Conventions of posters

List of conventions for poster

- Tagline's - short catchy sentence, indicate genre, shows storyline

- Title


- Image - usually one dominant image MISE-EN-SCENE


- Actor name


- Release date

- Rating - explanation next to allow the audience to see why it is rated that



- Production company logos


- Website/social media links - usually at the bottom


- Billing block (credits)


- Sound logos - companies which produce the sound for the movie


- Indication of genre - colour palette, font, images, colour, setting, props ((iconography which is mise-en-scene)


- Reviews - reference to genre, superlatives, stars  not on a teaser poster, usually on posters a month before the film


- Making reference to previous films


- Reference to merchandise

- Reference to source material

- Reference to format

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