Research into Film Poster Design

Film Posters

The first poster I have decided to look into is the Pulp Fiction poster. Pulp Fiction was released in 1994 so as it was released 9 years ago it won't be as modern as we would like. The poster features Uma Thurman who plays Mia Wallace in the film and she looks to be laid in a relaxed manner. The writing at the top of the poster 'winner best picture 1994 Cannes film festival'. This is put on the poster so that people know that this film has won awards and for it to have won awards means it has to be good. It grans the public's attention. The title is in large yellow writing and this stands out and underneath the fantastic title is 'a Quentin Tarantino film'. Anyone who already knows of Tarantino will know that he is a brilliant director and love the film. Quentin Tarantino will already have a large fan base so this will help bring that audience in too. There is a price on the poster '10c' which creates a magazine looking effect to the poster. Next to Uma Thurman is a list of the all-star cast. The cast is usually on the poster when they are good enough to be on there and because there is 12 people on this all-star list it suggests that this film is big and has big actors. The poster has all the right components for it to be a successful film poster.

The next poster I would like to look into is The Godfather. The poster features The Godfather holding a cat which is an iconic moment from the film so audience's will be able to connect the two. The poster is very basic and doesn't have much colour on it.This shows the film is going to be dark and sinister; that it won't have a nice storyline. The rose on his suit is red and red is colour that has both positive and negative connotations. It's negative connotations are that it is the same colour as fire and blood. The red rose has negative connotations because of the black and grey monochrome image. Film posters tend to have the small print at the bottom and this usually includes actors and sctresses names and company names. It basically just brings all the information together. This is something we will have to include on our film poster.

Scarface is a poster that i'd look to look at because I believe we could probably take inspiration from. I like this poster because it is very basic. It has only three main colours. Al Pacino is featured on the front and he look cold because of the black and white colour scheme. He is also holding a gun and that suggests that this film is a thriller film with violence included in it. Again, like Pulp Fiction, a list of actors is included so that the audience know who is featuring in it. This poster also includes a month for when the film is to be released 'Coming in December to a theater near you'. We can't do this for our film as of yet because we haven't decided where it would be released but we could definately include a month for it to be released. I can see Scarface being The Client very well in this poster format.