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.