The western film genre often portrays the adventure of the wilderness and the subordination of nature, or to defend their land or to earn wealth and honour. The first western film was The great Train Robbery which was produced in 1903. The most famous country for making western films is America. The most releases of western films were between 1894-1927. the target audience for western films was adults as there was lots of violence within them. The first western film ever produced was The Great Train Robbery in 1903 by Edwin S. Porter and it starred Walter Cameron, Alfred C. Abadie, Broncho Billy Anderson and Justus D. Barnes. The top 10 highest ranking western films are Dances with Wolves (1990)The Revenant (2015)True Grit (2010)Django Unchained (2012) ... Rango (2011) ... Blazing Saddles (1974) ... Wild Wild West (1999) ... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Maverick (1994) and Unforgiven (1992).
Analysing Western Convention.
This western film poster has got a colour pallet of white, red and orange. These colours are used most as cowboys are usually portrayed as killers or murderers and the red on the scarf looks like blood.
The main image is a very manly person that is holding a gun in an aggressive manner. The main image works well with the target audience as the gun intends that it will be shot.
The typography on this poster is very fitting to the western theme as it blends well with the style the main characters clothing. The title is A Fistful Of Dollars. It has a cartoon like font and it works well for the audience.
WWW: I changed the opacity on the main image to suit the background to look like fire.
EBI: I was to find a better image to use as this image has 'Shutterstock' over it.
