To gain more understanding on the conventions of film posters I annotated the posters for Silence of the Lambs, Dead Silence and Jurassic Park and answered a few questions explaining my views and opinions on them.
1. What film poster is the most effective and why?
The film poster I feel is the most effective is The Silence of the Lambs. The colours are very cold and eerie to the eye, whereas hints of red and yellow (warm colours) are shown. This gives the impression of a film poster that needs an audience to process thoughts to understand the film, which is why I am attracted to this film poster.
The film poster I feel is the most effective is The Silence of the Lambs. The colours are very cold and eerie to the eye, whereas hints of red and yellow (warm colours) are shown. This gives the impression of a film poster that needs an audience to process thoughts to understand the film, which is why I am attracted to this film poster.
2. What is the most outstanding feature of each film poster and
why?
Silence of the Lambs – The most interesting feature of this film poster is the butterfly, using a peaceful/beautiful animal to represent the horrors of the film by using the skull image layered on top.
Dead Silence – The most interesting feature on this film poster is the use of the overly large green eyes the character has. The use of this feature automatically attracts the audience and completely draws them in, representing them being taken over and controlled, representing the puppet in the story.
Jurassic Park – The most interesting feature on this film poster is the main font for Jurassic Park. The font is written in a pre-historic style, using sharp corners and jagged edges. The use of the red strip within the font also represents the pre-historic time, portraying the colours of the earth (red/orange dirt or ground), the red also represents danger to the audience.
Silence of the Lambs – The most interesting feature of this film poster is the butterfly, using a peaceful/beautiful animal to represent the horrors of the film by using the skull image layered on top.
Dead Silence – The most interesting feature on this film poster is the use of the overly large green eyes the character has. The use of this feature automatically attracts the audience and completely draws them in, representing them being taken over and controlled, representing the puppet in the story.
Jurassic Park – The most interesting feature on this film poster is the main font for Jurassic Park. The font is written in a pre-historic style, using sharp corners and jagged edges. The use of the red strip within the font also represents the pre-historic time, portraying the colours of the earth (red/orange dirt or ground), the red also represents danger to the audience.
3. Is there anything you would change about any of the film
posters and why?
The one thing I should change from any of the film posters is the finger making a “shh” gesture is the main third of the poster. I believe the finger gesture isn’t very necessary as I am completely drawn to the characters face due to the eyes, therefore I feel that the poster could still be effective without the finger gesture.
The one thing I should change from any of the film posters is the finger making a “shh” gesture is the main third of the poster. I believe the finger gesture isn’t very necessary as I am completely drawn to the characters face due to the eyes, therefore I feel that the poster could still be effective without the finger gesture.
4. How does the colour scheme for one of the posters aid
the viewers understanding about the film?
The colours for Silence of the Lambs helps the audience to understand the genre and that the film will require some thinking as the use of mixed colours, both warm and cold is confusing to the eye.
The colours for Silence of the Lambs helps the audience to understand the genre and that the film will require some thinking as the use of mixed colours, both warm and cold is confusing to the eye.
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