... range of audiences can be drawn, resulting in a mainstream audience. In this essay, I will analyse two film posters "The Mummy" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by focusing on the generic codes and conventions. These are the signifiers or iconography that have been established over time ... they help to promote the actors, generate interest from the audience, sell the merchandise, the director, the film and the stars. In order to achieve box office success studios invest heavily in film promotion. This ensures that the film is well known and appeals to the target ... uses ...

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... films the children will have read the book but find they cannot see the movie because it has been rated a 12; an example of this is the second film in "Harry Potter". It could be argued that all people should be allowed the freedom of choice. In contradiction to this argument, if film certificates were abolished, some children would definitely be subjected ... almost be forced to view films that they would not necessarily have chosen for themselves, but because their friends have watched a particular movie they feel they should do likewise in order to appear accepted and "cool"! It has ...

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... minister of Canada, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, past away. Some films that were released within the time period of the Cannes film festival were Traffic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Harry Potter. This film was received very differently by everyone. Robert Ebert gave it 3 ½ stars out of 4 and said, "Dancer in the Dark is a brave throwback to the fundamentals of the cinema ... what while happen later on, but unless the audience thinks about what might happen then they will have no clue. In this way, the audience will need to participate in order to stay involved in the film, to be able...

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... and video stores around their homes. Among the students polled, several were well aware of which studios produced their favorite movies. 24% chose Warner Brothers Studios because of titles like "Harry Potter" and "The Matrix." Such movies as "Legally Blonde" and "Bridget Jones" Diary" lead 22% to find MGM and Miramax Pictures equally worthy of their viewing. Twentieth Century Fox came in ... , this poll may have been better suited for a more film-educated crowd. Had there been enough time and enough money, a trip to New York City may have had been in order so that this topic could have b...

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