Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Sentence Starters

Team GCSE - A belated Christmas Present from Mr Matthews...


I will be analysing the impact and effectiveness of the poster and trailer for the film ______. X is an action adventure produced by Warner Brothers starring Dave Smith and Elenor Davis. It is a typical Hollywood blockbuster with a narrative about a man exploring a fantasy world and falling in love with a prince.

The central image depicts...
The use of a serif font for the film title...
The image is placed in the visual centre because...
The production blurb appears typical of this genre of film because...

The colour scheme reflects the fact that gender stereotypes are being subverted/reinforced

In the trailer a character is shown emerging from an explosion; according to Barthes'
theory this could be described as an enigma code - forcing the viewer to wonder what caused
the character to be found in such a dangerous situation.
There is synergy between trailer and poster because...

(something about representation) is reflected in both the poster and the trailer because men/women are behaving...

The poster presents men in a way which reinforces (or subverts) the stereotype of all men
being obsessed with sex and violence.

I created synergy in my own poster by representing characters ________. In this sense I was
able to reinforce/subvert the stereotype that is often seen in horror/rom-com/action films
because... 

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