Deconstruction Of Film Posters

Portrait Posters:

Hatchet Poster 

• Review at the top of the picture
• Central image is a prop - not conventional 
• Plain back background and light reflections off of the hatchet draw the attention to it 
• Title and tag line are under the central image - more focus on the prop then the title
• Information about cast and crew etc at the bottom of the poster

Orphan poster 

• Tag line at the top of the poster
• Main image is a head shot of the main character 'Esther' - conventional 
• Plain green background and light illuminating behind Esther highlighting her and drawing attention to her
• Title and another tag line underneath the central image 
• Release date 
• Very small information at the bottom of the page 

What these posters have in common:

• One central image
• Plain Background
• Title and tagline under the central image

Landscape Posters:

Inbred Poster

• Main image is a location
• Large bold title in the top centre of the page
• Tagline is central in the bottom half of the page
• Information about cast and crew etc is underneath the tagline

Let Me In Poster

 



• Central main image
• Large bold title in the centre of not only the page but the image too
• Tagline is smaller underneath the title
• Information about cast and crew etc is under the tagline  

 What these posters have in common:

• One main image
• Large bold title in the centre of the page
• Smaller tagline underneath the title
• Information about cast and crew at the bottom of the page