Saturday, 31 August 2013

Difference between Teaser poster and Main poster


Teaser poster

An early promotional poster before a film released with a very little information. It is not too much emphasizing on plot, theme and characters. It usually consist of the film title and the main character of the film. Figure 1 to 3 example of teaser poster.



Figure 1. Transformers 3 Dark of the moon



Figure 2. The dark knight rises



Figure 3. Real steel



Main poster

It consist of tagline, name of the directors, main characters and credits of the film. There will be more information provided in this poster. 



Figure 4. Transformers 3 Dark of the moon



 Figure 5. The dark knight rises



Figure 6. Real steel



Genre movie

Genre help film producers to categorize the film and bring it to the right audience. 
Types of genre:

Action, Adventure, Animation, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Family,
Fantasy, Film-Noir, Game-Show, History, Horror, Music, Musical, Mystery, News, Reality-TV,
Romance, Sci-Fi, Sport, Talk-Show, Thriller, War and Western. 



References

Cinemasterpieces, 2013, Definition, Available at: http://www.cinemasterpieces.com/cinedefinitions.htm

IMDb, 2013, Genre film, Available at: http://www.imdb.com/

Slideshare Inc, 2013, Film genre, Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/QueenOfMarshmallows/film-genre-9379221

Slideshare Inc, 2013, Film poster, Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/tcasman/film-posters-power-point