Film Poster Analysis

During the process of creating my poster I have been researching conventions of various other posters to add ideas for my own. My first example given to me was "Foxy Brown" (1974), even though this didn't come into the Horror-Zombie genre, it allowed me to exercise my analysis skills and gave me general poster ideas -

• Main Conventions - The main character is portrayed as violent, perhaps suggesting it falls more into the Action genre. However, the way she dresses and the use of other women, perhaps suggests the film is still trying to hang on to the fact she is still a sexual icon. The action is reinforced by the use of guns, fighting and other weapons.
• Film Language - The colours used are bright and ones that are generally associated/worn in the '70's. The poster has quite an interesting layout, with the main character being in the middle, but surrounded by other smaller images in a sort of collage style. This reinforces the fact that trouble is based around her mean attitude. 
• Structure - From the poster you can see that it's more of an action based film due to the violence in the poster. It's obvious that it's based around Foxy Brown.
• Advertising Techniques - The film pulls the audience in perhaps through the revealing clothing and for Action fans, the violence. For female audiences, with the fact the main character is a dominant female, they may find that appealing.
• Audience - As I said it could be a female audience with Foxy as the main character. The film would appeal to males as well, with the sexual attraction and the action. It could also attract a large black audience, with less main characters in blockbuster films coming from an Afro-Caribbean background.