Investigating Text Styles

From my analysis of film posters has found quite a similarity in text style. Depending on the theme of drama the text can alter, but in the realms of emotive drama are most almost completely characterised by handwriting style script (See opposite).
From my analysis of posters and magazines, I have found that the typeface has to be connected to the films story, so for Slumdog Millionaire they used the script from the 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' franchise, and so on and so forth. For my film I have decided on the broad area of script or hanwriting style fonts, which will be used to reflect Grace's handwriting, but to gain a proper insight I have chosen to do a survey to find the most expressive 'Emotive Drama' script.

Analysis of Magazine Content

Analysis of Film Posters (Part II)

Slumdog Millionaire:
Analysis - The piece has a canivalesque feel to to, with the streamers and the two characters shown placed to make a happy feel to the piece. The background is exceptionally simple, with the white spelling purity and innocence but also giving the titles and characters more clarity and emphasising the happiness in the piece.
Colour - The use of colour in this poster is exceptionally bright, with the orange, yellow and pink colours all lending to the carnival atmosphere. The colour could also be said to be rudimentarily Indian, with Indians usually wearing bright and somewhat gearish clothes - and the colours reflect this.
Composition - The composition of the poster is simple, with the text and the two characters the only focal points. The people are placed at the side, suggesting them to be a secondary figure of importance - with the text and quote being the main features for the audience to read and then look at the characters. The millionaire question graphic below the title is poigniant only when taken in the context of the film - the film is based in a series of Who Wants to be a Millionaire questions - the graphic then becomes totally obvious.
Lighting - Lighting is used little in this piece, with very little 'real' content ligting is not neccessary. I will instead use this section to discuss the brightness that the poster generates. Not only is the background white, but the lighting used on the characters gives then a natural brightness, giving it a youthful purity.
Text - The text in this poster is very similar to that from Who Wants to be a Millionaire, but using colour to give it a less severe feel. The text is also simple and unstylised, giving it a natural, somewhat friendly feel to the film.