Dark Knight Film Poster Analysis

Film Magazine Front Cover Deconstruction

I have chosen to analyse some front covers from film magazines as this will help me when it comes to me creating my promotional package, I will be able to identify the key qualities used within the indusrty and therefore i should be able to effectively produce a succesful front cover myself. I decided to look at two different magazines which are both avaliable to purchase in Britain, this allows me to see which attributes need to be included in the designing of the front cover and also the qualities that are present already for the target audience that I will be targetting too.

This is a front cover that was used by Empire magazine, they are a well known company within the industry and this means that they would be a good model to use when learning what I need to include when i'm creating my film magazine front cover.

Their is a masthead used for the companies name, this allows the audience/consumers to easily identify the magazine and therefore this will help increase sales and followers for the product.

The main image is of the actor Daniel Craig, this is because the magazine offers an in depth look into the 'new bond film' a topic that will have been popular at the time that the magazine was published. Offering the audience stories and interviews that another magazine does not means that the company will then have a unique selling point and an increase in demand potentially.

When I am creating my film front cover I am going to ensure that i try and include a story or interview that would be unique for the audience and offer them something that is worth purchasing the magazine for, a technique which is used a lot within the industry.

Smaller headings are posistioned on the side of the page and are there to tell the audience what is included within the magazine, using this technique will allow the consumers to identify whether or not the magazine appeals to them.

In Bruges Film Poster Deconstruction

This is a film poster for the British film - In Bruges.

In Bruges is a comedy/thriller, straight away it is easy to see which genre the film belongs to, this is due to the images on the poster. The main image is the main character within the film, Colin Farrel, he looks serious towards the camera. The seriousness of the characters facial expressions connotates that the film will be quite serious, this coincides with the fact that he is holding a gun in his hand. However, in the characters other hand he is holding an ice cream, obviously this is done in humour. The seriousness of the gun contrasts with the fact that he is holding an ice cream in the other hand. The image of the swan next to another man also holding a gun has the same effect to, these all show that the film is of a comedy genre.
The title of the film is in a bold font and is written in a bold pink colour, the title stands out to the audience. It is positioned at the bottom of the poster but it is in a large enough font so that the reader spots it easily, a reason why they may have decided to position the title at the bottom could have been so that, the scenery shown in the image makes the audience wonder where it is and then when they see the title they will know afterwards. This engages the audience with the poster.
Lighter colours are used in the background at the top and the bottom of the page, these then blend into a darker colour at the middle of the page, this may have connotations towards where the characters areplaced within the poster.

Trainspotting Film Poster Deconstruction

This a film poster used to promote the film Trainspotting, Trainspotting is a British film released in 1996.
I have decided to focus my film poster research on British films as I will be creating a promotional package for a British film myself, this allows me to identify any trends that may stand out being used by the instituion.

The film title is posistioned in the middle of the poster and stands out to the audience, around the title is a bold orange colour which allows the six images to appear clearly.
Orange can be used to represent enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement and stimulation. It is likely that the designer of the poster has taken into account the impression that he/she would like to give out about the film when choosing a suitable colour to use.

The images are of five different people and are all in black and white, this ensures that they stand out from the background colour and it also gives the characters shown appear to have a dark nature or characteristics perhaps. All the characters shown have strong facial expressions upon their faces, this may be because the producers want to show that their characters have interesting qualites to offer the audience, a technique which could attract viewers/consumers.