In this post, I will be analyzing film posters. I will be guessing the genre/s, its target audience and the story line just by looking at the film poster and ignoring what I already know about the film/s.
Film: Blade Runner
Film: Blade Runner
Predicted Genre: Sci-Fi
Reasons: I think the film falls into the sci-fi category because of the futuristic picture of the building at the bottom of the poster. Also, the gun Harrison Ford is holding has some lights on it which also show that the film maybe set in the future.
Predicted Target Audience: Young adults/Adults
Reason: The gun suggests there maybe violence which may set the films rating higher than usual. Also the lady of the right of the poster holding the cigarette suggests that the film is for a more mature audience.
Predicted Story Line: At the top of the poster it says " man has made his match...now it's his problem". This says to me that a major scientific discover has been made and a human has been genetically cloned and now it's fighting against the human race. Harrison Ford is probably the hero because of the halo like light shining from behind him. .
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Film: Scary Movie 2
Predicted Genre: Comedy
Reasons: It says "Absolutely Hilarious!" at the top so it must be a comedy. So the title suggests that the film maybe a horror film parody. Also Marlon Wayans (middle) is known for staring in films which fall into the comedy genre along with his brother Shawn Wayans.
Predicted Target Audience: Adult
Reasons: Anna Faris ( far left) is wearing a t-shirt that says "what lies beneath" across her breasts which suggests there may be sexual humor. Kathleen Robertson (far right) is wearing a t-shirts that says "I love dead people" which may suggest she is a necrophiliac, this shows that the film may be reserved for mature audiences.
Predicted Story Line: With the variety of characters in the back row of the poster, the film may have a sequence of comedic crimes going on at once. Also the horror parody element to it may attract comedic stereotypical horror movie actions/characters as suggested by the black cat on Anna Faris' lap.
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Film: Uzak
Predicted Genre: World Cinema
Reasons: The title sounds very eastern European and the landscape on the poster looks very eastern European as well. Also it says that it was involved in the Cannes Film Festival. It may have entered the Cannes Film Festival in the World Cinema category.
Predicted Target Audience: I think the target audience may be adults.
Reasons: The film looks very serious. And it being involved in the Cannes Film Festival makes it a very serious affair which suggests it may be for mature audiences.
Predicted Story Line: Looking at the dull background, the film maybe the journey of the lonely man across the slums of the town that is shown in the landscape. Or with the snow, it may be about the misery the winter brings to what usually is a nice town/city.
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Film: I'm Not Scared
Predicted Genre: Thriller
Reasons: The description says "The award winning thriller...". If it didn't say that, I would have thought that this film may have been a horror film.
Predicted Target Audience: Children
Reasons: The child is the poster is probably the main character so the rating wouldn't be very high because any material he is not old enough to view would probably stop him from watching and acting in the film. Also the title is the sort of thing a child would say.
Predicted Story Line: The think the boy makes a discovery while exploring his surroundings. He is probably scared by the discovery and tell's someone. They in turn dare him to explore his finding further.
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Film: Sin City
Predicted Genre: Crime
Reasons: The guns represent violence and the fact that they are in a group suggests they may be in a gang.
Predicted Target Audience: Adult
Reasons: The guns suggest upcoming violence. This sort of violence may be reserved for mature audiences. Also the title 'Sin City' suggests that a lot of 'forbidden/criminal' activities are taking place.
Predicted Story Line: I think the film is about one of the groups members being killed and they are retaliating by hunting the person/gang that killed their compatriot.
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Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Predicted Genre: Adventure
Reasons: Pirates would suggest adventure. Also they show ships in the poster which means they are probably going on some sort of journey.
Predicted Target Audience: Teenagers/Young Adults
Reasons: Johnny Depp is holding a guns so teenagers may be the films youngest target audience. But because it is an adventure film, I would rule out the involvement of adults(excluding young adults).
Predicted Story Line: I think this is a typical pirate adventure film. The three main characters shown will be informed of buried treasure which they immediately pursue. Because the film is called 'Dead Man's Chest', they may not have the right to the treasure as it belongs to a stranger (Dead Man) ; If they knew him, they would have named it [insert pirate name here]'s Chest. I also think one of the lead male characters (Johnny Depp or Orlando Bloom) fall in love with Keira Knightley's character because she is facing toward's them. This suggests some attraction on her part.
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Film: Bride and Prejudice
Predicted Genre: Romantic Comedy
Reasons: "Romantic, Funny..." quote at the top of the poster.
Predicted Target Audience: Adults
Reasons: With the cultural aspects and it being a rom-com, this film may be too sophisticated for younger audiences.
Predicted Story Line: I think the film is about the cultural differences between the English and Indians. The is represented by the Taj Mahal and the city-scape in the background. "Bride" suggests marriage is involved so they may be conflict between the to be groom and bride over cultural matters which divides them. This can be interpreted from Martin Henderson and Aishwarya Rai being back-to-back.
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Film: Million Dollar Baby
Predicted Genre: Sport
Reason: I think the film is a sport based film. I interpreted this from the title which suggests increasing the value of a human.
Predicted Target Audience: Adults
Reason: Although this type of film can be showed to everyone, the film may contain scenes which a child or even a teenager might find difficult to understand.
Predicted Story Line: I think Hilary Swank (middle) is looking into getting into boxing and Morgan Freeman (right) and Clint Eastwood (left) are helping her. I think Clint Eastwood is playing the trainer role and Morgan Freeman is playing the promoter or adviser because he looks like he has a lot of wisdom with the hat on.
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