Film Advertisment

Mieczyslaw Wasilewski - Made for the Romanian Western film The Prophet, The Gold, and the Transylvanians 1979.  

This poster by the polish graphic artist Mieczyslaw Wasilewski is very interesting for it's use of cropping of the portrait, colours and tones within the actual image. The poster is suggestive in the type of image the viewer should expect to see in the film. The fact that the portrait is blacked out and that only the lower part of the face is visible suggests that this is a negative possibly violent film. 

The written content is informative, giving information as to what the film is.

Alfred Hitchcock - Murders on the Half Skull 

This is an advertisement for Hitchcock's film. The graphic image describes the title of the film without actually showing an image i.e. a screen shot of the film motion itself.

This poster contains a stand out font type that displays all the relevant information of the film. The orange/ yellow colouration would capture the eye of a viewer drawing their attention towards the image.

Alfred Hitchcock - The Birds 

These two posters advertise the Alfred Hitchcock thriller 'The Birds'. They both are very different in the type of message and suggestions of the film context. Firstly, the first poster is quite active, suggesting that there is a lot of action, the facial expressions convey a message of the thriller film type. 

Secondly, the plainer poster although showing the same information, does this in a much more basic, simplistic way. This allows the viewer to make up their own mind as to what the film might be about whilst the basic graphic of a feather suggests that it is obviously about birds.

CLEO From 5 to 7

Cleo from Five to Seven was designed by Waldemar Dabrowski for the 1960's to advertise the french film.

I like how the graphic artist has made use of a character from the film although it's not obvious what it's about, it still shows the main subject and information regarding the film.


Within my own film advertisement, I could show an image that defines my film, suggests what it's about aswell as showing a motion - blurred image similarly to how this graphic poster shows the character moving across the poster. With my film in particular, this motion blur suggests fast movements, which has a lot of relevance to my dog's  behaviour and play routine. 

Lurpak Kitchen Odyssey

This collection of graphic photographs are grouped to advertise and display how the product is used. The images are not in a typical 'documentary format' i.e. showing basic, simple and obvious photographs of the product. These images are cropped, close up images suggesting how the product could be used. Some of the images also suggest motion and movement. Lurpak Kitchen Odyssey

I like how the images aren't too revealing, however they are interesting to look at and still draw in the attention of the viewer.

Grouping of images in this 'filmstrip' style is quite inspiring. I could use a style similar that suggests what the film consists of in terms of content.