In this poster we see the back of a character holding a knife, in a stance that is ready to attack and go in a battle, this immediately shows us that this movie is an action packed movie. The character is wearing a bandanna, a bandanna is widely worn by gangs, freedom fighters, soldier's etc. This represents that he is an outcast and somewhat a rebel and will fight for what he believes in. He is also seen wearing a ragged t-shirt and combat trousers, this shows us his social status of being a rebel and an outcast, this attracts audiences who love action movie with a rebel character creating chaos.The character is also standing in a sprinkling rain, which represents a desperate feeling, this shows us that the character is desperate and makes the audience more curious for what reason.
The colour theme is mostly grey, this reflects upon the main character as he is an aging veteran and also the characters behaviour and personality, this makes the audience have sympathy towards the character. The blood dripping down his arm is slightly coloured making the red stand out, the red shows the audience a strong sense of violence within the film . Red tends to promote images and text, making objects appear larger and closer, though less than yellow coloured object, the poster makes the audience realise that there is blood dripping down and again plays the role of feeling sympathy towards the character.
The background colour is black and white, and the fact that his face isn't shown shows the audience that the character has the choice of choosing a good deed by doing bad stuff (killing etc.) or either live in regret knowing he didn't choose the right choice. This opens up the audience more as they are more and more eager to find out what the movie is about.
I think this poster is very well represented as it attracts and questions the audience, the poster somewhat leaves open questions to the audience.
This poster is a very conventional poster as it includes a masculine macho hero of the film. Most posters portrays a action hero as a loner, someone good hearted and fights for himself, in the poster we see the hero by himself in an isolated dark area which again follows the conventional rule of an action adventure poster.
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ReplyDeleteHello Shayez, Naji & Zeyad,
ReplyDeleteI have read both of these poster analyses and am pleased to see that you are commenting well on possible symbolism present in both.
To improve, you now need to ensure that you do not overlook a conventional analysis, making sure that you are commenting on the information contained in the poster, the position of image, info, tag-line etc, as well as looking at the symbolism of the posters.
Try also not to simply opt for an arbitrary analysis of colour, (no doubt found on the internet somewhere) instead try to think about what the colour could suggest in relation to the tone of the poster and film.
Mr. Hull