Film Poster Analysis.

Harrison Ford – Blade runner.

I think that Harrison Ford’s movie blade runner is an action movie. This is because the denotations on the poster is of a man holding a gun in his hand. This connotates that there is danger, violence and of course action present in the movie, this also relates to barthes theory of iconography as the gun is a icon that is used in the film poster to represent danger. Furthermore i believe that the man holding the gun could be the protagonist of the film as he has top lighting shining on him and this lighting comes from above and is used to accentuate the features of the main character. In this case the bright light is shining on him making him look more glamourous and makes him stand out so that the viewer know who to look for when watching the film. Also Another denotation is that there is quite a lot of machinery and some sort of UFO which connotates that the film may also have the genre of sci-fi. 

The poster uses mainly dark colours such as black which may connotate that there is something mysterious and dangerous going on. This is because the colour black is associated with power, death, evil, mystery and danger. In the left hand corner of the poster there is a yellow bright light behind the man that could connotate that by the end of the action everything is going to be better as the colour yellow is optimistic and cheerful and relates to joy and happiness. From this I think that the movie may be set somewhere in the future due to all the machinery and the background of the poster and the storyline may be about something that has gone wrong and shown to be a potential threat to earth and mankind. 

The title of the film is place at the bottom of the page in bold red and this connotes enigma code (barthes theory) as red connotes danger and seeing the title it will catch the viewers attention as 'blade' represents the icon that is used within the film poster however they would want to know what the story behind the 'runner' is. The way they have used white colour for the protagonists name stands out in big as the viewers may recognize the main protagonist of the movie therefore may attract them to watch it. The text at the bottom represents all the funding the movie has recieved and is writen in very small font in order to represent who is behind the making of this poster/film.

Scary movie 2.

The tagline of the movie poster is 'more merciless. more shameless' this connotes that theres is more shameless scenes in the movie rather then 'scary' as the main title says. i believe the whole reason behind the title of 'scary movie 2' is to get the audiences watching the movie by showing a mix of different genres all put together in one for example horror with comedy. The main title is written in large in red with an image of a black devil which connotes danger. the use of colour that is used within the title stands out and is eye catching as it is placed near to the middle easily visible to the audience. The small image in the centre of the movie title represents the faces as each character of the movie is making different faces and has different body angles that represent them in different ways. The characters are placed in a mid shot placed on the movie poster which is good for the audience as it allows us to analyse each and every character that is within the movie by the clothes they are wearing to the facial expressions they are making which is giving us a instant hint of how they may be during the movie

At the top of the movie poster low key lighting has been used in order to create strong contrasts of light and dark that is giving us the effect of dramatic shadows called chiaroscuro and this represents the whole movie as the movie includes both horror and comedy and the dramatic shadow keeps the audience in suspense. As there is a very strong high key lighting coming from the middle shows that more filter lights have been used. this effect appears more realistic and might depict a dimly lit scene such as the poster itself as with the use of both low and high key lighting it gives the poster a new flashing look and makes us think that there may be more behind it.

Uzak.

The movie 'Uzak' is a turkish word which means distant. The title relates to the pster as it dennotates that there is a man that is standing on his own away from everything. this connotates 'distance' which is actually an actual translation of the work uzak. in the poster, the man standing with his back faced towards us, seems to be the protagonist due to the fact that the main focus is on him. the clothing dennotates a long black coat which connotates mystery. the fact that the man is turned around makes us feel the sense of drama which i feel may be the genre of this movie because of all the dull colours such as grey and black in the background that connotate this. i believe that this poster shows that this movie may be aimed at the target audience of 30 and above as it seems like a very dull movie which older people may like and also understand aswell. 

This film poster seems like a mystery/drama type of genre as when looking at the dull colours that have been used in this poster connotes mystery as the use of the blue sky shows the intense look on the protagonists face showing that there may be some mystery behind the hole he is looking through. As there is only one person shown on the film poster we can instantly see that he may be the protagonist of the film. Seeing the boy on the poster and the clothes he is wearing shows that he may be from a small town where they have to work alot as his face is covered in mud and the storyline connotes crime behind the way he is. As from the mid shot that has been taken of him i can see his facial expressions clearly and that he is not happy.

The title on the film poster is written in bold 'im not scared' may connote that the boy has been through alot and he is convincing himself that he is not scared as the whole movie may be about him and how he is living his life. I can also see how the title has fire within the bold letters which connote danger and this goes in with the poster as we can can mystery, sadness and also danger which all add up together to show how the movie has a sad storyline to it. i believe that this movie is aimed at young kids aged 10 and above as its about a little boy and his life and i believe young kids in that age may want to see a protagonist of there own age and learn something or maybe see how they are living.

Sin story has 5 protagonists that seem to have the equal role in the film. however i can see how the man in the middle seems to have a more bigger role then the others as he is placed in the middle. All actors in the movie have a same iconorgraphy which is the gun and this represents danger therefore i believe that the story genre of this film may be an action thriller as gun is usually used in action movies. The background of the poster is located in a dark rainy atmosphere with a high key lighting which shows how this lighting is creating dramatic shadows. in the bottom of the poster i can see how a man is coming out in darkness which connotes enigma code as this gives suspense and makes the audience wonder what role he may be playing in be the movie

the title font used in the poster goes along with the poster as it is in red bold colour and red fits in with the action thriller genre. 'sin' meaning an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law shows that the whole movie will contain 5 people doing sins using the gun they are holding and city recpresents the city they are located in gving us an overall picture of sin city. The target audience of this movie i believe would be adults aged 25+ and this is because it seems to be a very old fashioned type of crime movie and people that are older may enjoy and also even understand the concept behind this movie.

from this film poster i can see that the title of the film has the word pirates in that title which denotes that the film is about pirates. The way the poster has been made is is of 3 well known protagonists one which is johnny debt himself which is a big on screen actor known by many people. he is wearing a pirate hat and his hair is done in a pirate style showing that he is the pirate in that movie. I can see that this movie is an action thriller as it involves fights, danger and crime. As you can see there is a picture of a ship that foreshadows that they are all located on the ship and that is were the movie is filmed. the way the title of the film has been presented is very eye catching as there is a picture of a skull in the middle of the title with two hire sticks coming out connoting the danger side of the movie. The mid shot of all the characters is making it easy for us to analyse how there characters may be within the film.

I believe that this movie is aimed at the target audience of people ages 16+ as it is a action movie which is mostly watched by young adults and people in their 30's that enjoy pirate fights. The movie captures a light-hearted comedic feel which pretty much appeals to everyone but it also has its fair share of action sequences which will keep older kids and young adults entertained.

                                                       

Million dollar baby looks like a very intense movie as it seems like an action movie with some sport aswell as the women in the poster is wearing sporting clothes which may connote that the film may be something to do with sports also the other two men on the side seem very depressed showing that the movie may be very serious. the lighting used in the movie is high key lighting with shadows that are appearing in the backgroung. i believe that this poster may be aimed at older adults ages 25 and over as they may like these sporty movies and may find something to learn from

I think that the movie 'bride and prejudice' is a remake of the movie 'pride and prejudice' but with a bollywood twist because the poster has an indian actress. i believe the genre of this movie may be comedy because the man right at the front of the poster seems to be laughing. the tagline says 'spectacular, romantic, funny and so sexy' which makes me think that the movie has a lot of romance.