Ancillary task research

Introduction The task is to define what a poster is and how different it is to an advert. A poster is a way of advertising a product to the audience giving them a general idea on what they can expect the product to be like when its released, this is usually done through images of the product.A poster has one still collages of things that would be seen in a film and a advert usually consists of clips from the film.By finding these conventions it will give us a good description of conventions that need to be used when it comes to making my own production poster, this will help me as it will show what needs to be added in order for the audience to be entertained by my own poster.

Poster conventions 1Noah

Celebrity endorsement

Names of famous actors

Pictures of actors

Credits of company

Main image

Advertisement

Company producers

Poster conventions 2 The Dark Knight

Celeb endorsement.

Famous name

Picture of actor

Selling line makes it sound interesting

Company credits

Title

Advertisement

Main character image

Fits the genre

Conclusion summary

Overall I believe that the conventions that are seen in the majority of posters in order for it to be successful is a title so that members of the audience know the name of the film, a small amount of advertisement in order for the audience to be able to find out more information and a main image that sets the scene