Poster Analysis #1

Title: Man on Wire
Director: James Marsh
Writer: Philippe Petit
What Happened? 
Aug 7th 1974, Philippe Petit, a french wire walker and street performer spent 45 minutes walking and dancing on a wire which he and his friends had strung between the twin towers in NY. The documentary has contemporary interviews, footage and a recreation of the days events.

The poster shows the dark silhouette of the main character on the wire and he is place in the centre of the frame. Although the picture is small, the audience is drawn to it because the use of the background behind him; the tall tower to the right, the city at the bottom and the sky all around him. The background shows how extreme it is what this man is doing and it looks scary as it looks like he could fall off any minute and fall thousands of feet.
So it gives you an insight into the documentary, before you've even seen it.
The title is in bold CAPITAL letters, but with a simple font, with the review placed below it in a less bold font saying the documentary is "Exhilarating" - this word excites the audience and would make them want to watch the documentary more.
Then of course at the bottom, centre of the poster is the information about who directed the film, who produced it and wrote it, who stars in it, the film production companies and a website address for more information.

This is a very conventional film poster and I chose it because it was for a documentary film, like I am doing, except the theme is very different to my idea.