This film poster for the film 'Moonrise Kingdom' epitomises the director's cinematic style. It is instantly striking due to the large cast and vibrant colours. Anderson tends to use a limited but vibrant colour pallette. Moreover, whilst films typically use the main character for their poster Anderson tends to use the majority of the ensemble cast in his posters. This being unusual in itself, as well as the characters' individual personas being stressed through their body language, adds to the quirky feel of a Wes Anderson film. Also, the font of the cast, title and billing block hint that the film will be set in the past.
This teaser poster for the Guy Ritchie British gangster flick 'Snatch' is visually striking for a variety of reasons. The poster is minimalist and as it only features four icons from the film it allows the audience to focus all their attention on them. This type of minimalist poster is very effective to a specific target audience. They may attempt to piece together the story using the four images of a diamond, caravan, dog and a pig.
This film poster is striking and instantly captures the audience's imagination despite only using two colours. However, fiery orange and black are effective colours to use as black connotes mystery whilst the fiery orange suggests danger. The film enhances this by making the trapped woman with a shocked expression the centrepiece of the poster and by only showing her outline that is covered in all black. This, along with the the borders of the poster being mostly black, adds to the mystery.
This is a film poster for the independent film 'Four Lions'. The poster is meant to appeal to its specific target audience. This is exemplified by the surreal image of a bomb strapped to a crow. It is also exemplified by distinguishing that it is a film by Chris Morris which is directly above the centrepiece of the image. Many fans of Chris Morris will watch the film simply because he has made it. Moreover, the four black silhouettes stress the individuality, jovial and hapless nature of the 'four lions'.
This is a film poster for the independent short film 'We Keep on Dancing'. The poster effectively sets the scene of the feature that it will take place in a rugged garage. The poster's billing block identifies the film's success, for example at a short film festival, as well as introducing the people who had a key role in the construction of the film. The centrepiece of the poster is two men embracing each other who work in manual labour jobs who are visibly unclean due to this. The poster is instantly striking because it juxtaposes two ideas that society thinks are mutually exclusive - men in manual labour showing emotion. The feel of the film is complemented by the review that states that the film is 'lovely, moving and surprising'. The concise review allows the audience to further grasp that the film will challenge some misconceptions within society in a way that is non visual.
This is a film poster for the independent short film 'Long Distance Information'. The film is set as Christmas day is ending and in the hope of connecting with his distant father, the protagonist, Alex, calls home. The film has the clever synopsis of 'Dad always said not to talk to strangers. But you've got to phone home sometimes'. Despite the sombre background the film is actually a black comedy like our film although it does not convey this effectively in the poster. The genre of black comedy can be difficult to translate into a film poster. Despite being made and released in 2011 the film poster has a vintage poster that is reminscent of a 1950's Hitchcock film. The poster has the main character within a phone. The film's block colours of black and red suggest that the film has a dark nature. The poster also features the billing block which consists of the key people involved in the film as well as awards that the short film has been nominated for or won.
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