Poster analysis of 'Angus Thongs and perfect snogging'

1. ‘Fromthe directorof’- used
to entice the target
audience fromotherfilms
the directorhas produced.
The main character is
situatedinthe centre of
the poster;herpose
suggestsshe istryingto
findpeace andserenityin
her‘mental’life (asstated
below inthe tag line).The
tag line actsas an
indicatorforthe audience
as to what the filmmay
entail whilstthe factthat
she islookingupat her
‘crazy’life showsthe
connectionbetweenthe
tagline andimage.
The bright coloursand‘self-
drawn’sketchescreate a
‘teendrama’feel,hintingthat
the target audience ismost
probablyteensaged14+
The fact that ‘but herlife is’isinredmakesinstand
out- we can inferfromthisinformationwhatthe
narrative will be andwe can see a clearconnection
betweenthe informationgivenandthe images
above herhead
‘Comingsoon’isinpinkwhichalsostands
out forreaders, we can tell thatthisposter
was pre-productionandthe creationof it
was to entice aninitial targetaudience
The bilingblock
and ratingare
centredat the
bottomwhichisa
typical convention
of filmposters.It
workswiththe
layoutof the
posteras it doesn’t
draw attention
away fromthe
importantfeatures
of the posterbut
givesthe required
informationforthe
readers
The title of the filmisbigenoughto be one of the firstthingsto catch
the readers’eye butsmall enoughtonotbe the onlyfocus.The title
givesawayelementsof the narrative andwe knowthere will be a
romanticelementtothe filmdue tothe word‘snogging’.Additionally,
thiswordsticksto the targetaudience asitdoesn’tsound‘sexual’- it
has an immature,youngfeeltoitwhichissuitable fora youngteen
audience
Otherimportant
characters are
shown