AC Factsheet

Video Games Powerpoint ISP

Why do you think the creators of the game included the (female/mixed race) character of Aveline de Grandpre?

I think that the creators included Aveline in the game to therefore appeal to the female gaming side of the industry. The inclusion of a female main character in a best-selling game is a movement that the Asssassins Creed franchise (and Ubisoft) can take part-responsibility for. It creates a discussion with other game developers to promote the idea of having more positive portrayals of women in games- and the success of this game encourages developers further. It also makes the franchise more appealing by including a non-white main character in the game to more minority groups, therefore promoting the game further to different audiences than usual. The target audience for this game is different than most of the franchise before, consequently a broader audience are attracted to the different games in the franchise.

Dark Crimes (2018)

This film poster uses a dark background to link to the film title “Dark Crimes”. This is also shown with the placement of the tagline “It takes a dark mind to solve a twisted crime”, being positioned on the main actors head. The shot of Jim Carrey is placing his face in lighting which makes his surroundings and clothing seem dark and twisted, therefore linking to the theme of the film. Jim Carrey has a serious facial expression to convey a sense of threat as Carrey plays the role of a “hard-boiled detective” who invesigates murders in correlation to an author’s hit novel. The text is written in white to suggest the important nature of the plot, the font for the title “Dark Crimes” has fingerprints to further reinforce the genre of the film.

Nightcrawler (2014)

The Film Poster places the text at an angle at the bottom of the poster to show the important parts of the image. It shows a long shot of the main character to consequently produce excitement for the film as he is a recognisable actor. The font is written in yellow to symbolise a road. The tagline “The city shines brightest at night” links to the plot where the main character captures violent crimes in Los Angeles. The main image is dark as it portrays LA at night, there is a juxtaposition between the colours of the foreground image in contrast to the colour of the car. There are also enigmas produced in the background with the street lights which continue into the distance.

The Godfather (1972)

This film Poster uses the main image in low key lighting to represent the main character as powerful, and therefore the harsh lighting reflects his personality. The lighting also has a golden tint to represent power and wealth which mobs and mafias have. This is reinfored by the title “The Godfather” which is written in a compact font in gold, it also depicts a hand playing the role of a “puppetmaster”, showing the sense of control that he has. The background is black to fade the dark clothing of the character.

22 July (2018)

This film poster uses a normal setting to symbolise how this could happen to anyone, the contrast between the theme of the film and the “welcome” to sign show the unsuspecting people arriving at the island, knowing that they couldn’t escape. The tagline “The true story of a day that started like no other” is written in black compared to the rest of the text to place the settig in a relatively normal location to reflect the sense of shock the attack had. The sky is shown as cloudy to represent this sense of doom that the children encounter as well as the helicopter in the sky which is featured in the film. The text “22 July” is in a news style ticker tape to convey the news “breaking” as the film reflects true events which took place in Oslo, Norway in 2011.

Spectre (2015)

This film poster uses highkey lighting on the faces of the actors to therefore highlight the significance of the main characters. Daniel Craig is placed to dominant the film poster which reflects his characteristics in the film. The film is relatively simple and plain to inforce the popularity of the franchise. The background is from a shot at the beginning of the film during a day of the dead parade in Mexico City.