Movie Posters Are Prime Propaganda In The Entertainment Industry

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Movie posters are prime propaganda in the entertainment industry. Movie posters allow moviegoers to take a glimpse movie's theme. Thus, viewers base their decision of seeing a movie depending on their analysis of the movie poster. For example, the poster of the movie, "Happy Death Day," is a poster viewer can examine without difficulties. Due to the color, the font, the tagline, and the position of characters, the audience categorizes “HAPPY DEATH DAY” as a horror film. First, the colors and the font on the poster suggest characters will face danger and death. "HAPPY DEATH DAY" is written in red. Red signifies danger and blood. Since the font of the words drips down the cake, viewers conclude the color and font represents the blood flowing out of the victim's body. A black border surrounds the entire movie poster. Black exemplifies death and the fear of the unknown. Several will create a connection Second, the taglines “GET UP. LIVE YOUR DAY. GET KILLED. AGAIN" suggest killing is the reoccurring theme in "HAPPY DEATH DAY". The beginning of the tagline, "GET UP. LIVE YOUR DAY," let the viewers know the main character carried on with their normal day. He or she did not suspect anything catastrophic …show more content…

On the poster, the character position is reflected on the side of the knife. When a murder stabs their victims, their face reflects on the knife, which proposes the character on the poster is the killer. Also, the murder's reflection reveals he or she is wearing a mask. A killer would wear a mask if he or she knew their victim and wants to keep their identity a secret. The mask-wearing character keeps the audience anxious about who may be the killer without them seeing the movie. The hypothesis starts forming and viewers wonder if the killer is an ex, family member, friend, or a vengeful enemy. To find out if their analysis is right, moviegoers will have to see the

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