Film Poster Analysis - Jamie

From this poster we can see that the target audience is teenagers, this is because bright colours and youthful font has been used. Also the two characters we can see are portrayed as teenagers.

We can get an idea of the narrative behind the film from the fact that the young girl's 'bump' has been made obvious to us by using a stripey t-shirt that clashes with the stripey background. This is to show the audience that the film involves a girl going through teen pregnancy. The boy standing close to her scratching his head tells us he is most likely the father of the child, and that he doesn't really have an idea on what is going on. The two characters are seen as typical teenagers, one dressed in casual clothes, her body language makes her look like shes not too bothered about being pregnant and the situation shes in. The boy is dressed in sports gear, but he looks uncomfortable in them, again this adds to how he may feel like a fish out of water with the whole situation he has got himself into (Teen father)

He also looks as if he doesn't or hasn't had much control over what has happened/happening, whereas she looks like shes in the drivers seat and looks comfortable being there.

This poster is for the film 'Brighton Rock', one of the first things you notice are the three characters in the foreground. The man in the centre is very prominent, and the fact that he's in the centre shows that he may play a key role in the film. His facial expression is very serious, almost scowling at the camera, this is obviously to show the dark nature of the film. He is also wearing a long black coat, again this is dark suggesting evil, however it also has links to detective films, wear many characters stereotypically wore long coats.

 The woman to the left of him in red has a very worried facial expression, her stance isn't very powerful so this shows vulnerability, as for the woman on the right who his staring at the woman in red, she looks a bit more in control. She is wearing the lightest coloured clothing out of the three, maybe suggesting innocence.

  The background and setting to the poster is very dark aswell, continuing with the ideas that the film genre could be a thriller. From the skies we can see what looks like a storm brewing, this could give us an idea of what the film is about, something has been brewing and there will be a big climax at the end.

  The text and layout is very formal, this allows us to make the judgement that the audience the film is being targeted at is an older audience. There is a rating certificate of a 15 on the poster.

  Also the film poster is canted slightly, this could suggest instability between the characters.

On the right is a film poster for 'The Happening'.

The first thing I notice about this poster is how dark it is, the colours are very limited, dominantly in dark blue, this suggests an evil film, or a scary film. The genre is most likely to be a thriller, this suggestion is supported by the fact that the three characters are clutching onto each other and have worried facial expressions.

 The buildings in the background have been warped, this is to show that maybe everything is changing or moving, or there is some kind of supernatural element to the film. The city the two characters are sitting in looks empty, makes the empathis on the three characters. The characters are all wearing normal casual clothes, this suggests they were taken by surprise.

 The target audience for this film I think would be an older audience, due to the nature of the poster and the fact that it is possibly a thriller.

 The text on the poster is very bold and formal, it only has the title, the director, a tag line and the writers block. This is probably done to focus the viewer of the poster on what is happening, and to give them an idea of the story.

 This film poster is for the 2007 British film Control. We can see from the poster that the setting is very British, we can see the usual concrete block of flats which are seen all over some of Britain's major towns and city's, and then a slightly more traditional home in the foreground. This shows a contrast between the two, and could be trying to get across some sort of story line to do with conflict. The young man in the foreground is wearing a jacket, the jacket looks practical and not really featuring a brand of any kind. This suggests the young man doesn't really care about the way he looks to other people. He also has a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, again suggests he doesn't care about himself or his health. His facial expression is very dull, hes just looking past the camera, maybe looking at something or someone in particular.
  The title is quite large, the font is very basic and it is in a dull grey colour, given as the title of the film is 'control' the formal text implies some sort of control, or restriction, no extravagant colours or fonts have been used.
  I don't think the poster gives anything away about the type of genre, but I think it would come under a drama.
 The poster does not show any names of any actors, therefore they are not using actors names to attract people to the film, most likely due to it being a low budget British film, and the majority of the actors would have been unknown.