1. Poster
Analysis
Collectively as a group, these were some of the
posters which we had brought into class. We
brought these in as they all related to the genre we
chose which was ‘Cult’.
2. Similarities
In the posters there are many similarities which make
them clear of what the genre would be. There is a
common theme of dark colours. Dark colours such as
black can represent death giving a gloomy and eary feel
to the poster and it could suggest what the narrative
could be. The majority of the focus is on one person.
This could highlight the main character of the film.
Although there is mainly one person to focus on in the
posters, these characters are powerful looking men
and innocent looking girls. These people can
immediately tell an audience the type of characters
which will be in a film and how they are going to be
portrayed. A dominance of eye occur which delineates
that there is more into the film than what the audience
can see on the poster. Eyes are an image which people
can find scary or intriguing which can help bring the
audience into looking for further details about the film.
3. Differences
Overall, the posters we had collected had more
similarities than they had differences. This is due
to the conventions which follow on from the
genre which it was advertising. The differences
which we did discover, were mainly from the
posters on the right hand side. ‘Fight club’, ‘The
Master’ and ‘Freaks’ are the posters which
differentiated from the others.
A few of the posters have bright colours which
made them stand out more as they didn’t focus on
the dark colours. The brighter colours can make
the audience be less certain on what the genre is
of the film. Another difference which occurs is that
some of the posters contain a lot of people. This
could highlight how there is more than one main
character and that the film doesn’t revolve around
one person.
