Thursday, 22 September 2011

Denotaion/Connotation of a Thriller poster


This poster of the film Harry Brown can explain a lot of information about the plot, the characters and the genre of film. The man on the right is Harry Brown we know this because the denotation of the man on his own which leads to the connotation of his importance to the film, he is also more magnified which emphasizes his characters part in the film. With the group on the left and Harry Brown on his own on the right it connotates the two sides in the film; the good and the bad. In the poster there are a number of guns in the picture, which connotates that the film will contain violence and death. From the poster we can denote the clothes which all the characters are wearing. What Harry Brown is wearing connotates to his professional character and persona as the group of people on the left we can connotates that they are young because of the contrast in clothing with baggy tracksuits and hoodies, it’s the stereotypical dress for the characters they represent. We can denote the image of the gun sights with the title in red and blue, again it connotates the two teams of blue and red colours, we can connote the gun sights which shows danger and violence.

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