so it the title, which is the largest text, this is so the audience know that that is the title. Above that is the directors name, this is above the title of the film so that an audience can see who is the director is as they might like their previous work. At the top of the poster there is the text 'A new and altogether different screen excitement!!!' this is as the public had never seen a horrific film like this and a film which showed slight nudity, this is why they have put that text on there to emphasise that it is different. It also says that it was produced by Paramount as people will know the quality of the film will be good as it is produced by then, it will draw in their target audience.

The main image of this film poster is the two main characters, the girl character tells you a bit the story as she is pregnant, this will draw in their target audience. It is import they do this so that they do not get bad reviews. The images of the two characters also tell you about their personality. We can see that the boy is awkward and the girl is strong minded and has an attitude, we also know she isn't the stereotypical American girl and she is dress quite like a tom boy. The title 'Juno' is in capital letter and in the back ground, it fills about a third of the background showing the little is of importance. The colour orange also plays some important part as the title is orange and the boy and girl are both wearing orange, you find out in the film what the link is and why they have chosen to use this colour. The setting in the poster is ordinary

showing the target audience that this film is realistic. I think the colour orange contracts this and therefore stands out, this connotes that the characters stand out in the film. They use the semantic field of children and birth 'growing up' and 'bumps'. The word bumps has two meanings, a baby bump and bumps as it tricky things in life. They have included a review says 'Hilariously funny and totally original' they have also given it a five start rating, this makes the audience more include to watch it as it is something different.

This posters image takes up two thirds of the poster. The is off a man with an axe and his head through the door, as he is in the foreground he is being seen as the main characters, we also see who he is trying to attack and how frightened she is. This is an insight to the audience of what they might expect. The title of the film 'shining' is in re which represents blood and danger, this is warning the audience that the film will have some bloody images. I think the poster is so simple as they don't want to give anything away, they are just giving the audience a taster of what to expect. It could also be a contrast as the poster is simple the actual film, story line, plot and characters are the complete opposite.

Analysing Film Magzines

 

Title

The magazine is called total film as it tells film geeks that this magazine will have all they want to know and that it covers all aspects of film. Significant cover line word on this front cover include 'free' as it i bold letters and it will encourage others to get it as they are getting something for free, the puff 'world exclusive' suggest the best, and that people all over the world will be interested in this segment of the magazine. The words 'plus' suggest extra and that there is lots information and lots to read about.

Publisher
Future publishing publish Total Film. They also publish SFX, SFX Presents and Comic Heros. Future publishing are also interested in technology ,computing ,games ,music, photography and much more. The film magazine costs £3.99 per issue, they are released monthly and also have limited/ special editions each season. Total film have a website, www.totalfilm.com, this make it easy for their target audience to reach out to them.

Target Audience
Total films target audience are film fanatics however one each issue they will also attract different target audiences depending on the film, it they love the film they will buy it, i.e. someone who has an interested in Star wars will buy their summer 2014 issue 221. Their main target audience is males in there early twenties, they are targeted by text as it says 'iron man' 'harry potter' 'Tron Legacy' 'Scott Pilgrim' 'interception' 'toy story 3' 'robin hood' and 'kick-ass', these are all action films and even thought toy story is for the younger generation it will still about action and the target audience now would have grown up with toy story. They are also using a sans serif front which is strong and straight and masculine. The audience can connect with the magazine through their website as they have links to their twitter, facebook and youtube etc.

Front Cover
The only image on this front cover of Total film is of Johnny deep as the mad hatter; it is colourful and bright and therefore will attract an audience. he is wide eyed showing him as loopy, this shows the audience what his character is like, his clothing is also slightly strange and it looks like little piece of materials stuck together showing he is not normal. This will show the viewer his personality and that the film will be strange.

Style Presentation Of The Magazine
Total films style of magazine is simple in the fact it mostly only has one image, however it also has a lot of text meaning they can inform their audience what will be included in the magazine. Normally Total Film magazine do not look cheap or expensive however the limited/ special additions do for example summer 2014 issue number 221 and it has gold out lines of text boxes.

Film Magzine Research

This film magazine has made an image of the three main actors of an up and coming film the main focus as these characters may draw an audience in and it was the second film in the sequel, it is large and takes over the most of the front cover so it can easily be seen and recognised. At the top of the magazine there is the word 'Free giant posters' is capitals, the will draw in the audience as one, it is free and two, it is large so it will easily be seen. The title of the film magazine 'total film' is lit like the moon; this is the same with the title of the film being lit up like the moon. The back ground is the woods where a lot of the film is set giving us and insight to the setting. For people who have never seen the twilight saga it says 'How the twilight saga took over Hollywood' this will make people who have not seen it interested in seeing at as it is made out to be a big deal. It also says 'Plus! Spike Jones, predators, 2012 and TV special' to draw in the audience. The text is either yellow or white connoting the brightness off the moon.

 

This film magazine from empire has the main image or three characters from the lord of the rings, in the centre is Aragon with a sword, this connotes dangers and so they are targeting there male audience, the background of this image is dark cloud's with connotes danger and darkness. The title of the magazine empire is in red connoting danger and blood suggests the film is quite violent. The large image will attract there audience who has seen the films as it is large and the audience will recognise the characters. In the bottom Right hand corner there is a '2 special covers!' of other lord of the rings films that says 'collectors limited addition, this will attract there target audience to boy it as they are getting something free. Most of the text is white connoting light suggest good things will happen, the text ' THE LORD OF THE RINGS' is in yellow connoting the ring.

This film magazine by empire shows a large image almost filling the whole magazine front cover of harry potter, this is so the target audience can recognise the film easily and therefore be drawn to buy it. He has a cut on his face and his face is all bloody, he has a red jumper on and the title of the magazine 'empire' is in red connoting danger, blood spill and violence. There is also in a large text the words 'bloody hell! Harry comes out fighting' capitalised this again suggest two meanings, one it will be bloody and two there will be something shocking happen. Fans will also recognise that Ron Weaselly says this. The text 'massive preview special' is the second largest text showing that it is import, it is also big as they want it to be noticed, this will draw in their target audience as they will want to see what it is.