School of Rock - No Magazine Cover

School of rock is a family-friendly film which over previous years, has grown in popularity and is becoming a classic film which a lot of people have seen. School of Rock was not given a lot of publicity and advertisements as other films do, as it was realised around the time that other major films were realised, like The Grudge and Shark Tale. School of Rock was pushed to the side so these films can be promoted more efficiently, this meaning that there are no magazines with School of Rock on the cover. Over the years the film became more successful then film promoters would have thought, even with not as much publicity as other films. This has made me realise that advertisement does not need to be necessary to publish a successful film.

School of Rock - Film Poster

The film poster for "School of Rock" can be seen as a spoof of Rolling Stone Magazine, which is a mainstream music magazine and one of the biggest selling in the world. The poster has the iconic red text which is in the same font as Rolling Stone magazine's Heading. The poster includes just one image of Jack Black (The Teacher) with hes pulils in the background dressed as rockstars from different types of genres. Because of the image having both adult and children on it, people can see that it is a family film. People can also see it is a comedy film because Jack Black is on the front who is which a comedy marvel to some, in recent years. It is an traditional film poster with the film's hero standing in the front. The poster shows to the auidance that the film is an film about music, with props like guitars and drumsticks. Costume is also used on the puilps which makes them look like punk rockers.

School of Rock - Trailer

The trailer for school of rock gives away the plot of the movie to the audience. By watching the trailer you can tell the film is a feel good comedy for the family. There are a lot of close ups of people's faces on the trailer to show expressions in their faces, there are also a lot of two-shots and shots using the rule of thirds to show characters together in one clip. An example of this is where 3 students are stood in front of a wall together. A lot of musical instruments are used as props as music is the main focus in the film. The teachers in the film are also dressed in costume very formally and smart which shows. The main location is a school classroom where the teacher teaches has students to play in a band. The non-digetic sound used in the clip are upbeat rock music tracks, which represent the movie also. Songs by iconic rock bands like Alice Cooper and Cream are used.