27. Poster Specific to My Genre

When researching posters, I needed to look at posters that a used specifically for the Drama genre. To do this I looked at a list on IMDb called "Most popular Drama feature films". http://www.imdb.com/genre/drama

In this list, within the top 10, were the films:
The Wolf of Wall Street
American Hustle
Winter's Tale
Dallas Buyers Club

So I decided to use these posters as the main inspiration for my film poster.

This poster has the main character in the foreground of the photo so he stands out against the many other people in the background. This instantly shows the audience who the main character is. He is also looking directly at the camera so it catches people attention. The title of the film, is put in a box with a bright yellow background. This makes it stand out and not get lost against the main photo of the poster. Around the title of the film, it also states the production company and main actor of the film. At the bottom of the poster, there are some other names of the main crew members, such as the director an producer. There is also the logo of the studios that made the film as well as the release date of the film. 

 The poster for American Hustle is more simple and against a black background. This makes the audience focus in on the characters. The psoter contains images of the five main actors and their names above each of their photos. Just below the photos of the actors, there is the log line of the film. This attracts people to want to watch the films as it creates questions in their mind that they want to watch the film to find out the awnser.

The poster then has the words "from the director os silver linings playbook and the Fighter". This will attract an aduaince who enjoyed them two perticular films as director usually have a certain genre and type of films that they make.

The title of the film is then written in a yellow fond in large bold letters which stands out against the dark background and underneath the title is the release date. There is also the logo of the studios that made the film as well as a website that you can go on to find out more about the film.

 The poster for Winter's tale is different to the rest of the poster I have chosen to look at as it does not contain an image of any of the characters and instead choses to focus on the setting. The many starts in the sky and the city that seems to be 'shining' in the background stands out an an exciting and magical setting.

The title of the film is written at the top of the poster, in capital letters. The golden colouring reinforces the 'magical' element to this film. Just above the title, there are the names of the three main actors within the film.  Below this there is the logline to the film. This film is unusual as it does not give any information about the producer, director or studios that made the film.

The poster for Dallas Buyers Club introduces the audience to the setting and the main character. The background shows a city in a sunny country and a male standing in the foreground. As he is the only character within the poster, he appears to be the main character.

The name of the film is in large letters and fairly central, this makes it the most import thing within the poster and makes it stand out to the audience. At the top and bottom of the poster, there are the names to the 3 main actors in the film. At the bottom of this poster there is quite a lot of information about the directors and producers of the film. The bottom of the poster also says 'inspired by true events' which will make it stand out against other films and intise people to want to watch the film.