Film Posters

Action -

This action film poster for 'The Expendables 2' is very stereotypical of an action. The poster is very dark and dingy, apart from the orange/red spots coming from the left side, which could connotate an explosion, which is very cliche in action films. For this action film to be successful, it is essential that the audience know one of the characters and how 'tough' they look, as they are going to be fighting many different people. By putting a man with a belt and black outfit, he looks sleek like an assassin, which encourages the audience to go and watch this film as they want to know who he is, and what part he plays.

The writing for this poster is white, which stands out against the black and grey background, in order for the name to catch your eye straight away. The date it comes out is in red, which could connotate red and evil, in order to give more clues as to what may happen in the film. I think this film poster is successful in encouraging people to watch this action film, as the poster looks very exciting and eye catching, and overall it looks like a lot could happen due to the red/orange sparks appearing from the left.

Thriller -

This poster is successful at showing the genre as it is all very dark, which hides the man included within it. By having it all so dark, he looks like a shadow or a silhouette, and makes the audience question who he is and what part he has to play. By hiding the man's appearance, and putting a lot of exaggeration on his hand holding the gun, it makes the audience question whether he is good or bad, and if he is going to be someone they like. Also by focusing on the gun, it shows that he is willing to kill, therefore the audience are encouraged to go and watch it to find out why he needs that gun.

The writing for this poster is in red, which connotates blood, which is a man cliche that will come up in this thriller/horror. By including it in the thriller genre, it is known that there will be a lot of tense moments, and maybe a lot of killing.

Comedy -

This poster for comedy makes it quite clear about what the film will entail. As the woman on the front has a big bump it suggests she is pregnant and the film may involve all the mishapps of being pregnant. The colours used are very femine as they are pinks and whites, which are all common with being a female. By having the quote in almost the top right corner, it makes the audience acknowledge it and what is written suggests it is going to be a comedy about pregnancy since it is saying 'pregnancy sucks'.



Horror -

This film poster is quite obvious of the genre. All the blacks and greys make it clear that it is going to be scary, and by having a scull which is linked to death, it shows that the film is going to involve plenty of deaths and gore. The screws in the scull suggest that something has inpacted it at a force and all the scattered bits of skull back up this idea. The font is in capitals which makes it clear and obvious to the audience, and the '5' is bigger than the name. Because the '5' is so much bigger, the film makers want to make sure the audience know that it is the 5th film of the sequel, so the audience they already have that watch the films would want to see the next one. 'Coming soon' is in red which connotates blood, which also supports the horror genre. The writing at the top of the poster also gives a hint as to what may happen in the film, and what the audience should expect from it. 



Romance - 

This romance poster is quite clear about who it is aiming at. The genre is females as there is bright pink all over the poster and everyone on the front of it is female. By the poster suggesting there will be a wedding, it appeals to the target audience as females enjoy weddings. Another appealing thing about this magazine poster is that the writing at the top mentions another film that was popular in the box office, which is 'The Hangover.' By writing 'better than the hangover' it encourages a female audience who didn't really like The Hangover to watch it to see how funny it is.