Saturday, 3 September 2011

Movie Poster Analysis: The Hangover.


What genre is the film? This film is a comedy.

Which genre conventions are referred to? The baby is wearing sunglasses and it looks like 3 men looking very confused. 

Which conventions of the form are used? It has a picture of 4 people with the title underneath with a billing block at the bottom to show what the film may be about.

Describe the miss-en-scene in detail including Location,Lighting, Costume, Make-up. Location is in last vegas, the lighting is behind them and its quite bright. they l ook like they have had a night out getting drunk and the picture shows that one of the people has a tooth lost and another one has a fat lip and then man holding the baby looks really chilled out. 

What symbols are used in the poster? Do you need audience foreknowledge to decode the symbols? Missing tooth and a fat lip proves fighting. Glasses on the baby shows irresponsibly.

What are the main figures/objects/background of the poster? Are they represented photographically? the main figures are the people. the object the sunglasses the back ground is mainly lighting.

How does the layout of the poster affect its message?
well the quote at the top says 'Some people cant handle vegas' which means they have been to vegas and looking at the picture they couldn't handle vegas and it got the better of them.

Describe why the designer has used the particular typeface.
The designer used a glowing text to stand out more. Also they used different sized lettering so you know which is the title.

What visual camera techniques have been used?
Its a natural eye level shot. 

Are the messages in the poster primarily verbal, verbal, or both?
Mainly visual with slight verbal including the title and a quote. 

Why do you think is the intended audiece for the poster?why?
  

Print skills.