Analysis:Films

In class we looked at the poster and trailer for films for 4 different films.

Film 1:Avatar
Trailer:

The trailer uses a voice over of a character to avoid the use of cliché Hollywood voice-overs. This use of voice-overs is also more modern.start of slow and then the editing becomes fast as we see some action taking place.The music also changes as it get louder,slow and sometimes faster.this helps set the scene.The trailer tells us the production company and uses James Cameron to advertise because no well known actor is featured.It also tells that he has directed terminator titanic and other film this gives the reader some insight on what to expect with this film.this may cause to want to see the films created by James Cameron because they may have liked his past films.

Poster:



Avatar is a adventure/fantasy sci-fi film.The poster uses the colours blue and black to give as a mysterious feel.The use of colour intensity and light makes sure the avatar is not to scary to prevent misleading the audience.the fact that it doesn't give to much away makes you feel curious about what the film storyline really is. The use of the phrase from the director of titanic make us feel that this film will be as successful as titanic.Making the reader think that if they liked titanic they would like avatar.Therefore the film seems to use star power of the directors successful film to get a target audience.The poster doesn't tell you anything except the fact that it is directed by the director of titanic.this makes you automatically assume that it may be like titanic.This makes you want to find out more.





Film 2: she`s the man
Trailer:

Throughout the trailer they use a range of voice-overs from characters and a Hollywood cliché voice-over.The trailer starts off with graceful ladylike music then the music changes as she get in telling us bit about her personally. The representation of women on the trailer are stereotypical fashion conscious and girly.This under representation of women is shown throughout the trailer.However Viola (Amanda Bynes) is not portrayed like this she is shown to be a bit of a outsider.Conversely the male characters are shown to be dominant and manly.The film uses the storyline to engage the reader using the narration of a Hollywood voice over. it also gives the names of the actors to help advertise the magazine.the trailer contains funny and best scenes in the film to catch the audiences attention.

Poster:

The title of the film"she`s the man" is ironic and sarcastic statement which relates to a comedy genre.This tells us that comedy is a big factor in the film.Also,the bright and bold colours also relate back to the comedy genre.Giving us a further indication of the genre.In the central image they wear bright colours to add more colour to the white background.All the actors have different poses this may reflect their personality.The fact that the main character sands in front of all of them tells us that she is the main character.
At the top of the poster they give a name of a well known actor.The words are in a red coloured bold font.They chose a well known actor to star in a film more audiences are likely to watch it.
The tag line"Everybody has a secret..." makes the audience feel curious and to want to know the story line. The background of the poster is faded letters which tells us a bit about the story line. The words "want","likes" and "dating".This tells us that the story line also involves aspects of romance.This also helps liven up the white boring background.

Film 3:Titanic
Trailer;

This trailer uses some character voice-over but mainly uses words in the trailer to put across ideas.They use typical type of love music the music gradually gets loud and bells start ringing as music lyrics start.Then they uses characters voice-overs to emphasize the ending. 

Poster:
The title is a recognized name of a ship which sank.the font of it is white to stand out in the dark colour of the bout.it is quite elegant in order to reflect the time period it was set in.this trailer shows a central image of a man and a woman that dominates most of the poster.this tells us a bit about the importance of their role.their names are on top of the poster because they are famous actors which are known and recognized by many.this also makes it clear who the actors are.the ship is pointed upward to direct us to the central image.The image also indicates the film is about a love story.In the image they seem like they are blending into the sky making it seem quite romantic.The tag line nothing on earth could come between them tells us that something may be preventing them from pursuing a relationship.The colour scheme has a classical feel to it so does the font as it links in with the theme of the film.the target audience males and females,but females may be more into the romance film.the age group varies from young teenagers to older audiences because they may relate the characters and even time period.

Film 4:Four Christmases
Trailer;

the film uses lots humorous scenes to gives us an idea of the genre.it is also about because it portrays the obstacles you have to overcome to sustain a relation ship the producers used voice-overs in order to tell us about the narrative.it also advertised the main actors Vince and Reese.it also tells us the release date and title it doesn't use too much text to bombard us with too much information.

Poster:

This is a Christmas themed romantic comedy I know this due to the use of actors used. I usually see Vince Vaughn in comedy film and Reese Witherspoon in romance film this use of actors gives the reader an idea of the film genre.the use of text on the  top with the actors names tells us that they are the main stars of this film.even without watching the film I can tell that the actors are in a relationship.the fact that they are standing back tells us they don't always see eye to eye.the use of the colours red and green fits in with you a Christmas theme.The release date is at the bottom and uses the same colour scheme as the poser it uses a medium font in order to make sure it doesn't attract attention from the significant details. their is also information about companies,directors actors writers,producers and so on.this text is put in  dull grey colour that fades into the background.this makes the text seem unimportant in comparison to the other texts.the poster also uses tagline that is repetitive.This use of repetition and a long tagline suggest that the task may take a very long and be tiresome for the main actors.