Practical Brief outline

When researching for my disseration I looked at many aspects of grapahic design and its use of typography as the topic of my dissertation was successes of graphic design, the question I answered was 'Is typography essential or fundamental to the success of graphic design?' My conclusion for my dissertation is that "typography is not the only form of communication within graphic design it is mostly fundamental to its success when used appropriately. The only exception for the fundamental use of typography is in logos that use semiotics to convey typography without the actual use of type."

From this conclusion i have decided to look at how typography is used in film posters as i want to see how type can communicate more than a title but also something about the film and become the key fundamental part of the posters communication not the eye catching images. For research into film posters i will look at a range of film posters and different styles to look at how appropriate the typography is and wether or not it communicates the films topic/theme, and also what aspects are said to make the most successful film poster.