Detailed Analysis of Two Film Posters

In this post, I am going to analyse two film posters from which advertise a film from two different distinct genres - one being from the set film 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two', and the other being a poster which has been as part of the marketing campaign for a film in the same genre as the film which my group have created our trailer for, for this I will be using the poster from the British science fiction/ horror film '28 Days Later'.

Both of the film posters which I analysed adhered to the codes and conventions which I have looked at in a previous post, as they both contained a main imge, a release date, a slogan and the most important feature - the film's name. Both of the film posters although from different genres stick to the same basic design of featuring a title with the billing block as well as the release date below, although the Harry Potter slightly wonders away from this by not placing a title whatsoever on its poster and instead just placing a quote from the text, which is used in synergy on the film trailer.