Poster Advertisments

Shutter Island




















Colour

The black, white and grey colours represent a dull atmosphere. The red shining from the fire draws us to it straight away. This indicates that this may be a main focus of the film. Shutter Island is in a red font which also draws us to it. Red indicates danger, blood and maybe a hint of romance.

Layout

The layout of this poster instantly draws us to the character at the top of the page as he fades into the island. Shutter Island is situated below these pictures in order of importance maybe.

Text

The text on this poster follows a simple pattern of the title Shutter Island and the infomation at the bottom, this is again in order of importance. The actors name is in white places at the top of Shutter Island which is in red, this shows a strong contrast, this red indicates pasion and death where as the white represents purity and innocence, this could indicate that the main character is the Potagonist.

Image

The use of a faces image places on top of the Island instantly draws us to the conclusioin that this character has something to hide as half of his face is hidden. He almost looks like a ghost type figure, Almost like a dream. As you move down the page it brings us back to reality. The strong image of the island is significant as it instantly shows the danger and horror of the film and the place in which it is located.

Sin City

Colour

The beam of white light is almost like a halo around her, this instantly tells us she is or is represented to be innocent. The light white and grey colours indicate this woman to be in a bad situation in a rough place, she appears to be too good for the place she is situated. The red Sin City draws us to the conclusion of dancer and passion something this film may hold.

Layout

The layout draws our eyes to the woman. She is the main focus of the page. The title which is on the top layer shows the order of importance.

Text

The fact it says Jessica Alba is Nancy takes the reality away from the adveritmsnet. The bold red font in which sin city is in shows how powerful this poster it, the red shows themes of pasion, violence and sexual desire.

Image

This pose shows the characters sexuality. . she is objectified. The clear audience is men. The themes of sex drugs and rock and role spring to mind. Men look at women but women watch themselfs been looked at. The male gaze. The obscure pose she pulls makes her look like a doll and makes more reality from the advertisment.

The Dark Knight

Colour

The ice cold blue and white against the black gives the character power and makes him appear evil. The hold red indicates danger and death which are strong themes in this film.

Layout

The simple layout instantly tells the audience that the jokes plays a vital role in the film, this show strust in the brand as they do not use bat man but another character that may not be as well known, they do this so show some variety in the film and give the film more of an identity.

Text

The text is simple "Why so serious?" is like a catch phrase which also shows trust in the brand and also give the audience something to think about and look foward to.

Image

The strong image against the fuzzy background makes us focus on the character with the logo on the bottom to show us the branding.