Movie Posters and DVD Covers
General Layout: Mis-en-scene/iconography, main image, other images/background, stars, language (mode of address), tagline, reviews, promise of pleasure, colour and lighting.
DVD cover analysis: Seraphim Falls
- Mis-en-scene/iconography: Actor Liam Neeson's character is wearing what looks like a cowboys hat and the smaller image t the bottom of the front cover is of the two men in the main image having a stand off. Both of these are iconography for a western film.
- Main Image: Both men are looking into the distance, which suggest they are looking forward into their journey, however they are not in the centre of the dvd cover, which is unusual but can suggest that they are enemies of each other. It gives an idea to the audience that as they are on different sides, in the narrative they are against each other.
- Other Images/background: The is a second image at the bottom of the front cover of two men aiming guns at each other, this also shows to the audience that the two characters are against each other, they are also divided by the title, showing the distance between the two characters.
- Tagline&Reviews: The reviews are placed in the centre of the front cover. This implies that the producers want to advertise to the audience how good people think the film is. Both reviews come from well known newspapers, The Star and The Daily Mirror. This suggest to the audience that as these newspapers often give reviews to good films, that this film will also be good.
The tagline is at the bottom of the front cover, it reads "Never turn your back to the past" This implies an insight to the narrative. It suggest the narrative might have something to do with betrayal, which would suggest why the two men on the cover are opposite each other. it also leaves the audience confused , 'the past' implies that the two of them may have been on the same side in the past but something had happen for them to be against each other. Which also implies why it is a thriller as it leaves the audience in suspense to what has happened.
- Promise of pleasure: This is given through the tagline "EXCITING CHASE THRILLER" It says to the audience that if they are to watch the film they are sure to be excited, that is what the film wants to audience to feel.
- Colour and lighting: The main colours of the cover are brown, black and red. The brown gives the sense of an old, gritty western film. The red connotes to the audience danger or violence in the narrative. The red line in the middle looks like blood that has been wiped on the cover, it has an image of what looks like mountains and eagles, which can both be seen as conventions of a western film.
Stars/characters: The fact that two older men are used, despite the age rate being 15, it is aimed towards an older audience, as well as the genre being western. The fact that is it a thriller is why it would be aimed towards a teen audience as that genre appeals to teenagers. Also as the reviews are from newspapers, older people tend to read the newspaper more often than younger people, where as if the reviews were from a movie website (online), it would suggest that the film is more targeted to a younger audience.
- Promise of pleasure: This is given through the tagline "EXCITING CHASE THRILLER" It says to the audience that if they are to watch the film they are sure to be excited, that is what the film wants to audience to feel.
- Colour and lighting: The main colours of the cover are brown, black and red. The brown gives the sense of an old, gritty western film. The red connotes to the audience danger or violence in the narrative. The red line in the middle looks like blood that has been wiped on the cover, it has an image of what looks like mountains and eagles, which can both be seen as conventions of a western film.
Stars/characters: The fact that two older men are used, despite the age rate being 15, it is aimed towards an older audience, as well as the genre being western. The fact that is it a thriller is why it would be aimed towards a teen audience as that genre appeals to teenagers. Also as the reviews are from newspapers, older people tend to read the newspaper more often than younger people, where as if the reviews were from a movie website (online), it would suggest that the film is more targeted to a younger audience.
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