A List Of All The Poster Conventions

As i have been looking at many different posters from different genres of film, these are the conventions that have become apparent to me:

List of conventions of posters:

• name of film 
• tag lines 
• names of stars
• images of stars 
• billing/credits 
• website 
• social media links 
• productions company logos 
• release date 
• reviews 
• dominant central image
• mise-en-scene related to genre 
• name of director 
• reference to other films/directors/producers 
• sound logos 
• format(3D, IMAX)
• reference to awards 
• certificates 
• reference to source material 
• merchandise
  

The reason I have looked at all the poster conventions is so that when I come to make my poster i know what mine will have to consist of to be an effective film poster. 

These are some of the poster conventions with images that I have found from different film posters-
BILLING

DOMINANT CENTRAL IMAGE 

ACTORS NAMES 

WEB ADDRESS AND SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

CERTIFICATE

TAGLINE 

REFERENCE TO SOURCE MATERIAL

RELEASE DATE 

NAME OF THE FILM

REFERENCE TO OTHER FILMS 

REFERENCE TO AWARDS 

REVIEWS

NAME OF DIRECTOR

COMPANY LOGO

FORMAT