Wizard Of Oz Poster

Inside look on Wizard of Oz movie poster

When walking into a movie theatre or a small cinema the initial thing to hit a person’s senses is the smell of the buttery golden popcorn. Next, people generally glance around the room, letting their eyes follow through the full circle of scoping out a space. Theatres generally play numerous movies at once so of course they have different advertisements for each of the different movies that are played. The posters that the film creators and visual designers create are, tremendously important to the movie’s success in the cinemas and popularity it has in the common public. Naturally, only the utmost prestige movie posters make into the movie poster hall of fame and I believe that the Wizard of Oz poster

Commonly, if people see a movie poster with no date of release or names of the actors or anything about the film it automatically makes the film a lot less exciting and they will forget about it and move on. The date or an approximate time of when the movie is publicized, if not previously released, informs the audiences of when they will be able to watch the motion picture if intrigued. It also helps build anticipation for the film, it gives the audience a day that they can count down or look forward to building expectancy and eagerness to go and watch the film. However, color is not just significant in the typography of movie posters, but also throughout the rest of the poster. Color establishes the temperament and help create the manner of the movie artwork. None of the colors in the poster are awfully bright or vivid; the hues are subdued with high contrast. This creates almost and cartoon effects on the people that are on the poster. The highlighting and low darks on the page brands the poster with more of an ethereal appearance and adds more depth and dimension to a 2D image. Thus, making the characters come alive on the poster so the audience will be enthralled to adventure and purchase tickets to see the

“...in the top right corner you see a woman with a mean facial expression and a darkened haze over her; she seems to like she is the main antagonist of the story…” The darken hazed over the face of the faded character clued my acquaintance into the fact that she would be the antagonist in the film. He also explained another incite about the palace in the left top corner and what he thinks the rainbow over it symbolizes, “…they seem to want the palace look like it’s a good place to be because that added a rainbow over it. The only reason I could see why they would put it there if to get there is the main goal of the protagonists.” The incite for the palace and the reasoning of Tyler’s view makes a lot of sense and provides a good theory as to why the creators placed them on the poster. It creates a feeling of wonder as to what the castle means and why it’s there. Tyler continued on, mentioning another factor that creates curiosity leading potential audience members to go and buy tickets to see the film. “I think the title is a bit confusing since the one thing even close to a wizard Is a witch and hat appears to be the antagonist, maybe they are trying to get the wizard, and/or the witch kidnapped the wizard and the protagonists are attempting to rescue him.” As someone who has watched the film before, I think this is an extremely interesting theory and perspective on why