Poster Conventions

I am going to look at five different posters from different genres to see the conventions marked on the poster. I am going to analyse the similarities of these posters despite that they are from different film genres. I am doing this to help me understand the conventions of posters and so I can include the separate elements in my poster in future.

The posters I am going to look at are from the following films;

Rush- sporting drama 

White House Down- action thriller 

Hairspray- musical 

Insidious Chapter 2- horror 

Superbad- comedy