4. Movie poster conventions
• Eye catching
• Image is focal point
• Title of film
• Release date or release time period
• Slogan
• Billing block
• Film genre clear (through image/text/language/colours/conventions etc)
• Director or actors names
• Reviews or ratings
• Film rating (sometimes)
• ENIGMATIC (gives audiences puzzles/clues to want to solve)
• It changes depending on genre, type of film (mainstream/indie etc)