Visual Techniques

http://collider.com/the-iron-lady-movie-trailer/130968/

sharpness
asymmetry
variation
transparency
simplicity

http://www.unstage.com/2010/02/150-creative-movie-posters/#!prettyPhoto

boldness
exaggeration
depth
randomness
variation
complexity

For the first poster graphic interprets the basic information of the movie. Even though I have not seen this movie I can conclude that it is about a historical woman in London. By using the city outline of London on one side and the image of the actor Meryl Streep this graphic creates visual interest. The sharpness on the points of the building give the feeling of harsh and hard on the graphic, the tagline, "Never Compromise", indicate a very dictatorial role. Looking into The Iron Lady, I found that this film was based on the Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister of the UK during the 1970's. With this graphic you get an idea of the setting and character that are portrayed on in this movie. For the Inglourious Basterds movie poster the various characters are displayed on the graphic. Comparing it to The Iron Lady poster also give that poster a feeling of power in the single character shown.  The use of various characters gives a complexity to the graphic that makes the viewer look closer to examine all the the different people on the poster. Using red in various parts of the graphic also give it a boldness all around the poster. Using scale also gives a sense of importance in characters, like actor Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz and Melanie Laurent. Depth is displayed in the title, using a black background under the red title gives it a sense of three dimensions.