Film Poster AncillaryProject

Research

A movie poster is a good form of advertisement

as it can be printed in various sizes and context

for a number of different locations, as well as

international markets.

They can be shown in numerous locations

including cinemas, billboards, buses, DVD‟s and

newspapers.

Terms & Conventions

Release date

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Star names

Two main characters (romantic interests)

Clichés

When researching film posters, I saw that lots of

the poses for the images are cliché (been used

numerous times). I found an article on the

Empire (one of the leading film magazine‟s)

website that named seven of the cliché poses

and had lots of classic examples for each.

The seven poses listed are:

Back to back, the three floaty heads, the park

bench,giant heads, collage, pick me up, the lean

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