Ronans Escape - Film Poster Analysis

Colour / Lighting -

The colour and lighting of this poster gives an interesting effect. It is split into two parts or colours, one, a grey and white sky and two, a light beige field. The effect of the sky gives a bleak. cold, despondent feel. In strong contrast to colour of the field below, the lighter tones and the fact he is walking through a field of plants gives a contrasting hopeful effect. Moreover, it gives the impression he is on a journey complimented by the title of the production 'Ronan's Escape'. The silhouette of presumably Ronan is clear and obvious in the poster. This is largely due to colour; the black can be clearly seen against the background and also is made more current to the similar colour of the surrounding text which brings out the silhouette further.

Text -

The title is in a simple style, it's not overly bold or large and sits against the background nicely due to its font and colour. This allows the reader not to be overwhelmed by the text and be able to take in all aspects of the poster. This is also due to the placement of the text. The title blends nicely with the rest of the poster along with the underlining text showing the cast and production information, this text is situated at the bottom of the poster, is small and not as bold as the title so the audience can take it in if they look specifically but it doesn't take much attention from the image and the title. This is also relevant to the information about various awards and film festivals. It is effective that this information is included as it shows the potential quality of the film and the positive critical reaction.

Mise-en-scene / Setting -

The strong juxtaposition of the field and the sky gives an interesting effect along with Ronan's silhouette. This works well as it doesn't give much away about his identity and his motives. We can tell he's presumably on a journey due to the film's title and the use of a backpack. His posture, along with him being in a field and him looking forward gives a hopeful impression and suggests he has a destination in mind. Despite this, Ronan seems slightly dwarfed by the setting; this along with the grey sky gives the impression of hardship and a possible struggle.  

The Most Beautiful Thing - Romance analysis

This short film is part of the Romance genre. It is presented with minimal dialogue, due to the female character having a fear of talking. A variety of effective camera shots and angles attributed with a well suited mise en scene shows effective use the surroundings and linking that to the genre.

This over the shoulder shot. shows the audience that he's taken a lot of interest in this poster, which shows he has someone in mind to take to the prom. We later discover he does have someone in mind and develops a deep relationship with them, with a mute character and he shows he goes to great lengths to communicate with her.

This close up shot shows the male characters emotions after seeing a girl he potentially wanted to ask to prom, kissing another boy. We can see from his facial expressions this knocks his confidence when talking to girls. We are later shown his confidence if further knocked when he attempts to talk to a deaf girl and he thinks she's just ignoring.

This mid shot shows us the male characters disappointment on his face when he thinks the female character is ignoring her. The look on his face shows suggested emotions of disappointment.

Here is a close up shot of a note which the boy has written for the girl as she doesn't speak. This has touched a nerve for the girl and the scene ends with walking off, which makes the young males character lose hope in getting to know this girl he clearly likes. 

In these shots here we're shown a lack of continuity between two shots. The above shot shows him receiving a text at 1:04 and when he goes to pick his phone up the time shows 1:37, the message also has some different punctuation from the initial shot. This shows as this was filmed and edited they didn't pick up on the 30 minute time gap on the phone, this is something I hope to avoid when producing my short film. I want the continuity within my film to look as smooth and professional looking as possible.