film poster analysis

The conjuring film poster has many details that make it an effective poster. The colour scheme contains uses of grey toned colours because most horror film posters will use darker colours to create a more dark and spooky effect. Using the dark colours the poster contains a textured environment to add to the unsettling theme. The fonts in the poster also play a part in making the poster look scary by using a font that creates a gothic look which compliments the horror theme really well. The biggest effect is the use of the image in the middle of the poster which contains an over the shoulder shot of the doll sitting in the lap of a woman. the doll is looking straight at you which creates an unsettling, uncomfortable feeling.

The barbie film poster contains details that make the poster very effective. The colour scheme is bright and colourful and uses pink and blue to present the colours of barbie and ken and to show that the film is most likely to be a comedy rather than a horror as the use of these colours show that the film is more on the fun side. The use of the names of the actor and actress are effective because the audience will then see familiar names and be more drawn into the film. The main image in the middle is effective because the colours that the characters wear connect the the colours of the poster. The character on the bottom half of the B is shown to be looking at the character on the upper half of the B, this shows that the film is most likely going to contain relationships.

The mean girls film poster has multiple features that make it effective. The colours in the poster are very pink which creates the sense that this film is most likely going to be promoted to young females. This is also shown because the 3 characters in the right hand side of the poster are all wearing pink and are girls. The use of the word "mean" being put in bold is effective because it highlights the fact that that is what the film is going to be about. The use of the the actresses name on the front of the poster is also effective because the audience will recognise the names and be more intrigued to watch the film. The character on the left hand side of the poster is shown to be more large then the other characters suggests that she is going to be the main character in the film.