Representation of People
– 6 people are being represented in this poster 5 males and 1 female, the males range from 25-30 years of age whereas the female is early 20s.
– In this poster it shows that everyone in this poster come from the same white racial background.
– All males are dressed very smart as they are in suits, this shows they are doing some sort of business and are very proffesional at what they do. This shows that something important is going to be happening in this film. The female in this poster seems to be dressed rather casually a t-shirt and jeans showing she is not much of a proffessional as the males are, this also shows the dominance of the male gender.
– Through this poster seeing there facial expression is very difficult, but the posture of the people represented is upright and they look very confident and they know what they are doing this seems to be a action packed film and very a very clever film you can tell this by the gun in their hands and also the background.
– A stereotype is being represented through the dominance of the male gender, there are 5 males and 1 female and the female is stood right at the back this shows that the woman is not very important or not as important as men and shows that the men are more important then female.
– The relationship between people seems as if they all work together trying to bring someone or something down. They are also all seperate from eachother which makes it a little confusing, it could be the case where one person goes against his team mates, Leonardo Di Caprio being in the front of the poster shows he is the main character and everything is controlled by him.
Technical Codes
– The text of Inception is written in Red which represents danger and also links in with the guns that are shown in the characters hands.
– All images of the people have been portrayed in the center showing importance of the people in this poster, this is a very wide shot showing every characters body from head to toe and the roads building and the illusion behind the characters.
– All elements of the images are in focus this shows that everything that is being represented in this poster is important and all have a huge impact on the film, everything that is being shown will be shown in this film.
Text Included
– The tagline to this film is ‘your mind is the scene of the crime’ this suggests that the film is going to be crime filled thriller, this is also represented through the guns that are shown, using the word mind is thought to believe that is it a psychological thriller and it could be playing with the audiences mind.
– The text of Leornado Di Caprio is right at the top showing his the main character in this film, as the background color is dark the text of his name is in white which really stands out, all the other names are written in red which represents danger and in white.
– The title INCEPTION is a simple font but it is very bold and is in the color red, this makes the titel stand out a lot and represents blood through the color red.
Objects
– The most significant objects which are represented in this poster are the guns which the characters are holding, this tells the audience that this movie is going to be very action packed and a lot of elements of danger. As seen in the poster the woman is not holding a gun, this could stereotype as being non ladylike to be holding a gun or doesn’t have enough strength to be holding a gun.
The Function Of Advertisement
– This is a film poster the main aim of this poster is to attract people to come and see this film many strategies could be used such as putting the posters up on
– Buses – BillBoards – Train Platforms
– Looking at this poster the narrative seems to be very dangerous, but yet at same time very thoughtful, this seems to be a very concentrated movie in sense of all attention has to be on the movie. The optical illusion of the building behind the characters make the audience think a little and intrigue and draw the audience into the poster.
The Audience
– The advertisement is aimed at a broad range of audience anyone who is a huge fan of Leonardo Di Caprio and is into action filled psychological thriller.
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