Yr 10 - film poster analysis

Questions:

• Does it contain standard poster features (picture, tagline, credit block, use of star names, use of star, release date, producer/director, enigma)?
• What are the main colours used? What do they connote?
• What symbols are used? Does the audience need foreknowledge to decode them?
• What are the main figures / objects / background? Are they represented photographically, graphically, or illustratively?
• Are the messages primarily visual, verbal, or both?
• Who is the intended audience?
• What genre conventions are there?
• Is a star used as a USP?
• Are 'expert witnesses' quoted?
• What pleasures (gratifications) are promised?
• How is attention gained (humour, shock, surprise, familiar face)?
• How does the tagline work (humour, pun, alliteration)?
• Is it a good poster?
• Does it communicate effectively with the audience?
• Are there any alternative readings which might harm the marketing message?
• Is it offensive?