For my movie poster analysis, I chose the movie “The Breakfast Club”. As far as how the title relates to the picture shown, there is really no relation. One might think that the movie really is about a breakfast club that involve teenagers. Without seeing the movie or knowing what the movie is about, understanding how the title and image relates is unknown. The people on the poster are the main characters in the movie and somebody looking at the poster would know this because the five people on the poster are really the only thing on the poster besides the title and a few other words. The writing on the poster describes each other the character's social standings in high school. Without the text at the top of the poster, I think it would be unclear to a person who saw this poster. The text gives a person an slight insight to what the movie is actually about and that it really does not involve breakfast. Each character is dressed in a typical outfit that that specific stereo type person would be expected to wear. One will, a lot of the time, see a jock wearing some sort of sporty clothing. A stereo typical thought could include a very smart person or the brain, as this movie would refer that type of person, be kind of plain looking. I am sure that it would not be too difficult to pick out who was the beauty and the rebel from the remaining characters on the poster. The poster has a very cool colored background which makes the characters, who are dressed in darker colors, stand out. The background is also very plain which I think helps with a person focusing on just the people in the picture. I think that the overall message of the poster is that a group of people learn a lesson that helped the become different people than they were before. Again I think that that message would be unclear without the words that are on this poster. The wording, “they only met once, but it changed their lives forever” lets a person understand more about what the movie is actually about. As far as the picture, I do not think it is very strong. Just looking at the picture, the message about the movie is unclear to somebody who knows nothing about the movie.
http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_poster/breakfast_club_the_1985.htm
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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This is a really good analysis, I agree that you really can’t tell what the movie is about by just seeing the main people on the poster, but it’s pretty obvious they’re the main characters. Also, each of the characters are dressed in different clothing to suit their stereotype which they pretty much end up keeping throughout the movie. The text does however say more than enough, but it makes up for the lack of background. There isn’t much besides the 5 main people and the text, but they both give a lot away, but not too much. However, the tagline has nothing to do with the title of the movie, so it could make the viewers interested and curious. The analysis is pretty right on with everything, the background color is just a cool, chill color which defines the movies tone. The analysis also points out that it makes us look at the characters more, which is true. By looking at the poster, you see a lot more of the characters than what the movie is about. Usually people will see the pictures and background, then read the tagline, so it’s good that there is more emphasis on the people, it already helps us get to know the characters. The analysis is good and pretty right on, I don’t really have anything more to add.
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