Film Poster Analysis Questions (500 words)

The Typical codes and conventions of the film posters are Names of actors, actresses, title of the film, tagline, eye catching images and also production blurb. The eye catching images are often related to the characters the setting of the film is been set in California, or USA. The title of the film looks really catchy. The contracted in terms of font style, colour, size is big enough to see the title and eye catching from the long distance and the style of the font is bold you can clearly see the title. The tagline for the film is like the catchy slogan of advertisements it makes the whole poster stands out. The well known or key people that are connected to the film are usually the first lead actors but may also be the director of producer. The production blurb information in the tiny print letters is the lists of the companies who created the film and as well as other different information.

The Genre of this film is a Horror type of film. I know that this is a horror film because the plot is centered on a group of college friends, an ex-cop and a news reporter as they deal with some mysterious killings that take place after the release of the horror movie Stab, which was inspired by the events in the California town of Woodsboro depicted in the original film. Many of the survivors from the first movie return to reprise their original roles in this film. Sidney is attending Windsor College. She sees on the news that a couple Jada Pinkett Smith and Omar Epps were murdered in a movie theatre at the preview of the Stab movie based on a book about the Woodsboro murders. Soon, they realize that it's starting all over again and it carry’s on till they almost murder every person.
The characters are represented in a good way because the main character Sidney Prescott is standing in the middle at the front and the others are standing at the back. Also the two pictures behind them the two girls have a kind of face expression that looks like really scary and they may be screaming because it’s a horror film in the dark and their eyes are also open wide and you can see that both of them are surprised and their face expression looks like they do not know what to do. The black background makes the characters stand out.
The title has been designed this way so that if people look at the poster it looks entertaining and people would like to go to the cinema and see the film and the title gives information about the film.
I think children over 15 would go to see this film and young people at 20 years of old. They would go to see this film because it looks interesting from the poster it has a lot of information on it that would make people go and watch the film. The unique sell points are that the second part of Scream 2 is a really popular film because there are famous characters in the film and that’s why people would go to see this likewise. The main selling points are that Sidney Prescott is the most famous character in this film and the director Wes Craven. The special effects are the colours of the film. The theme is dark and it stands out.
The film includes the other parts of the scream 1, 2, 3 according to the book and film.
Craven –Maddalena Films and Dimension Films are the company who produced the films in Craven –maddelena there was scream 5 and scream 6 produced. In dimension there was Scream 2, Scream 3 and Scream 4.This Films Company is an Independent company film because it’s a Miramax films.  These film company place the posters on the Buses, outside in the streets of central, inside the cinemas, trains and many more popular places were loads of people attend.