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The main colours in this picture are black and  blue, this is because the film is based around, violence and the police. the film cover is quite a dark picture considering the film is mainly a comedy and pretty much takes the mic out of petty crimes and police officers.
The items used in the poster are police equipment, the main actors are featured in the poster and they are armed with things like guns and batons. they are wearing typical police gear and sunglasses to bring out the comic side to the film.

The main figures in the poster are the people as they are the main point to the film. but in the background you can ever so slightly see the village that the 2 police officers are 'protecting' but it is burnt and smokey due to the way they took down the string of killers.

I think the intended audience is portably late tees and older up to about late 30's early 40's, this is because of hoe the film looks to be presented, it looks violent it looks and at the top of the poster it says, 'big cops, small town, moderate viloence'. the look of this poster suggests to me it is not something to be shown to small eyes.

On the poster the actor used to sell the film to the audience is simon peg and nick frost , these actors are famous for acting together, they are known for doing comedy films together, so if they're trying to sell a comedy film people will defiantly know what it is like if they look at this cover. also on the cover it says 'from the makers of shaun of the dead' this hows it will be the same type of film as that one and as that was an extremely popular film, it will make more people want to watch this film.

The tag one is not funny or catchy it doesn't really add anything to the film at all.
the poster is slightly effective although it does help sell the film as much, when you watch the film  the poster doesn't give the films full impacts away, you can't tell the film is comedy, it looks like a more serious film, the only reason you would be able to tell it had a comedy side is because of shaun of the dead subtitle.

This poster would not give me any interest in seeing the film if you look at it in its full extent, as in analyse the characters, the subtitle and the background it may persuade you, but just looking at the poster gives me no interest in see in it.

Shaun of the dead

the main colours used in this picture are red, black and white. other faded colours are used to change the appearance of the zombies to make they look more pale, dirty and washed out. The red on the subway train symbolises the blood that is shed from the zombies and from the people they have turned to zombies, it is quite a dark poster because of the black that is also used and washes out the background.the white writing is just to make the name of the film stand out.

the only its,s that are really used i this poster are a bunch of flowers and a subway train, this is due to the fact that the main character is trying to win back his girlfriend which is what the flowers symbolise and the subway train symbolises him being trapped in a confined space with all of the zombies in the film. Also in the title of the film on the poster, as the middle triangle from A is replaced with a zombies hand, if the title was only shown then this would again give some idea of what the film is about.

the main background of the poster is the heads of the actors sticking pushed up against the window of the tram, this has been included to give up some idea of what the film is about because obviously looking at this you can see that the film is about people who are trying to escape an apocalypse and this is shown throughout the main background of the poster.

i would say the intended audiences for the poster is probably early teens to late 20's, i would say this because it looks slightly childish and it is clear that the film will be comedic, even though it is clear that the film is based around taking the mic out of 'Dawn Of The Dead', it is  more childish and comedic poster than the poster for 'Dawn Of The Dead, also the tagline of the film is quite comedic also because obviously in the picture you can see they care surrounded by zombies so as the tagline says 'EVER FELT LIKE YOU WERE SURROUNDED BY ZOMBIES?' then you know that the film will be a horror comedy.

The unique selling point of this would probably Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, but from this poster you can barely see that Simon Pegg is in the film because his face is drowned out by the rest of the people in this picture, although his face is a more vibrant colour and the light is clearly shined more on him i don't believe that his is the eye catching part of the poster, as for nick frost he is mentioned in the bottom writing but is nowhere to be seen in the poster therefore unless you read the writing at the bottom it is not clear that Nick Frost s even in the film.

The attention of the audience will be gained from probably the title of the film, i would say it is the most eye-catching part of the poster, as it is big, bold and it is white. This poster does not give the full effect of the film so it is not clear that the film is comedic unless you read the writing.

The tagline is the way that you can tell this film is a comedy and doesn't take itself to seriously, this tagline is a joke about the film in general, i think it is funny and it will be on of the things that will make people want to watch the film.

But unless you read the writing you cannot tell this film is a jokey tim people may think it is a serious kind of horror and watch the start of the film and may be disappointed when they find out what kind of film it is.

I do think this poster is effective even though you cannot see the full extent of the film, i think it is creative and i also think if his poster was the be seen the film would become a Huge hit, the only thing i would say is that it gives no idea as to what genre the film is, this could be made more clear for people to understand the humour in the film.

The Worlds End;

The main colours used in this picture of black blue and yellow, this is because at the end of the film their is a big explosion which is what the little yellow flame ball in the background, the reason this is used as the poster picture is because the worlds end sign is the sign for the pub they go to at the end and the 2 actors in the middle are the main actors, the reason for the black is again because it is quite a dark type of film.

the only item used in this poster is the sign from the worlds end pub, this poster doesn't really give yo any idea of what the film is about at all unless you watch the film, for all people know this film could be about the end of the world. i don't personally thing enough props were used her to explain more of the film.

the main figures in the poster are simon pegg and nick frost, again this is a problem because their are 3 other main actors in the film, they are not used here probably because they are not as recognisable as simon and nick, you can tell this film would be a jokey kind of film because the only times these actors work together is when the film is not taken to seriously, otherwise it is unclear on what type of film it is and what it is about.