Film Language: Film poster analysis

Bride and Prejudice:
(1)What do you think the film is about and what might the storyline might be?
The picture on the poster connotes his film is going to be about an indian marriage to a white man. Seeing how this is not often seen, this film will tend to be "unique" compared to original romantic comedies. The title of this film relates to the famous novel Pride and Prejudice, where a traditional English marriage takes place.

(2)Genre?
The title and picture obviously connotes that the genre of this movie will be a romantic comedy. On the poster there is a quote from a reviewer saying this movie is, "spectacular,romantic,funny and so sexy.." This is also a give-away that this movie will be a romantic one.

(3)Target audience?
The target audience for this film would be 12-30 years of age with the audience being predominantly female. The reason why the target audience would start so young would be becuase RomComs usually appeal to girls young and old and these films glorify love and romance. In media, these feelings usually relate to females.

Million Dollar Baby:
(1) This film poster connotes that this film is about fighting and action seeing as the women on the front is wearing a vest which suggests that she is ready for action and also she looks quite muscley which reinforces fighting theme. The storyline might be about a women who has lost something so she has to get it back by fighting. The two men might be protagonists.

(2) The genre for this movie will obviously be action/drama. The themes of this movie will be violence and maybe revenge which are both connoted by the title. The title has a large sum of money in it, and in movies large sum of movies usually lead to dangerous situations.

(3) The target audience would be from 18-30 year olds with mixed gender audiences. The reason why the audience would be mixed gender is because men are usually attracted to violence and action while a female protagonist may attract female audiences.

Sin City:
(1) This poster is obviously associated with violence seeing as almost all characters are holding guns. This film would be about old fashioned cops and robbers or maybe about gangs. The storyline may be about vigilantes or maybe criminals on the run. The title connotes a very adult theme for this movie becayse the word "sin" can be associated with all sorts of immoral things.

(2) The genre of this movie will again be action. The theme of guns on this poster proves this and the characters even look quite serious as if they have a set goal in mind.

(3) The target audience for this movie would be 18-25 year olds and the gender audience would most likely be men. The reason for this is becauase violence usually draws in a male crowd and Jessica Alba in a suductive pose also suggests that there will be sexual themes in here to attract men more. Also 18-25 year olds might be fans of Frank Miller's graphic npvels.

Pirates Of The Caribbean:
(1) The title and picture of this poster already suggests that this films will be about pirates and their adventure through the Caribbean. The storyline may be about pirates on the run and run into many inconvieniences on the way. This storyline will also include some fantasy elements becuase the poster shows what appears to be a giant sea monster.

(2) The genre of this movie would be action/adventure/fantasty.

(3) The target audience would be from children to adults of all ages. The reason for this is becuase this movie contains comedic scenes, action, romance and fantasy. This movie also has famous actors including Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp.