Thursday, 24 June 2010

Taxi Driver Inspirational Poster

This poster has used very dark colours to give a mysterious feeling, and then a bright yellow taxi, this shows the significance of the taxi in the film. This poster is very simple, which leaves the audience interested as it doesn't give away too much, but leaves them wanting to know more. This poster highlights the main actors in the film, which may persuade people to watch the film with Robert Deniro being the main star.

Taxi Driver Inspirational Magazine Cover

This magazine cover is very simple which attracts the audience as it doesn't give away a lot about the film. The use of the main image is very effective. Using an extreme close up of the main character will attract the audience's eye. Also, being in black and white gives that dark, mysterious feeling adding to the horror feel. The short quotation gives the audience a little insight of what may happen in the film. For people that haven't seen the film, it presents them with a violent and action packed image.

Jaws Inspirational Trailer




This trailor gives a mysterious feeling throughout the first scene. It does this as it is very blue and dark and pushing its way through the seaweed underwater. The camera is like it's hand held which makes it seem like the audience are there making it alomost real. The music builds up the tension as the voiceover describes sharks, as the camera leads us up to the 'prey'.

Jaws Inspirational Poster

The image used for this poster is used throughout the advertising of the film Jaws. This is good because it makes it more recognisable to its target audience. Also, being placed against a black background makes the image stand out which will also catch the audience's attention. The text above the image about the film is kept very simple and to a point. The poster gives a little insight of the film but doesn't give too much away which keeps the audience interested, this is why the poster is also kept simple. The text for the title is kept big and bold to attract the audience. Also, red being used is very typical and it respresents blood.

Jaws Inspirational Magazine Cover

The main image of this magazine is the Jaws cover which is always used when referring to the film Jaws, this is because it makes the film more recognisable to the audience. The main image should catch the audience's eye and draw their attention in, which is image does as it uses bold colours and a effective image of a shark. The quote which is placed over the image is very effective but it doesn't draw the attention away from the image. The red masthead against the blackground is used to represent the horror theme as these are typical colours used. They also make the blue image stand out because of a contrast of colours. This magazine is kept very simple and bold so it is easy for its target audience to recognise what the magazine is about whithout too many other things going on too as it has no cover lines except the main over lines with a quote.