Romantic film posters typically feature two characters in close proximity appearing to be about to kiss, representing the love and intimacy central to the genre. The posters generally use medium close-up shots of the characters' faces to clearly show their emotions while still including both people. The title is usually placed at the bottom to focus attention on the primary image of the characters but still draw the eye to the title. The typeface used for the title may relate to the film's storyline, with more dramatic tales using blocked capital letters and historical stories of forbidden love employing cursive script.

1. Genre research…

2. Romantic genre…

3. From typing ‘romantic film posters’ in to google images its very clear to see that there is a pattern when it
comes to the genre’s film poster.
• They all have the same sort of image, two characters, the protagonists of the film in close touch proximity
looking as if they are about to kiss one another. You could say that this is a typical code and convention of
a romantic film as the motion of kissing has connotations of love. This image is the primary image of each
poster meaning it is what the producers of it want the viewer to focus on the most, they have done this by
making the characters the largest image on the posters.
• They have mainly besides ‘bright star’ used medium close-up shots, they probably chose to use this type
of shot as it shows the face easily so you are able to see the emotions that the characters are expressing
but isn't too close that you can’t see both of the characters. Bright star probably used a close up to show
the intensity between the two characters by cutting out parts of their faces it can show the emotions even
clearer and makes them the soul image of the poster, it doesn’t have a secondary image suggesting that
these two characters are all that matters in the film.
• The title is situated at the bottom of the poster in most of the cases barred ‘The Best of me’ by placing at
the bottom of the poster it allows the focus to be on the primary image but by having it not overlapping
the focus it becomes a focus of its own. The typography seems to differ a little, from a cursive font to a
block capital font it may differ depending on the storyline of the film for example Safe haven’s title is in
blocked capitals the storyline follows a woman who is running away from a man who seems ( from the
trailer ) as if he is going to hurt her so there is a drama element to the film hinting at danger so this could
be reflected in the typography used. However, Bright star has a more cursive font as well as Titanic and the
thing that these two films have in common is forbidden love along side them being historical films. In the
times that the films were set more cursive writing was normal so by putting the title in that type of
typography they are implying to the viewer that they are historical films with an element perhaps of
forbidden love.