Thursday 10 May 2012

Poster Analysis

The image below is the poster of a film called Taxi Driver. The reason as to why I decided to choose this particular film is because it relates to my film. The reason for this is because my thriller film is also a psychological thriller. The only difference is the fact that his film is a film that was directed by Martin Scorsese. This film is also created in america and was exhibited in 1976.


When we first look at the poster, the first thing that out eyes go to is the man in the middle. This could purposely have been done in order to show the importance of that particular character. The fact that he is in the middle shows that he is likely to be a character that we will see throughout the film, however we are unable to tell if he is the antagonist or the protagonist. Due to the fact that the film name is 'Taxi Driver' and there is a taxi behind Robert Denero, this could potentially empathise on the fact that Robert Denero could possibly be the important taxi driver in the cause of the film. By looking at the poster, it already raises engimas for the film. The reason for this is because the audience will begin to ask questions as to why he is standing there alone with a taxi behind him,

In terms of his clothing, Robert Denero is a leather jacket. This could represent the typical man who is a criminal within his city. However, he is also wearing dark trousers, this could possibly represent the fact that he is powerful throughout the film, or it could even represent the fact that he could possibly be a hero in the cause of the film. The fact that he is wearing a red shirt could represent the fact that he is evil, or the fact that he may even be in danger over the cause of the film, however its difficult to be able to tell through the poster alone.

In terms of the camera, this also plays a huge role in the poster of this film. The fact that its a long shot showing his whole body could show his power. The camera is also looking up to him slightly, this could possibly represent that over the cause of the film, many people look up to him as a leader. The fact that the camera is looking up to him could also show his musculinity. The fact that his body takes up the majority of the poster could also show that he could be very important over the cause of the film and that we see him very often. In terms of the background and the mise-en-scene, its very dark and he is standing alone in the darkness with a taxi behind. This is a powerful image because it cannotes the fact that there may be alot of danger in the cause of this psychological thriller. The fact that he is around darkness connotates mystery and creates enigmas for the audience making them wonder exactly what is he doing there. The poster also shows that Robert Denero isn't looking directly at the camera, so it could also make the audience wonder who/what is he looking at. The lighting shows that the film only uses natural street lights.

The image of the taxi behind Robert Denero also creates enigmas. The reason for this is because it makes the audience wonder who is inside it, why its there and the purpose of it being a taxi and not another vehical. The fact that the image of the taxi is there shows that Robert Denero is standing next to a road. This coud possibly represent that the majority of the film is set out on the streets, it could also represent the fact that it could be fast pace because of there being cars and streets.

The titles at the bottom also play a huge role. In my opinion the colours used in the title meets the conventions of the thriller genre. For example, red was used. This could empathise on many things, for instance it could represent on the fact that there could be a hint of love in this thriller genre, it could empathise the fact that there could be alot of anger and blood throughout this film. These are both conventions of the thriller genre. The fact that red is used within the titles of this poster, it also connotates that there could be alot of danger in the cause of this film. The title was written in bold, therefore this could have been done so that the audience automatically look at the title first before looking at anything else.  There was also black writing used on the poster near the titles.



The way this links to a general thriller film is because it meets the conventions of a thriller through the props used and what the colours could possibly connotate.
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