Movie posters are advertisements and are there to “sell” the movie they are promoting, and to make you want to watch it. Movie posters give insight to what the film will be about and introduce the main character or characters. Both Superman origin films have two posters and both are compelling, but in different ways.
The first poster for Superman 1978 has got a really simple design; you don’t see Superman on the poster but rather a red streak which could indicate Superman is too fast to see while flying. The Superman logo is placed front and centre for the audience to identify this film as Superman. In poster 2 for Superman 1978, we get to see Superman flying, we see his suit and how his underpants are on the outside of his suit, the colours, blue and red which represent America and there’s a slogan saying “you’ll believe a man can fly,” we can also see Jor-El’s face in the clouds. In poster 3 for Man of Steel, Superman’s facial expression is serious and it shows that he is determined to save people, his clenched fists gives the idea of power and how strong he actually is. In poster 4 for Man of Steel, we get a full view of Superman in his new suit. His suit has evolved from blue tights …show more content…
In posters 1 and 2 of Superman 1978 they have used a 3D font to make “Superman” stand out and use a plain background which consists of clouds, whereas in posters 3 and 4 of Man of Steel, a simple 2D font is used. In the background of poster 3 we see Superman flying over a blurred city which indicates he is flying at an immense speed and in poster 4 we see Superman hovering over a destroyed city. Superman 1978’s effects were groundbreaking for its time, but when you compare Krypton in Superman 1978 to Krypton in Man of steel, Man of Steel is easily the winner. That is only because Man of Steel had the technology to fully capture their version of
The first poster for Superman 1978 has got a really simple design; you don’t see Superman on the poster but rather a red streak which could indicate Superman is too fast to see while flying. The Superman logo is placed front and centre for the audience to identify this film as Superman. In poster 2 for Superman 1978, we get to see Superman flying, we see his suit and how his underpants are on the outside of his suit, the colours, blue and red which represent America and there’s a slogan saying “you’ll believe a man can fly,” we can also see Jor-El’s face in the clouds. In poster 3 for Man of Steel, Superman’s facial expression is serious and it shows that he is determined to save people, his clenched fists gives the idea of power and how strong he actually is. In poster 4 for Man of Steel, we get a full view of Superman in his new suit. His suit has evolved from blue tights …show more content…
In posters 1 and 2 of Superman 1978 they have used a 3D font to make “Superman” stand out and use a plain background which consists of clouds, whereas in posters 3 and 4 of Man of Steel, a simple 2D font is used. In the background of poster 3 we see Superman flying over a blurred city which indicates he is flying at an immense speed and in poster 4 we see Superman hovering over a destroyed city. Superman 1978’s effects were groundbreaking for its time, but when you compare Krypton in Superman 1978 to Krypton in Man of steel, Man of Steel is easily the winner. That is only because Man of Steel had the technology to fully capture their version of