Poster Deconstruction: Tron(1982)

This is my poster deconstruction on the 1982 Action/Sci-Fi film 'Tron'. 'Tron' was written and directed by Steven Lisberger, and produced by Donald Kushner. Staring a young Jeff Bridges, and Bruce Boxleitner, it made over $30million at the box office.

I choose to do this film as it was made bang smack in the middle of the era we wanted to base our trailer in. Also 'Tron' was an iconic film in the 80's, and its poster was also a very iconic film poster in the 80's and still currently is and has been used in TV shows such as 'Chuck'.

As this poster was such a hit in the 80's i feel it is worth deconstructing and seeing why it was such a hit.

The first thing that springs out on me about the poster is that i can only begin to imagine just how amazed people were when seeing it in the 80's as in this era i believe this poster would have looked really futuristic and amazing to passers by, whereas today we expect high-tech films and posters like this.

I also feel this poster shows a good example of how 'less is more', i mean a big proportion of the poster is black,and the image in the middle itself is in a way pretty simple as it does not give away to much about the film,But instead intrigues you into asking questions like 'What are they doing', 'What are they holding',i feel that due to the simplicity of the image it leaves the potential audience wanting to know more.

The poster  uses a range of neon-like colours which really fit in with the time period the film was made.I feel this is something we should consider for our titles in our film trailer as it really seems to fit in,and would give our titles that 80's effect.

The texts and fonts are used to good effect in this poster i feel.The main 'TRON' text is in a bold funky kind of text which fits in with the genre,and the colors of it fit in with he neon scheme of the main picture used.The other pieces of information such as actors and director have been made small in a white font and placed at the bottom out of the way, which i believe was a good choice as it means they do not distract from the main area of the poster.