The Latino list annotation poster

2. TYPE
- Main poster
- It contains information about the
production personnel, stars and
distributors
- It also has a release date- September
29th
- It says “A documentary by Timothy
greenfield-Sanders”
CODES AND CONVENTIONS
- It has 15 pictures of each actor
- The actors are all Latino
- KEY SETTINGS/ MAIN CHARACTERS?
- The mise en scene signifies that the documentary is all about Latinos as
they’re all in the cover
- Will feature only Latinos
- A convention of this poster is they used famous celebrities to further
promote this documentary such a s Pitbull and America Ferrara.
- Another convention is the poster contains the directors name in capital
letters. This is to portray their importance and establishment. This is
also so the directors fans will recognize him and watch the documentary
which increases his views
- - the poster is of key setting as they get interviews with the same
background .
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Its aimed for Latinos as they can relate to this documentary the
most as it gives an insight of Hispanic culture.
- It appeals to the group as they used celebrities such as Pitbull, Eva
Congoria and America Ferrara.
- The title also says ‘LATINO’ which will instantly attract Latinos as it
is clearly about their culture
- Their USP is it involves well known celebrities which is different to
other documentary films as they usually involve unknown actors to
act out particular events
- A key information is it says ‘HBO’ which is an American premium
cable and is only available on that cable.
LAYOUT
- There are 15 photos of each of the actors laid put neatly in rows
and columns
- It has the well known celebrities in the very centre; Pitbull a
musician and America Ferrara an actress who played ‘Ugly Betty’.
This appeals audience more as that is the first people they will
notice out of all of them.
- You can assume the plot will be a bout an insight of Hispanics in
America and how they deal with culture in contemporary society
- You can also assume the genre will be a documentary about each
of their lives and what they experience as a Latino
- It is shaped in portrait
- Culture of Hispanic American contemporary society
- The pictures are not blended in, they're all seperate individuals
selfies
COLOURS
- Grey background
- The colours are not really relevant to the
topic such as the the background colour
grey which symbolises negative aspects for
example, dull and dingy.
- However, the in the documentary the
Latinos do talk about some negative things
that they experienced therefore the colour
grey gives off some clues about the plot.
- The Latinos in the poster attract Hispanic
people as they have the same culture
-the colours used are very plain and are
not vibrant
NARRATIVE
- There are clues given of the
narrative and topic= clearly
about Latinos & each on of the
actors experiecne of Latino
culture in America.
- Genre= documentary/ real life/
their perspective
- photos of the
actors=professionally taken
- cannot see their body language
however you can see some of
their gestures. From one of the
actors gesture you can assume
that he is thinking and is
intellectual as he is a wearing a
suit and blazer making him look
educational and professional.
Moreover,, it seems like his life in
intriguing as it is a mysterious
pose.
- Position of the poster is in
boxes- rows/columns
- There is enigma as the audience
is wondering what they are all
thinking and what each of their
lives are like.
WRITTEN TEXT
- The Latino list is the title of the film
- The title is in capital letters and written largely under the pictures
- The title is not bold however it is big so it can steal grab peoples attention
- The title is written in black apart from the word 'Latino' therefore it stands out
from the whole title.
- the fact that the word 'Latino' is the only text in red appeals to the target
audience more as it will catch Hispanic peoples attention instantly 4
- The directors name is placed right under the title in capital letters. It is written
in caps and is the 3rd biggest text
- Also, the characters names are all listed the directors name however it is not
as clear
- The font is the same throughout the whole poster however only different
things are the sizes.
- there is also writing in the background which blends in as it’s the same colour.
Its all the stars name listed largely.