Poster Analysis

Film Poster for the film Year One



The poster for this film pictures to men dressed in furs, the way they are dress suggests to the audience that the film isn't about modern times.The background to the poster is bright blue this is common for posters for comedy films and the use of bright colours shows the audience that this is a comedy film. The use of bright colour shows the audience the film it light hearted and sometimes if the colours have been overly exaggerated it can give a comic effect.The title of the film is in bright red with a white edge. The title being red is to attract the viewers attention. Above the actors is the names, this is likely to attract viewers as Jack black is a famous comedy actor and Michael Cera was in the successful film Superbad. People that liked these actors in other films will be likely to go see this film and it can also be used to draw in a spefic age group as younger or funnier actors often attract young viewers and serious actors attract an older age group. The use of the actors Jack Black and Michael Cera shows that the film is most likely trying to attract a teenage to young adult audience. There is a tagline in the middle in black that says 'meet your ancestors'. This gives the viewers an insight into what the film is about and that it is about the past.