DVD Cover Conventions

Analysing the DVD cover of 'The Faculty'

1. What is the genre/sub-genre of the film?
The review by Deroit News denotes 'A scary sci-fi flick with wit, energy and attitude!'. This connotes that the genre of this film is a scifi.

2. How are people/places/events represented on the cover?
The front cover denotes an image of teenagers which represents what teh characters are in the film.
A dark night background is denoted and this connotes that they are in a dark place and that something bad will happen in teh film.

3. What institutions are involved in the production, distribution and exhibition of the film?
The cover denotes 'Widescreen' which connotes that this company had an involvment in the production of this film.

4. Who is the target audience? How are they targeted?
The target audience for this film is teenagers+. This is because it is denoted that the screenplay is by the writers of scream and scream 2, so they would have an influence on this film too.