Film Poster Research

Film: Office Space
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1999
Plot Summary: Satire of the everyday work life of a typical mid-to-late-1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals fed up with their jobs.
Analysis: This poster is simple and understated, which is an accurate representation of style of the fim. The sentence 'Work sucks' highlights the mundane nature of office work that the movie focuses on satrising. This is a poster we ourselves could take influence from, as our own film is set in largely wihin an office environment and has a similar tone and mood.






Film: Fight Club
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999
Plot Summary: An unnamed protagonist, referred to as the narrator, is discontented with his white-collar job. He forms a "fight club" with soap maker Tyler Durden and they are joined by men who also want to fight recreationally. The narrator becomes embroiled in a relationship with Durden and a dissolute woman, Marla Singer.
Analysis: This is a poster which is equally simple (albeit considerably more stylish) that is highly effective in subtly alluding to the big twist in the film. This is so subtly done that this fact would not become apparent until after viewing the film. From this we can take the idea of carefully revealing elements to our film on our poster.




Film: Clockwork Orange
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Released: 1971
Plot Summary: Alex, is a charismatic, sociopathic delinquent whose interests include classical music, rape, and what is termed "ultra-violence". He leads a small gang of thugs (Pete, Georgie, and Dim), whom he calls his droogs. The film chronicles the horrific crime spree of his gang, his capture, and attempted rehabilitation via controversial psychological conditioning.
Analysis: This poster too provides insight into the film, but in a rather more obvious way. Unlike the 'Fight Club' or 'Office Space' posters, a small paragraph is gives providing information of the films content. This is an unusual method, but it fits the bizzare surrealist tone of the movie. Surrealism is also conveyed through the image and font. Alluding to the tone and style of our film is something we would also like to do in our poster.


Film: Mad Max: Fury Road
Genre: Action
Released: 2015
Plot Summary: The film is set in a future desert wasteland where gasoline and water are scarce commodities. It follows Max Rockatansky, who joins forces with Imperator Furiosa to flee from cult leader Immortan Joe and his army in an armoured tanker truck, which leads to a lengthy road battle.
Analysis: Like the 'Clockwork Orange' poster, the poster for 'Mad Max: Fury Road' also conveys the genre of the movie through its image and font, in this case being an action film. The image particulary, in conjunction with the use of vivid colour effectively captures the chaotic and spectacular nature of the movie. Although this a very complex poster and is a different genre to our own film, we still casn take influence from this and try to employ similar ideas in our poster.