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| The 39 Steps (1935) |
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| Vertigo (1958) |
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| North By NorthWest (1959) |
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| Rope (1948) |
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| Saboteur (1942) |
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| The Birds (1963) |
Monday, 23 January 2012
Alfred Hitchcock Posters
For further research I have looked at a selection of Alfred Hitchcocks film posters in the hope that I can draw some ideas from them for my own piece.
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I have noticed that the colour schemes of each of the poster are very dark which is suited to the genre and all of them contain red. This could provide the representation of blood, commonly used in posters for this genre and a convention which I may use myself. Text is kept fairly minimal with just the essential information on and the main bulk of each ooste ris made up of image. The images all contain people however the Vertigo poster has a silouhette of a person and I like this idea as it portrays a sense of mystery because we see no facial expressions or identity. I also like the shadowed effect used on Hitchcocks face in The Birds as this presents an evil or danger within the film. Overall I think I will keep my poster rather simplistic as Hitchcock has done although I sahn't be including an image of myself as Hitchcock has done as I feel that this can ruin the illusion of film making it less believable.
