Research into Movie Posters

X-men; The Last Stand

The X-men poster features all of the main characters that originate from the team

of “The X-men”. The film mainly revolves around the characters in the poster, but occasionally strays to the Brotherhood;

the enemies. The title is featured in a huge solid looking

writing, and the subheading of the title underneath which is The last stand.

There is a tagline on the top that reads; Whose side will you be on, enticing the

audience to think about the film and making viewers feel slightly involved.

Above the title are two big actor & actress names, who obviously star in the film.

And below the title are credits in a small font.

Bruce AlmightyAs we can see, this poster is quite fantasised and

metaphorical. People who have seen the movie know full well he doesn’t physically have the world on a string. So already this

poster expresses the fun side of this production, allowing the audience to get a

gist of the films genre and mood. The colour scheme is quite simple and coolly displayed

with gentle blues and white. Like X-men, this poster also displays the actors

name who stars in the film. As well as a boldly displayed title to catch the eye of any individuals who passed the poster. While the

poster also possesses a tagline, it doesn’t display it at the top, in smaller writing it sits on the left hand side reading In Bruce We

Trust?, showing a slight spin on the classic saying In God We Trust. This may suggest

to the audience the idea that ‘Bruce’ has replaced ‘God’. So already, without the trailer,

the films viewers have a vague idea. The poster also has credits and the date release

at the bottom, just like the X-men poster.

WatchmenThis poster reminds me a lot of the X-men

one a few slides back. Probably the first thing audiences would see is the

bright bold yellow title saying WATCHMEN. It harvests a dark and

eerie atmosphere as we can see from the poster with the night sky, dark city

and the rain. Not to mention a bunch of odd looking characters all standing casually staring out of the poster. So

immediately this should draw attention to the film by intriguing audiences on all of these characters. Like the previous

two posters it has faint credits placed at the bottom. As well as a release date.

Instead of a tagline that hints at a possible plot, the Watchmen poster just shows the audience who directed the

film by saying FROM THE VISIONARY DIRECTOR OF ‘300’.

This will grab the attention of anyone who also liked 300, already prompting a lot

of their audience to go and see Watchmen.

Our posterAlthough image wise we haven't made our poster as

complex and advanced, we have kept a basic colour scheme which consists of black and white stripes to make the poster just as eye catching. This should also focus of some of the only coloured images on

the poster; The characters. Like the posters I have researched, our poster features

all of the main characters of the film, just not together. Its almost as if each character has its own section of the poster so the audience can identify clearly all of the characters individually while they are put together as a group. The characters were

drawn in poses that resembled their poses and traits they acted out in the 'Registration session' within the

film so hopefully this gives the audience a quick glimpse of what to expect from each of the

characters. From the research gathered, we were able to know what

to include and put into our poster in order to make it effective and portray our film the way we wanted it

to. Just like the posters researched, we have a big bold title,

and a tag line that hints at a possible plot to make the audience slightly more aware of what the film could be about. We have also included references from our last production 'Savaged'- just like on the

Watchmen poster. Immediately grabbing the attention of anyone who appreciated watching

'Savaged'. We have our release date stated clearly at the bottom so viewers cannot miss it, therefore will know when the film would bed available for

viewing. The only thing our poster lacks are fairly large titles of the

main actors and actress'.