Poster genre research

 

To research social realism poster conventions, I decided to analyse a social realism poster for 'Skateistan'. Here is what I noticed:

• The title, tagline and production company are all situated at the top of the poster.
• The cast, reviews and companies involved are all situated at the bottom of the poster. This follows typical conventions of film posters with the writing being at the bottom and in smaller font.
• This poster uses rules of thirds layout, meaning the page is split into thirds either horizontally or vertically. In this case, it's vertically. This rule of thirds technique helps audiences to easily read information given on the poster,
• The font used have a kind of 'urban edge' to it which is in keeping with the image of the three teenage boys skating. However, the mountains contrast with this urban, city feel the font creates, This raises questions for the audience like 'what are they doing there?' and 'where are they going', creating a feel sense of mystery.