conventions of a film poster- Research

I have looked over various sites to find information on the conventions of a poster, and I have looked at various style models which portray these characteristics. This is to therefore influence my film poster decisions.

A good website, which I have found from research is :

http://www.colorpilot.com/comp_rules.html

This particular website shows the composition rules needed for a photograph.

Conventions of a Film Poster:

• It must be eye catching
• It must portray a focal picture, that will be unique and grab attention
• The title of the film must be large, within the frame
• It should show off the films genre greatly
• It should focus on the main character, and show their portray within the film
• It should have a tag line
• It can contain the age rating, as it has to be informative
• It should have a coming soon sign, or even a date
• The Director and Production company should be displayed.

Researched poster:

SOURCE:http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4B6CoBvDMfbAyOTvAapSI39zydJa54SfksQSsPF8aCEYKkHgPNHBp2e7VtX3jR5ZiuuyQsAJlGBsRd9LGM7OWZJp3rLe3TRP9vJsKl50qVoAToQmzCTfDVpOYmVjyNfPzzDF1-Ufwcr4/s1600/function%252Band%252Bconventions.jpg&imgrefurl=http://dylandonaldson.blogspot.com/2011/09/functions-and-conventions-of-film.html&usg=__IFihZY5tqrgqDP8KuSGNOngUU8U=&h=1358&w=1600&sz=224&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=Y0S76IDOmevAiM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=150&ei=qg79UMG7H-2S0QWLx4DgDA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dconventions%2Bof%2Ba%2Bfilm%2Bposter%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dstrict%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26tbo%3Dd%26rls%3Den%26sout%3D1%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1

I have now applied this research and shown I can identify the conventions myself:

Poster before i have shown the features/ conventions:

And after: