The document provides information about the 2014 film X-Men: Days of Future Past, including a synopsis and details about the portrayal of disability in the film through Professor X. It also analyzes several elements of the main movie poster, such as the use of color, prominent figures, and messages conveyed visually rather than through text. Key characters of the film are mentioned, along with the genres of action, adventure, sci-fi, and thriller.

1. X – Men Days of future Past
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 22 May 2014 (UK)
The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a
desperate effort to change history and
prevent an event that results in doom for both
humans and mutants.
Disability is shown in this film with young Professor X (James
McAvoy) and old Professor X (Patrick Stewart) having to sit in
wheelchairs. In X – Men First class Charles Xavier (Young
Professor X) is shot in the spine and has to stay in a
wheelchair for the rest of the film. In Days of Future Past
Young Professor X has a serum injected into him to help him
walk but this also takes away his mutation. Along with his
disability, he has super human abilities. He is a powerful
telepath who can read and control minds.
Some other of his abilities include:
Telepathy
Empathy
Mind reading and control
Memory alteration and erasure
Mental bolts
Psionic blasts
Induced paralysis
Illusion casting
Great tactician and strategist

2. This poster does contain the main features of a main poster. It shows most all of the main
characters in the film and they are wearing their costumes from previous films to help the
audience recognise them and so they now what the film will be like.
There is no tagline of the film or the actors names but you can recognise most of the actors
in the poster so there was no real need to the names to be on the front. If someone
couldn’t recognise an actor in the poster then they could research the film on IMDB or
another website like that. This could be a good thing because it will make the audience find
out more information at the plot or the actors, it could lead them onto other X – Men films
or other films that the actors have been in. this could benefit many people.
The poster uses bold font and bright colours to attract the audience and to make them want
to look at the poster for a longer time than usual. The bright colours could help the
audience understand more about what the film will be about. Half of the background is
orange and red, like fire colours and the other half is misty blue. The different colours used
in the background could connote different types of war, one that is nuclear (the fiery
background) and a less violent type of war (the blue background). The release date on the
poster is bold and red which shows that the creator of the poster wanted that to catch the
audiences attention. The release date is very important for people who work in films
because it is the time that people can see the final version of the film and the views and the
public opinions start to spread.
There aren't really any symbols used but
you could say that the characters are
symbols themselves, then the audience
would need to have foreknowledge to
understand who the characters are and
why they look so different. The
landmarks in the background don’t show
much and they audience wouldn’t need
any previous knowledge, the background
objects are new to the film and the
audience wouldn’t have any knowledge
to know what they objects are used for.
The main figures used in this poster are the
main characters, the explosion, the landmark on
fire and the flying objects in the background.
The figures are represented photographically
and graphically. The graphics are the
background objects and the characters in the
foreground are presented photographically. The
characters need to be photos and not
illustrations so the audience can see who the
actors are behind the costumes, since there are
not actors name son the film you need to see
the actors faces to see who is in the film.
The messages are mainly visual since
there in no tagline of actors names on
the poster. The poster is very visual, your
eyes are drawn to the bigger sized
characters in the middle of the poster,
then to the bold title underneath. Under
the title is has the names of the
producers, screenwriters, directors etc.
This writing does help the audience to
understand the movie more, if they
know the director before then they will
know what sort of film its going to be.

3. There are a few different genres in this film, they are:
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Thriller
I think the intended audience is anyone who likes any of these genres, there are lots of people
who like this genre film. The film is also a Marvel film and many people what a film just
because it is Marvel even if they don’t like the hero in it. Some people will watch this film
because of the actors are in it, they include:
Hugh Jackman
James McAvoy
Michael Fassbender
Halle Berry
Evan Peters
Nicholas Hoult
Patrick Stewart
Sir Ian McKellan
These are very famous actors who have been in big blockbuster films, these actors are used as
a USP.
This poster promises action,
fighting but also will contain
mystery and alien objects. Since
there are many different genres
there are different gratifications
promised in the poster.
Attention is gained with the use of bright colours, the actors are in their most
recognisable costumes and you can see who the actors are without looking too
hard. Some of the actors are hard to recognise but if you have watched the
previous films then you can tell who it is.
There are 3 different taglines for the film, they are:
His past. Our future.
Every hero, every power will unite.
The future begins.
These taglines are used to intrigue the audience. There is no humour
or pun in them, they just explain what the film is about. I think the
taglines are good because they are straight to the point, you don’t
have to work out what they're trying to say.