Research into Film Posters - Comedy

This film poster for the film 'Bad Teacher' is very amusing, showing the starring actress, Cameron Diaz. The image is of her asleep on the her desk, showing how she doesn't care about the class she teaches. She is wearing quite inappropriate footwear for school and sunglasses, so she is not a typical teacher. It says towards the bottom of the image that 'she doesn't give an "F"' This is a pun playing on the swear word and the grade that a teacher would give a bad student. On the board behind her there is the names of the stars of the movie, showing that it is not just her. This may excite the potential audience knowing who the other stars are and may make them want to see it more. The colours in this poster are very simple, what you would expect to see in a classroom, all equip even with a very stereotypical apple, with a label saying 'eat me' on it. Meeting the audience's expectations. The attention for the poster is gained by having a lot going on but it all being relevant to the main character and what she is doing. Someone may see that a teacher has fallen asleep at her desk and appears to be hungover, and see the witty pun in the tag line and find it humorous.

This is the poster for the popular film 'The Inbetweeners Movie' this shows the popular characters stood next to each other and all showing different expressions. In the background there seems to be a strip of nightclubs and everything you would find on holiday, they are going on a 'lads holiday'. It has a great deal of bright colours showing excitement and fun. The bright lights seem quite blurred showing the boys may be in a trance with it all, and it is showing the main focus is on the four boys.
The potential audience for this film would be young adults all the way through to people in their late 20s. This means that the audience is quite broad, but because the series was such a huge success means that they already have a following.

This is the film poster for the film Hangover part II. It is of the 3 main men, all looking very hungover and in some trouble. They are all on the floor with one lying on the floor with a monkey on the back, which is quite amusing. One of them has a tattoo on his face and looks very scared and worried. The other has his head shaved and looks very concerned. This is all very funny and the audience would find it amusing making them want to go see the film, just to see how they got themselves like that, and what went wrong this time. The phrasing at the bottom 'Bangkok has them now' is very funny because it shows they have no control and the place they are in has got them in some trouble.
The tag line in this poster, 'the wolfpack is back' would be quite hard for the audience to work out if they have not seen the first film. As it is a sequel the audience for the film may be limited. However, for those that have seen he first film will get excited by this and want to see it, to see what they have been up to this film.