The poster for jaws is very effective at gaining the audiences attention through it's use of graphic pictures, the picture of the great white shark grabs the audiences attention because it is something which most people were afraid of even before this film was released, the idea of a shark coming up from the underneath and taking off with one of your limbs is very terrifying. The teeth in general are the main focus of the poster as they are sharp enough to rip through flesh, their use in the poster is to give us the idea that this shark is harmful and will do anything to hurt anyone. The woman in the picture seen trying to swim away is shown to be innocent but yet almost naive for the way she seems almost blissfully unaware how quick and precise this creature is. The name of the movie poster is Jaws and just like the colour blood is red, this is symbolic because it infers to us that this creature is bloodthirsty.
The three main actors are positioned up the top of the poster for all to see so they know who the significant actors in the film are, the co-stars in the film are put down the bottom so they don't drag too much attention away from the actual picture or stars of the movies and even though some of them may be significant characters they are left down the bottom maybe because their part isn't as big as the other three or not as significant in the ongoing plot.
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