Poster Ancillary

I found a site showing the seven cliche's of romantic comedy film posters.

Back to Back



3 close ups



2 close ups



Sitting down

Leaning

Collage





Piggyback

I think these are all good poster designs as they portray a divide between the characters as most of them show a gap between the characters such as the back to back design and montage designs.

Some designs emphasise more on the love aspect, such as two or three close ups, as close ups look more intimate suggesting more of a happy ending.

Posters like the piggyback and sitting down design usually emphasise the comedy as a piggyback is a comedic pose and in the sitting design the characters are usually in some sort of awkward situation, making it look comedic.



Fonts

Similarly to magazine covers, titles tend to be in bold fonts, some titles are larger than others. The colours of the font are usually opposing the colour scheme of the poster, however may match it too. The poster below for Knocked Up (2007, dir. Judd Apatow) shows all the text in the same colour and similar fonts, creating a house style.

example of an awkward situation
with characters sitting
down on a film poster

Extra Information on posters
Title
Tagline
release date
quote or recommendation
production credits
actors names

bibliography for this post:

http://www.empireonline.com/features/romantic-comedy-movie-poster-cliches