This Pirates Of The Caribbean magazine front cover meets all of the conventions of a magazine front cover; it includes a masthead, main image with a left hand and right hand side third which is structured around the main image, a colour scheme, and the main text.
The image that they have used is of Johnny Depp who is the main character in the film. you can clearly see the costume that he is wearing is representing him as a pirate and the expression on his face is very serious showing that this film is serious and could include a lot of tension. also Johnny Depp is holding a prop which is a large sword; this represents the action and violents which the film entails.
A red, white and black colour scheme is used throughout the cover page. The red represents the romance and danger in the film, the black represents something dark and death threatening which is entailed in the film, and the white represents the purity of will and Elizebeth getting married. these colours also match with Johnny Depp's costume in the main image, so the cover looks appealing and presentable.
This magazine front cover would appeal to Pirates Of The Caribbean lovers as Johnny Depp is on the front cover who is a huge icon. the magazine cover as a whole is extremely appealing, so this would attract anyone including their target audience.
Pirates Of The Caribbean - At Worlds End Film Poster
This is a film poster for the film Pirates Of The Caribbean At Worlds End. This poster meets the conventions of a film poster as it has a main image, a billing blog, the date, star actors names, and the tag line just below the main image.
The use of colour on the poster is mainly white, black and greys. These colours represent the film being dark and gloomy, which part of the film is, but not all of it. the film also includes comedy and romance, which this colour scheme doesn't show.
The main image emphasises the dark and gloomy side of the film. They have done this by having an image with the tree main characters whop are wearing pirate costumes. The three pirates and walking through fog and one with a lantern and the other with a swore. The prop of the sword is used again to show the action and violence which the film entails, and the prop of the lantern shows the a division between the male and females that the females are weaker than the other two males. the fog is a key feature that emphasizes the gloomy and mysterious side of the film.
The Pirates Of The Caribbean film poster appealing to those who enjoy mysterious action films, and i think this film poster really hits that target audience. The only problem is that this film isn't just about violents and mysterious creatures, it also includes comedy and romance; and as this film poster is supposed to be appealing to the Pirates Of The Caribbeans target audience in my opinion i think they should include all aspects of the film.
This film poster has helped me with my planning of a film poster as it has made me realise that i should consider all aspects of a film before i design a poster or a magazine front cover for that matter.
Pirates Of The Caribbean - At Worlds End Trailer
The Pirates Of The Caribbean - At Worlds end trailer starts off with an establishing shot of an orange sunset. this establishing shot represents the open waters and the worlds end which is where a lot of the film is taken place. It then fades into another establishing shot of the Black Pearl which is a boat that is used for most of the scene sin the film. Then Fades to a logo of Walt Disney, which is the producers of the film. in this fade cut the editor has used a thunder and lightening effect which shows the viewer the dark side of the film as the lightening represents this. the same effect is used again but this time the next screen shows the logo for Jerry Bruckheimer Films. as These two producers are well known this would encourage a viewer who has seen one of their films which they enjoyed to go and see this film also. Using a straight cut the trailer then cuts to a close up where someone is holding a compose turning around. Any fan of the previous Pirates Of The Caribbeans will remember this compose and its purpose. Therefore having a clipping of this compose would remind fans of the previous films and it also represents the journey they go on throughout the film. Using another fade shot the trailer goes into another clipping from the film. A mid shot of a woman looking up at something. another fade is used again to another scene with a mid shot of a different woman speaking to these two men. this woman's voice is played from the first clipping of the woman looking up at something. Throughout the next ten shots this woman's voice is used as a narrative and is explaining what these people are planning to do in the film. This shows the confusion and chaos that the film entails as it would confuse the audience because they wouldn't be completely sure who is talking.
In these ten clipping we see a lot of then involving the Black Pearl again, people swimming under water, one of the bad pirates looking at a map, the women telling the mother pirates what they should do,and Captain Jack at worlds end. There is a least a second between each of these shots and all used straight cuts. This gives the viewer an insight to what the film actually entails and the straight cuts are used to show the reality of the film. then comes to a slower take where Jack is asking all of the pirates whether anyone came to save him because they missed him, then there is no sound apart from a money making a noise. This takes show the humours parts involved in the film and that it isn't just a serious film about pirates saving another pirate; the long take also emphasises the humour in the scene. This would defiantly widen their audience and encourage viewers to go see the film if they enjoyed comedy films.
The next shot is of Jack asking these people if any of them missed his, and no one replys apart from a monkey. The whole point in this shot is to show the comedy side of the film and this would encourage any comedy film lovers to go and see the film. Then the release date of the film appears on the screen, this is for any viewer who is already interested in seeing this film and answers their questions to when it is being released.
The next 27 shots are shots through the film of people being bombed, in sword fights, on boats, and on islands. Over these shots is a mans voice from the film explaining what these people plan to go in the film which gives a viewer an idea of what might happen. As the trailer doesn't specifically tell the viewer what is going to happen this encourages them to go and see the film.
Then the producers name come son the screen, so any previous viewers who have seen a Walt Disney filmed and was really impressed by it would be interested in seeing this film.
The next 11 shots in the trailer are various shots thought the film which is giving the viewer a taster of what happens in the film but in no piratically order so it still leaves the viewer questioning what happens. The next 18 shots are also including similar shots from the whole film but this time the cuts are a lot faster and go in rhythm with the music. This creates tension and excitement for a viewer. The final shot of this sequence is a shot of two men fighting onto of a boat. The sound that the swords make each time they hit each other also matches the rhythm the rhythm of the music. The creates more suspense and excitement for a viewer.
The trailer then introduces various actors and actress' in the film by showing their name then two shots from the film of that person. This encourages any fans of these actors and actress' to go and see this film as they have previously liked films they've been in. The trailer then shots the film title and the release date again. Showing the release date twice throughout the trailer make sit harder for someone to forget what date the film comes out. The whole point in a trailer is to get the film stuck in someone head and them interested to go and see the film.
The costumes that the actors and actress are wearing in the trailer are very old and scruffy looking. This matches the pirate theme and resembles the action in the film. For example if all the characters were all nicely dressed the viewers stereotype of a pirate would seem completely wrong and they wouldn't be encouraged to go and see this film.
I think this trailer resembles Pirates Of The Caribbean At Worlds End as an action comedy film. Including all the short cuts shows the amount of action that the film entails and the random funny shots that the editor has included lighten up the whole action side. Therefore it would encourage a wider audience.
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