Media A2 Coursework

1. Poster Layouts
BY ALBA BEZHANI

2. Nicholas Sparks Films
Nicholas Sparks is a very famous director in the drama/melodrama
genre (which is one of the genres we have chosen to do). Since his
film posters all follow the same codes and conventions I felt as
though one of our poster ideas should follow these codes and
conventions.
We feel as though our main image should also be a mid shot of a
couple as this along with our film name ‘ Missing You’ would give
the audience an idea that something is going to happen to one of
the people on the cover. The only thing about Nicholas Sparks’
posters is that they are very ‘Hollywood’.
They are made to feel
‘lovey dovey’ since that is
the genre, they have
been created as a form
of escapism. Whereas we
have chosen to use the
British genre as a result
our poster needs to have
some sense of realism in it.
Whether that be a
specific landmark or
colour that people would
associate with Britain.

3. Submarine
Submarine is a British film, it is
very different from the
melodrama film posters. It is
very simple and clean as
everything is symmetrical. Also
hardly any colours have been
used on the actual poster,
there are only three colours red,
blue and yellow (also white for
the writing). While this poster
looks aesthetically pleasing we
feel as though it wouldn’t give
us an opportunity to push
ourselves and create
something that challenged us.

4. Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go is one of the
British/Melodramas that we
have looked at for inspiration to
our film. Their film poster is quite
different to Hollywood film
Posters as instead of having one
main image the page has split
of into sections. This is something
that can be seen in a few other
British film posters other
examples would include;
trainspotting and starred up. I
like this film poster as it
incorporates codes and
conventions from both the British
and melodrama genre.
Creating a this hybrid genre was
a concern for Shola and I as we
weren’t quite sure how to make
the two work when it came to
the poster and website,
however this film has helped us
hugely.