This document analyzes and summarizes key elements of two film posters. For the first poster: The mountains in the background contrast with the urban feel of the skateboarding teenagers in the title font. It is unclear if the teenagers are heading towards or away from the distant city shown. The poster follows the rule of thirds layout with information divided into thirds vertically. For the second poster: The cast is listed at the top, a central image shows three skateboarding teenagers, and the title and other information is at the bottom, still following the rule of thirds composition.

1. The font used for the title has an
urban feel to it which links in with
the teenagers skateboarding.
However, the mountains in the
background very much contrast ths
urban feel as the film looks to be
set far from any city. In fact, you
can see a cityscape which doesn't
very close. They also seem to be
heading in that direction. Are they
heading towards the city? What
are they looking for? These are all
questions this poster may pose for
an audience.
This poster uses the rule of
thirds layout meaning the page
is split into thirds either
horizontally or vertically. In this
case the thirds are vertically.
This rule of thirds technique
helps the audience easily read
the information given on the
poster
Text
The cast, reviews and
companies involved are
situated in the bottom third of
the page. This follows typical
conventions for a film poster as
the cast and film companies
involved are usually at the
bottom of the poster in small,
condensed font.
The centre of the poster
contains an image of three
children, probably teenagers,
skateboarding.
The title, tagline, production
company and awards are all
situated at the top of the poster

2. The size and colour the title are
used to stand out and attract the
audiences attention. It’s pretty
difficult to miss a huge red title.
The most obvious prop in this
film poster is a skateboard. This
instantly lets the audience know
what the film is about. The use
of handcuffs also suggests
trouble which skateboarding is
heavily related with making this
image very typical.
The colours used in the centre of
the film poster are quite cold and
dull suggesting unhappiness,
another typical convention of the
social realism genre.
The font is used is big, bold and
informal suggesting that this film
isn’t a ‘safe’ or generic film and
maybe breaks the rules, just like
the boy pictured.
The use of a police officer
insinuates danger which could
intrigue and excite certain
audiences. Police and crime are
also typical conventions of the
social realism genre.
This film poster also uses the rule
of thirds. However, the layout is
still slightly different from
Skateistan. The cast is in the top
third, the central image is in the
second third and the title and cast
block are in the final third.