TatiA2Media: Poster Research

Posters

Whilst researching on Film Posters I found key components that are used in the posters which are

Taglines- to summarize the feel of the film

Film Title - usually in bold

Main Image- usually consisting of the main character of the film

Directors and Producers- so the audience would know who the director is and his/her style

Quotes and ratings - the audience can be influenced into watching the film with good reviews

Dates and extra information- consisting of the website or where to find useful information or trivia for the film

Main actors/ Cast- high profile actors would draw audiences in.

Billing blocks- consisting of the management

Gangster Posters

For reference I decided to look at gangster film posters as it goes with my genre
I viewed the following

Road to perdition

I was influenced by the tagline from this poster "Pray For Michael Sullivan" as it is put at the top and the sentence is separated into two lines.

I decided to use this in my film poster as my tagline being "", I put the tagline of mine towards the right hand side on my poster.

Gangster Squad

For Gangster Squad I liked how the main actors starring in the film were placed at the bottom of the main picture, also the main lead actor has his characters name underneath him.
I used this format for mine as Gabriele's actress Maitry who is the main star in my gangster film had the same format.
I also liked the billing blocks and how they were formatted as it is centralized and under the list of the cast so I used a similar approach to mine. However I decided to put the age restriction underneath mine.

American Gangster

In this poster I was influenced by how the main image was blended into the background in a similar sense to film noir, I decided to use this for my trailer as my main image is blended with the black background where the booth is opened and the bottom of my trailer as I had space then to put my billing blocks.