Slumdog Millionaire: Task Two

The Poster

Interactivity:
Love is something that affects us all, makes us think of how it has affected us in our lifes

Who Wants to be a Millionaire, it is a format that we all recognise, makes us think of times that we have watched it.

Money, Luck, Smarts, Destiny: these are all things that we think about, want and contemplate in life

Vibrant colours draw us in and grabs our attention.

What does it tell you?:
Genre: Romance
Narrative: The boy on the poster has lost his love (the girl on the poster) and needs to find a way to find her.
Themes: Money, love
Target Audience: Rated 15, young adults and adults as the themes affect both sets of the target audience.

Intertextual References: Uses the style of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, something that is recognised world wide.

Selling the Film:
Title: It is mysterious to the audience as we consider how somebody can be both a slumdog and a millionaire.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire: Uses a format that we recognise, makes this unfamiliar film a familiar one
A Danny Boyle Film: We all know that he is a critically acclaimed director, the film is likely to be good

Information: The film is about love, money and poverty, Danny Boyle is the director and there is a high budget as Fox is involved.

Successful in making you want to see the film? : Yes, consists of things that we know and want, the poster is also vibrant, mysterious and we know that Danny Boyle is a good director.


The Trailer:

Interactivity: Asks the audience 'how did he do it?' gets us involved in the film even before it comes out, offers us answers to entise us in.
Uses The Ting Tings, it is a song that we recognise in unrecognisable settings (for most people)

What does it tell you about the film?:
Genre: Romance - from the tag lines and the critics reviews, Crime - the option that Jamal cheated and because of the perception of slumdogs
Narrative: The film is about a boy trying to find his love he lost by entering Who Wants to be a Millionaire in the hope that she is watching.
Themes: Love, Money, growing up
Target Audience: young adults and adults, the themes affect the target audience

Intertextual Reference: Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Selling the Film:
Critics reviews, we trust critics perceptions of films.
From the critically acclaimed Danny Boyle
Music we recognise mixed with music we don't in an unfamiliar setting, offers mystery along with the title.

Information about the film: It's by Danny Boyle, FilmFour, Celador, FoxSearchlight and Wraner Bros. (high budget film)
It's about love, money, poverty and coming of age

Successful? - Yes, we can relate to the themes, and it seems like it will be a heartwarming film (song at the end of the trailer) but an adventure too (The Ting Tings song)


The Website

Interactivity: Numerous things for us to click on and explore, gives us a chance to learn about the cast and crew, offers downloadable screensavers, music from the film playing in the background with the option to turn it over.

What does it tell you about the film? :
Genre: Crime, Romance (from the pictures in the gallery)
Narrative: (from the synopsis) boy from the slums enters Who Wants to be a Millionaire and is one question away from the biggest prize, everyone thinks he is cheating so he tells his life story to explain how he knows the answers.
Themes: Crime, love, money
Target Audience: Young adults and adults

Intertextual references: Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Selling the film:
Downloadables, Critics reviews, Showing the awards won, reviews from ordinary people, intriguing synopsis

Information about the film: Synopsis, the cast and the crew, the awards that it's won, release dates, a Danny Boyle film

Successful in making you want to see the film? : Yes due to the critical success and awards, we trust the critics.
Also the themes affect us all, the film seems to be more interesting as it is set in this unfamiliar setting.