The document discusses conventions used in film posters and magazines. It notes that posters typically feature large central images of the main characters to represent the film. They also use bold fonts, popular colors like red, and slogans or tags related to the film's plot. Magazine covers usually have a full-page celebrity photo to attract readers and relate to the publication's topic. Both posters and magazines aim to clearly display their title in a prominent sans-serif font that stands out from other text elements.

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2. During my research in to posters I
found out that every film poster
uses a main image of the
characters involved in the film
covering the whole background of
the poster. They do this so the
audience can see clearly who is in
the poster and it represents the
film a lot more. Also because the
images show a lot about the film.
For example, in the American pie poster the mise-en-scene used
in the image represents the film a lot as they are all revealing
parts of their body for example the boy does not have a t-shirt on
and is exposing his body and the girl is bending down to show
parts of her body as well. These are all conventions that teenagers
are in to sex etc.
Posters

3. All of the posters that I have researched all have bold sans serif
fonts which stand out from other smaller texts and the images
behind them. A popular colour to use is red as it symbolises
energy and strength and makes it look more youthful and fun.
They both use mainly wide shots because it shows most of the
characters in the shot so you can see what is going on.
Posters mainly include things like slogans to make the poster
seem more fun and create a sense of humour to the poster which
is a convention of the genre which is a comedy. For example in
American pie there is a slogan saying ‘There’s something about
your first piece’. Which is a slogan to match a scene in the film
where on of the characters does something rude with a pie, so it’s
a humorous joke relevant to the film. They also use an image of a
pie too.
Posters

4. Conventions of posters:
- All posters tend to have credits on them, to represent who made the film
and the characters involved in them.
- The main title of the posters which is the name of the film, tend to be the
same text and colours as what it is on the film to create a brand identity.
- The title of the poster usually are in a bold sans serif font to stand out
better.
- On the poster, the image is normally a long shot to show the whole
character and the costume, props etc.
- They usually use the same costume on all the characters on each
promotional packages to make people recognise them better.
Posters

5.  The mast head on the magazine is normally the biggest text on the
magazine so it stands out and people know it is the brand name.
 They tend to put the mast head in front of the image to show it is the
most important part on the magazine, but occasionally put the image in
front of the text.
 There is always cover stories around the magazine.
 The date, issue and price are normally placed around the mast head.
 They normally use bright colours to attract in the audience, and
sometimes pull quotes.
 The image on the on the magazine is always conventional to what the
magazine is about.
 The main image normally takes up the whole magazine.
Conventions of magazines

7. During my research in to
magazines I found out that all
magazines have a main image
that take up the whole
magazine front cover. The image
is usually a celebrity
endorsement so that the
audience can recognise it better.
The image is also normally
related to the magazine.
The images also show a lot about the film, for example in the
empire magazine the character has cuts and blood on his face so
this would show the genre of the film and that it’s action etc. The
colours of the magazines are normally related to the images for
example if its a horror film the colours tend to be quite dark and
use colours like red to represent blood and death etc
Magazines

8. The main head line is normally the name of
the magazine. It tends to be a bold sans serif
font to stand out from other texts or
magazines etc. They use bright colours for
example red or white. These is also so it
stands out.
They sometimes put the celebrity endorsement in front of
the image to show that it is the most important part on the
magazine, but usually have the main headline in front to
show that the brand name is the most important part on
the magazine. They use cover lines around the outside of
the magazine so the audience can see more of what they
are expected to read in the magazine. They also use pull
quotes to draw in the audience.
Magazines