Poster Analysis

I will be looking at the two posters for the films I have analysed earlier, which are Jennifer's Body and Sorority Row.

The psoter for Jennifer's body looks similar to the DVD cover, although there are a few differences, such as the font used and where the images are placed.

The font used for the title of the film is bold and eye catching, and also uses a font that is generally associated with schools. This fits in with the setting of the poster, which is a classroom, and the fact that Jennifer is a student. As the colour of the writing is red, it could symbolise blood, or terror.

The main colours of the image are dark colours like black and dark green, which are main colours of the horror genre. The background colours could signify mystery. The colour of the text contrasts against the background, and makes it stand out.

The main image of the poster is the picture of Jennfier, which is the same picture as the one on the DVD cover. The reason they use the same image may be to make the film easier to recognise from a first glance, but also shows the genre and target audience of the film easily.

The main difference between the DVD cover and the poster are that the chalkboard in the background has reviews of the film on it, which the DVD cover did not. The font the reviews are written it further shows the classroom theme of the poster.

The poster for Sorority Row is also similar to the DVD cover, as it uses the same main image and font, although there are a few differences.

The main image is the same, and is also positioned in the same way. The main difference between the main images is that there are no pictures weapons used on the poster, whereas the DVD cover has a picture of a bloodstained weapon. This may be because they did not want to give out too much information about the film on a poster which was most likely made before the film was released.


The main colour of the poster is black, to make the whole image look mysterious. The picture is signifigantly darker than the one used on the DVD cover. The red and orange colours on the poster are much brighter, however.


The font used for the poster is the same as the one on the cover, so it is easier to recognise and shows that there is a main font for the film.It also has the same effects added to it, to make the font look weathered.