Thursday, 22 September 2011

Induction: Movie Poster Textual Analysis


This is a poster of the Indiana Jones movie which has a man standing infront of a cave and a firey skull for the background.

Costumes: The characters 'costume' is a simple khaki loose trousers and shirt with a old fashioned hat. The mans' sleeves are roled up indicating he will be patrolling through paths which may be dauntingly chanllenging.

Props: He's holding a whip in his hand showing his adventure may be dangerous which will lead to a time to protect himself. the whip is seen to be his signature weapon as normally characters will have either knifes or guns but his prop isn't typical.

NVC: The man is standing with a bold posture, proving his confidence and masculinity. His facial expression is serious, shows that he's not playing around and he is ready for business. Both fists are clenched together angrily as if he's ready to fight.

Lighting: The lighting is set to be low-key as theres areas which are really dark, but the background mainly involves the scary golden skull which would be under high-key lighting.

Setting: The setting isn't so obvious as there's dark areas yet the bright light coming from the skull makes it difficult to tell however, it seems to be set in the jungle based in a cave, with vines surrounding the dark shadow's with stairs behind the character most probably leading the way to the 'Crystal Skull'.

Anchorage: The colour of the title is the same as the skull behind the man with a black rim around the letters to enable the font to be bold. The colour of the rim also duplicates the dark black shadow's.

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