Exemplar British Film PostersDifferent Genres

Medium to Micro Budget

A2 Media StudiesAncillary Tasks

Brighton Rock (2010)

British Historical Thriller

Tone & Register?Which one do you prefer and why?

Atonement (2007)

British Costume DramaPortrait or landscape? Use of

costume/mise-en-scene?

Eastern Promises (2007)

British Contemporary Urban Thriller

Layout and previous credits.

http://www.impawards.com/intl/misc/2008/hunger_ver2_xlg.html

Submarine (2010)

British Arthouse ComedyKey art taken from film.

Use of colour and white space

Interesting graphic for title?

Shifty (2009)British Contemporary

Urban ThrillerKey art taken from film.

Use of bold colour helps it stand out in a

crowded market‘Kill Bill’ intertextual link?

Eden Lake (2008)

British Contemporary Horror

Key art taken from film but switched.

Use of colour saturation & positive quotes…

Same image, mise en scene…

Four Lions (2010)

British Contemporary

SatireKey art taken from film but not contextualised.

Exit Through the Gift

Shop (2010)British Postmodern

Satire

http://impawards.com/intl/uk/2009/fish_tank.html

Fish Tank (2009)

British Contemporary Social Realism

British and American film posters.

Moon (2009)Science Fiction

Portrait or Landscape? Use of black and white?