what are the form and conventions of a movie poster/magazine front cover?
Posters.
The typical conventions crucial when producing a movie poster are -
- big, bold titles that are eye catching and therfore attracting the target audience.
-colour of the title must be relevant with the genre of what its advertising and not too contrasting e.g red – horror.
-many posters have one main image rather than multiple smaller pictures, as this may look to cluttered and over the top. the image is usually of the main character or a main object appearing in the film.
- names of the actors always appear on movie posters. distributors are aware of the popularity some actors posess, so if the audience is aware of the ators starring in the movie, this may encourage them to go out and watch it prior to its release.
Magazine front cover.
the typical conventions magazine front cover follow-
- An eye catching title which usually makes use of a bright colour and a large size,font to attract the target audience.
- A specific genre representitive of the entire magazine, this will attract a target audience and result in the magazine gaining profit.
-Big main storyline, this entails the largest photograph which usually takes up most of the front cover, it usually is the newest and biggest blockbuster release and photograph is usually of the star of the film. movie pays money to feature on magazine as the movie will then have more advertising.
-the conventions of a magazine front cover are very simular to the ones of a movie poster – both are to advertise the movie and gain a profit.
help from the following -
http://www.ehow.com/video_4872071_basic-conventions-film-trailers.html
http://rachelsouthcott.blogspot.com/2009/11/forms-and-conventions-of-film-posters.html
and wikipedia.
