Conventions of a poster

This is a poster advertising the film Pirates Of the Caribbean- Curse Of the Black Pearl. It has s large title which is eye catching,with bold colors which stand out because of the contrast with the relatively dark background. It has an intriguing picture which attracts the viewer to the film, the poster uses persuasive language in order to persuade the audience to go and watch the film by having big hollywood Stars on the poster such as Johnny Depp. It uses the rule of thirds well as it splits the poster into three so tat the audience can look at each section bit by bit in order to gain whatever information they want and to see what the film is all about. It also splits the villains and heroes into three, the two people on the left look like heroes, and the two on the right being the man and the skeleton look evil and balances out the good vs evil situation with one man in the middle suggesting that he is neither a hero or a villain.