Poster research

 I wanted to do some research on film noir posters before making my own, i will looked at how they position there actors, the texts they use and the layout.

 The LA confidential poster has the femme fatale positioned at the front showing her dominance. They also have the name of the actors in the film at the top of the poster, the first names in white and last in red, this give a good effect and could connotate blood, love or passion. To make my poster as effective and realistic i will take things off other posters and use them on mine. On most modern posters there is text at the bottom listing the production company etc.

This poster is more towards advertising classic film noir's. I am trying to make mine more modern, so i will not use the drawing effect that 'The Dark Corner' has. One thing i will use that this poster has is the names of the actors on, they like LA confidential has used the first name in lower case and the last name in upper case. This looks effective and like something i could use to make my poster seem as professional as possible.

These two films have used a similar effect in their poster. They have blended two photos together, i could try and use this in my poster as it looks professional and can give the audience more of insight to the film. 'No country for old men' has a quote on the poster 'There are no clean getaways' This gives the audience an idea that some one is running away.