The main feature of the poster is the main actor appearing from the alternate time reality. This draws all the attention to him.His is coloured a cold blue reflecting the nature of his character at the start.

The font used is a bold clear font in the colour red to catch the audience’s attention as contrasts with the rest of the picture.

From this you can see the integration of the genre as the signifier of the gun and the mysterious mirrors add intrigue and hint towards the thriller genre.

The lighting is central towards his face as if being reflected, the bottom of the poster is darker reflecting some mystery within the film.

It includes the strap line underneath the movie title drawing attention to this. It also includes names of directors and main actors.

The audience gets a shot of the actors head and torso cutting him off at the legs, this shows a very dominant presence on the poster from this.

Source code poster analysis

Although there are no magazines with a special on source code there were articles within regarding it.The main photo is of the main actor from within the film looking like he is very involved, this makes the audience understand that it is a film that makes you think.The lighting is quite high lighting but not overpowering simply bringing the actor into the foreground mainly focusing on his face and upper body.There is another photo included of the other two important actors who have control over the source code machine itself. This image reflects the military standard and theme within the film.They have a main quote that is the most clear part of the text in a white font that you can easily read over the background.There is also a box at the top left regarding more important information in a smaller font if people wish to read more.

Source code magazine analysis

G.I. Joe poster analysis

This poster shows the good people in warm colours such as orange and brown however shows the bad in icy white reflecting the coldness of their characters.They almost all have weapons reflecting the scenes of violence and thriller theme that will be present throughout.They are also split showing one as being higher than the other and therefore better if not the good guys and the bad guys.

The font is the same as the first movie remaining familiar and the Title and information is used to separate the two sides of the teams creating the scene of an already set up battle just waiting to be unleashed.

The lighting and shadows are used to reflect the mystery needed to be explored and discovered. Their faces are highlights and the rest in low light therefore exaggerating the light on them all.

G.I. Joe magazine analysis

Similarly this movie did not have a magazine cover however just an inside story.The background for the entire article includes two main characters against each other with guns, showing the genre of thriller/action.It is titled ‘American heroes’ however it looks as if it has been slashed by a sword reflecting some plotline within the film.

It is obviously an image from within the movie as it does not look staged or otherwise. It looks real and fresh from the movie. It also shows the highlights on each of the characters from above and behind making the foreground shadowed as if what to come was unknown.It has the font in white also reflecting the darkness of the background and is positioned at the bottom of the picture as to see the characters faces but that the bottom part is not as important.

Reflection

• From this if I were to do a poster I would make sure that it included the main character in the poster and if possible some other characters as well. From this I would make sure that the font is a key thing making sure that my movie’s title is known.

• For a magazine article I would include snapshots from the film itself and include either the title of the film or a title relating to the film to grab attention.