Film Posters (no teasers)

The main figures in this

poster are represented
photographically, these
are the two men who
are walking away from
an explosion, and this
explosion is
represented graphically
as it has been added in
by a computer during
the editing on the
poster or image. The
messages on this
poster are mostly visual
as the image suggests
to the audience that the
film would be about
cowboys and Indians.
This is the classic
western movie theme,
so the poster is
effective in portraying
this theme visually by
showing two men, one
Native American and
one cowboy walking
away from an

The intended audience

can be considered as
young teens onwards to
middle aged adults. The
official age rating is 12A.
Some audience could be
attracted be attracted
by the actors shown on
the cover. Some
audiences are interested
in movies with Johnny
Depp in them. So by
putting him on the
poster the film could
attract more audience.

Expert witnesses are not quoted on this

poster. But this posters promises action and
explosions caused by or for the two
characters presented on the cover. Attention
is gained by the enigma of the reason why
they are walking away from an explosion, and
who they are in this film. Attention is also
gained through the familiar faces of Johnny
Depp and Armie Hammer. This makes some
audiences be more interested in this film.

This picture shows two

characters walking away
from an explosion of
some sort. This suggests
that this film will have
action and violence in it.
The colours in this poster
ae whites, blacks and
browns. These colours
are very plain and
simple. However they are
used to make the
characters/actors stand
out in the poster. There
are no symbols or codes
used in this poster.
However the raven on
Johnny Deps head could

The genre of this film is

Action Adventure and a
western. The
conventions of these
films are that they
contain violence and
fighting involving
Cowboys and Native

This is the credit block it contains the

names of the production companies,
the directors, and the producers.
There is use of actor names outside
the credit block; they are on the top of
the poster. Above the credit block the
release date is stated. The release

Americans. This poster

does show this by
presenting two
characters walking
away from an
explosion. This is a
good poster as it
communicates to the
audience that this film
will involve action and
cowboys and Indians.
Some people could
find the films
representation of

Tagline suggests that this movie is about a

fight or war on the Earth that could
devastate the world. However there are no
symbols which need previous knowledge
of the films to decode them. This tagline
foreshadows that in the film the Earth will
have to fight to survive.

The use of this

star, benedict
Cumberbatch, is
there to promote
this movie; as it
can attract
audiences who like
this certain actor.
Also if this actor is
very successful
then it could show
that the film has
popular actors that
can attract
audiences. The
fact that the actor
is walking away
from a destroyed
city creates
The age rating of this
film is PG13/ 12. The
intended audience is
older teens and
young adults. This
can be presented
through the violence
conveyed in the
background.
However other
audiences can be
attracted by the
actor on this poster.
But the intended
audience would be

This is the credit block which states the

producers, directors, Production Company.
There is no use of star names outside of
the credit block on this poster. It also
states the date of release of this movie.
The genre conventions are what typical Action
Adventure/ sci-fi films should be like. They should
have lots of futuristic settings and characters, they
should contain violence and fighting. These are
shown through thus poster. Expert witnesses are
not quoted on this poster. But this poster gains
audience by promising action and a burning city.
This can hook audience in because some particular
audiences like action. In this poster attention is
gained through the actor Benedict Cumberbatch as
he is a familiar face in films and TV. This is a good
poster as it communicates clearly with the audience
that in the film there will be violence and a city

This picture shows

one of the main actors
walking away from a
destroyed city. Most of
the colours used in
this picture are very
dull, apart from the
flames on and around
the buildings. This
foreshadows that this
movie will have a lot
of action and violence;
mostly the colours are
dark greys and blues.
This suggests that the

The main figure in

this poster is
Cumberbatch, he
represented
photographically in
this poster. The
background has been
edited graphically to
enhance the photo
by adding fire, clouds
and futuristic
buildings. This is all
put together to
create a poster that
conveys a dystopian
and desolate future
on Earth. The main
messages are
primarily visual.
There are not many
verbal messages in
this poster. Although
the tagline could be
a message about the
film because it says
Earth will fall, this