Wednesday 4 October 2017

Textual analysis - Kiss of the Vampire poster (1963)

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Analyse this film poster. You may wish to make reference to media language, semiotic codes, generic paradigms, structuralist approaches, and representational issues.




Textual analysis toolkit for print advertisements


  • Codes and conventions
  • Layout and design
  • Composition
  • Images/photographs - camera shot type, angle, focus
  • Font size, type of font (e.g. serif/sans serif), colour
  • Mise-en-scène – colour, lighting, location, costume/dress, hair/make-up
  • Graphics, logos etc.
  • Language – slogan/tagline and copy
  • Anchorage of images and text
  • Elements of narrative