Film Noir posters, from when Film Noir was in its prominent period, generally used cartoons of their characters, rather than pictures, this was most likely down to a lack of technology rather than choice but is one of the most noticable themes throughout Film Noir posters from the 50's.A theme that seems to recur, even in modern Film Noirs, is the slanted and brash title which jumps out at audiences and grabs their attention. Bright colours seem another theme, the 'Sin City' poster above has a black and white background but has coloured the character and has a bright red title as to ensure that potential viewers eyes are drawn to the poster. Although the films are black and white it seems that designers don't like having the posters in (entirely) black and white, as this risks not being attention grabbing enough.
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