Movie Posters

Movie Posters

Posters for films are one of the ways of advertising, and therefore must convince audiences to watch the film. 

This poster for Skyfall is simple and minimalistic, not needing to show too much due to being part of an ongoing and already popular and famous series of films. The design captures the movie's characterist features and style however. 

Similar to the Skyfall poster, this one for Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows part 2 doesn't even need to include the film's title on the poster. The faces of the two famous and iconic characters is enough for fans of the previous movies and even those who may simply know of them to recognise the film. The words 'It all ends' at the bottom creates drama and those who have been following the films will be most affected by the poster, desperate to watch the final film. 

This horror poster for the movie 'Scream' uses greyscale and the image of a woman with her hand over her mouth. The caption at the top gives more of an insight into the film and its plot, as audiences will not necessarily be familiar with it. This sort of poster is for new, lesser known films that need to attract their audience and convince them to view it.

The Cabin in the Woods' poster uses the twisted, optical illusion of the cabin floating to appeal to its audience, creating a dramatic effect of tension and curiosity. This poster says less than the Scream poster, instead using the imagery to deliver its message. Both feature dark, dull and grey colour tones though, keeping a similar mood. 

I attempted to create my own poster roughly using Pixlr and an image taken fro Google. Keeping with the style, I made the colours dark and tried to use minimal text. I used a small, simple caption to add to the film's title and left the cast down the bottom in small text.