War of the worlds

This poster, released to promote the film War of the worlds is a very simple design. All obejcts such as text and images are centred. The very top most item is the starring actors name, Tom Cruise. This stands out and does so in order to advertise one of the more successful selling points, a popular actor. Even if the potential consumer does not like this particular genre of movie, which can be depicted as sci-fi, as deducted from the given images and title, then the consumer may view the movie just to see the advertised actor. The black back-ground ensures that the image chosen stands out with the title. The image could be considered quite shocking as it is an alien hand holding the earth, our planet, a symbol of humanity, in its clutches. This, along with the firey glow effect, gives the impression of humanitys impending doom. The title has been split into two parts, "WAR" and "OF THE WORLDS". The word WAR looms over the planet earth, sneaking up from behind, most likely meaning that in the film humanity does not know war is upon them until the last minute.
In the middle of the listed major members involved in the production and distribution of the film is the date of relase, JUNE 29. All text is in block caoitals allowing it to stand out, but in order for more vital text to stand out from the rest the font has been changed along with the text colouring to white which a gray overcasting shadow so not to leave a block solid colour. The film title has been given a 3D effect to make it appear as to be part of the image, all in all proving very effective.