US Film Poster Analysis: Breaking Dawn Part 1

 

US Film Poster Analysis: Breaking Dawn Part 1

 

• At the top of this film poster straight away the audience can see an enigma code, giving them a clue about the film and what it may be about. The code says "Forever is only the beginning."
• The image of the three main characters of this film take up most of the space on the poster which shows its a high budget film because it relies on the stars not reviews so that is why they take up most of the room on the poster.
• The film title is at the bottom of the poster which shows that the film relies on the stars more than anything else because its bigger than anything on the poster.
• On the film poster there is a website and also pages on social networking sites where you can like their page and follow the stars/ production during the making of the movie.
• Also on the poster there are the production companies logos/ symbols, Summit Entertainment and E ONE Entertainment- they might have expierience in this particular genre for previous films that they have produced.
• The release date; this film was released on the 18 November 2011.It's been released around winter time because the weather is dull, the days are getting shorter and its getting colder so by releasing a film thats apart of a well established series means that people will want to go and and cheer themselves up.
• By looking at the poster the colours and the characters suggest that this film's genre is romantic. However the colour red is a colour that is often linked to horror because it signifies blood and danger. Also the way the characters are standing with each other also suiggests love and romance. Also in the background of the poster there are wolves/ werewolves which show to the audience that this film is also apart of the fantasy genre.