POSTER: Analysing conventions of film posters

To accompany our short film we would be making a film poster along with it. Before we began thinking about our film poster we wanted to search other film posters and see what conventions reoccurred and what made a good film poster. We discovered how the film poster can give away many clues into that genre or subject of the film. For example the film poster for The Silence Of The Lambs.


The use of colour on this poster reflects the themes in the film. The black and white suggest that death is present. The moth is also a creature not associated with being sweet and pleasant, rather horrible and scary, also a clue to the film and its genre. When producing our own film poster we will know to focus upon colour used to help the audience presume what our film will be based on. The technical pieces of information are also present on the poster such as the functional information at the bottom, the film title and the film's actors. These are all elements that we have to consider when making our poster and we should remember to include these in ours to help the reader to see the basic information on the film.