Film Poster Analysis

Film Poster Analysis

 

 

Film posters are a huge part of the film industry as they help advertise your film to attract more people to go and see it. Film posters are a great way to create hype for the film as the posters often contain a still image from the film to give the audience extra insight and detail before the films release. In addition to the imagery shown on a poster, some posters also contain reviews from film critics so they know whether the film we be good or not from a professionals viewpoint. When creating our own film poster we will incorporate our main character and the fidget spinner as these are the two main aspects of our film. However we wont include film reviews as it is a short independent film.

 

Despite this film being completely unrelatable to our films genre I really like the positioning of the main character as he dominates the full poster show his significance to the film. In addition to this, the bold yellow background links to the childhood innocence to our film and is featured throughout the film. Similarly, our main character (Max) is also significant to our storyline and the yellow background positively supports our films intentions through the theme of childhood innocence. Therefore when making our film poster I will adapt this film poster to have our main character take up the poster with a more bold yellow background. However due to our films genre being a comedy this may look too serious so therefore we will have our main character have a smug smile in the poster with the fidget spinner hanging out his shirt pocket to ensure the audience knows our comedic intention for the film.

 

Juxtaposing the idea of the main character dominating the film poster, I like the simplistic approach that this film poster offers as our main character is very simple minded so therefore our poster would reflect his personality. When making our own poster I will change the bold red background to grass and I will change the shaped design in the centre to a fidget spinner which will convey a still from the film to the audience whilst producing a simplistic poster that reflects the simplistic mind-set our main character has.