Red dragon Poster Analysis

Red Dragon is a psychological thriller film that focuses on the character of Hannibal Lector. This poster also reveals that there is a horror element to the film,as it seems quite dark and foreboding. The main feature of the poster is the tattooed back. This gives the audience a feeling of unease. The iconography of the tattoo show that the man could be dangerous, as the horns could symbolize a number of evil things such as Satan and as he title shows, a dragon. The tagline of "Before the silence" is reference to the Silence of the Lambs, which also featured Hannibal Lector. This shows the audience that there are going to be some common themes int this film, and that if the audience enjoyed the Silence  then they may well enjoy this film too. The titles them selves are once again bold, capitalized and the colours of red and white. The colour choice, however is more relevant here, as the red of Red Dragon is colour coordinated appropriately. There appears to be a man in the center of the poster surrounded by a glowing light. This could signify that the character is a good guy, or that it symbolizes goodness that counters that of the main antagonist. 

Batman Begins Poster Analysis

Batman Begins' poster shows many conventions of a darker action film. The dark gloomy sky shows that this film is departing from the fairly cheesy conventions of other superhero movies, and the setting of the buildings in the background show that this film will be grounded much more in reality. Batman takes precedence in the film poster here, and the fact he is coated in bats, plus the fact that he is almost completely black in colour draws a distinct contrast to the low sun in the back ground, creating a sort of smoggy city. The titles are fairly simplistic, as to not draw attention away from the dark knight himself. The bold white capitals are once again found here, and this again contrasts with the darker colours seen on the poster. The bat symbol above the title is a throw back from the Tim Burton Batman films, which were fairly similar to Christopher Nolan's films, and he symbol verifies that this is indeed going to be a decent Batman film and that the audience should forget about the two previous Batman films that came before it.

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

The film poster here is a step a way from most film posters of this genre. Its main feature is that of Tom Cruise's face. He is hooded maybe to show that he is being incognito, as is fairly common is spy and secret agent type of films. His face is also coated in numbers and lettering. This seems to relate to codes and ciphers that are often portrayed in these kinds of films, with various objectives being created due to hidden messages and the like. There is only a small explosion, which seems to actually be a fuse of sorts. This indicates that there is a time limit to whatever needs to be accomplished, such as a bomb or other device that causes a detonation. The title of the film is fairly small compared to others of this genre, but it does follow the conventions of other posters. This includes the fact that they chose to capitalize everything and chose to use red and white as their font colour. This draws the eye of the viewer, as this stands out well as it is on a background of quite dark colours.

Cast and Crew

Connor Wright- Protagonist, Editor, Music
Joshua Hodges- Camera man, detective and Empire front cover creator.