Film Posters

Film Posters

Thursday 05 June 2025 

Do Now

1) A film studio is  Warner bros pictures

2)A distributor is Warner bros pictures.

3)The film studio which produced NTTD is Eon.

4)NTTD was distributed by Universal.

5) Amazon  has the home cinema rights to NTTD.

Research:

1)The big five major Hollywood studios are Disney, Sony, paramount and warner bros.✅

2)The main aim of a film marketing campaign is to drive audience awareness and encourage ticket sales, ultimately maximising box office revenue.✅

3)The marketing techniques often used are media relations, social media and digital advertising.✅

4)Movie posters need to convey the title, tagline, release date and genre.✅

5)A teaser poster is designed to pique interest and build anticipation for a future release by providing minimal information, while an advance poster releases more details and often features different artwork than the teaser.Theatrical gives more information than teaser posters.

6)Recent and successful film franchise is Marvel cinematic universe, star wars and the James bond series.✅

The title is in a large white font, making it stand out.The characters which are involved within the film is within the cover  to give the audience a clear understanding of the type of  characters within the film.The 007 gives the audience a clear sign.

Thursday 12 June 2025

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1) Conglomerate means a large company that owns other companies.

2)Convergence is how you can interact with the media. merging of 2 medias

3)Synergy is the company identity. 2 brands working together to benefit each other

4)Personal identity, Information, entertainment, social interaction.✅

5)Film promotion and marketing is how the film is made to stand out to its audience.✅

To analyse the film poster set texts effectively.

The men are presented as formally dressed.

This film was produced by the British company EON productions and distributed in uk cinemas by universal pictures.No time to die is available to watch on amazon prime.

Main image:

James Bond is a male character is who presented as larger within the poster than the rest highlighting his importance within the cover.There are three men and three women however the men are presented as larger which connotes that males have more importance within it.

Credit block:

The production distribution is shown however there are no actor names involved due to the character name is bigger than the actor due to prior knowledge that Daniel Craig is bond due to production films.

Mise en scene\setting:

The facial expressions are serious which show its a serious film and narrative which isn't funny.

Costumes are presented as professional; and narrative fits with the genre and the audience's.

The setting involves a flaming car, mountains and a city area which shows it is an action genre .

Release date:

Late due to covid- NTTD was released in the uk on 30th September 2021.

Logos:

007-his name/identity/audience knows

Colour palette

Blue to emphasise cold vs warm colour contrasts

Typography

 black-modern shows bond is still relevant and modern

Intertextuality- means referring to another media.

`The character types scene within the poster is hero, villain, princess, helper .

Thursday 19th June 2025

Do Now

1)Intertextuality is referring to other medias within a piece of media.✅

2)Narrative is the perspective a piece of media is set at.Storyline

3)Mise en scene is setting, costume, hair and makeup

4)Typography is what the  text is trying to show. the style and appearance of printed matter

5)Genre is the type of media it is.✅

Film poster and representation.

A male hero in a spy action film stereotypically wears sophisticated clothing and have futuristic weapons.

b)The mise-en-scene shows us that the costumes within the film are all in dark coloursThis could symbolise the dark themes presented within this film such as death and violence the audience an idea of the potential emotions mainly included within the film.The costumes show a confident role but different representations.The props suggest violence due to guns being typically seen as violent and can cause harm and even potential death, making the audience aware of a characters death.The gun also indicates the genre of the film being an action.

Context:

James bond is historically masculine through the stereotypes of strength, skill and independence

The representation of gender in the Bond franchise has evolved over time to reflect the changing social social context MWTGG.

'Bond girls' were stereotypically the beautiful love interest for Bond which were often insignificant to the narrative and ultimately disposable .

Nomi being the new 007 was reported prior to the film release however it lead to a minority of racists trolling the actor Lashana Lynch online.

Dr Madeleine Swann is pictured twice on the poster.

There are minimal guns to not glamorise weapons.

Stereotypes-3 men and 3 women, men are larger making them seem more important

Representation of gender-The women are seen as strong and independent with guns and their confident facial expressions.

Representation of ethnicity-Most of the characters are white however one is black Jamaican .There is not an equal representation however Nomi is positively represented.

Representation of age-James Bond is the oldest which shows he is wise and in control.Age is positively represented.

Representation of sexuality-Paloma is sexualised through her outfit.Attempting to normalise heterosexuality. 

Do Now:

1)Bond is represented as sophisticated and powerful in the NTTD poster. ✅ strong and kind

2)Females in the poster are represented as confident, strong and in-dependant. ✅beautiful capable and sexualised 

3)Ethnicity in NTTD is seen as equal through Nomi's positive representation.✅

4)Age is represented as the oldest being seen as wise and in control showing positive representation. ✅

5)The theory is character theory of hero, villain princess and more.❎ Propp

MWTGG film poster and media language analysis:

L/O: to analyse the film poster for key elements of media language.

The film was created with a $7 million budget but made over $97 million.It reflected the popularity of Martial Arts  film genre, there were several Kung Fu scenes and the film was filmed in Asia.Based on the book by Ian Flemming and produced by EON.It was released in 194 this was only Moore's second appearance as the fictional m16 agent.

1) To show the key themes within the film for a teaser. Image, scenes, action, setting character and themes.

2)His suit connotes the status he holds of sophistication.The gun shows confidence and violence.gun-protection, importance and violence.Important and powerful.

3)Golden gun connoted with wealth, threat and high power above all.It is aimed at James Bond/mystery of who it belongs to.

4)The text is used in a golden colour palette to highlight the theme of wealth and links to the title/gun.Shows different genres.

5)The enigma codes are created through who has the golden gun and how JB behaves in the film

6)Guns, explosions, car chases and fight scenes shows conventions of an action/adventure.

The hero-James Bond.

Villain- Unknown/man with golden gun?

Princess-The two women.

Revise the set texts for the PPE.

Explain why audience play video games.Refer to the uses and gratifications theory in your response.

1)Use and gratifications is the list which describe the intentions of what a piece of media's purpose is towards the audience. The first one is personal identity which makes the audience feel close to the media. .Information is the second which gives the audience knowledge.The third is entertainment which gives the audience satisfaction and enjoyment of what they and viewing or interacting with.The last one is social interaction which allows people to communicate with each other whilst being involved with the media within it.

2)Epic games produces Fortnite. Fortnite has been around since July 25,2017.Fortnite has made approximately $40 billion.The different games in the franchise is Battle Royale,  the world, lego Fortnite ,rocket racing and Fortnite festival.The players have to fight against each other until they are the last one remaining.Fortnite is an adventure and  survival game.Fortnite is seen on other social media platforms such as youtube and TikTok. Fortnite allows players to play together through the internet so people can play anytime and anywhere.Fortnite is successful due to its collaborations with celebrities and companies, they have a variety of games and allow you to play with other and friends anywhere and at anytime.