Film Posters

When a film is made and ready for release a theatrical poster to advertise the film is made promote the film. Posters can range from anywhere from being at the actual cinema to being on a board at a bus stop. In terms of posters there is various types of posters which serve different purposes for promoting the film.

Teaser

The first type of poster is known as a teaser poster and this poster contains basic information which attracts you towards that film. It often does not indicate much about the plot, but may include the leading actors, which again would spark interest from people if they like the work of that actor. A teaser poster will also include the title of the film.

Main Poster

Another form of poster is the most important and is the actual main film poster. This form of poster includes elements of the teaser poster but also involves more information mainly focused at the production companies, distributors as well as the leading actors and distributors. This poster will possibly also include a typical slogan of the film as well as possible quotes from reviews of possible newspapers and magazines. As well as all that they also include the release date which is the most important. The typical positioning of the release date is commonly placed underneath the film credit block.

DVD Release Poster

This form poster comes out when the film is released on DVD or Bluray and commonly features the majority which is on the main poster, but also includes one line reviews from magazines or newspapers. This poster is put out possibly few weeks in advance in order to attract people to purchase the DVD or Bluray

Character Poster

The final form of poster is a character poster. This form of poster is very simple and will feature a main character from the film as the main focus but also including the actors name as well as the films logo or text title. The poster also features the release date as well as crediting the distributors and production companies.