analyzing visuals
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Analyzing Visuals
Horror Movie PostersGSW 1100-106L/306L
October 2013
What do you notice in this poster?
Features of a movie poster
• Colors• Viewpoint/perspective• People/characters• Style of art• Tone• Text (font, placement, content)• Cultural, historical, or social information that you need to
know to understand the meaning• What is the argument that the poster is making? Who is the
audience for the movie? What is your reaction to the poster? What do you think the movie is about?
Intertexuality
The Original The Sequel
The ParodyA parody relies on your knowledge of the “original” version, and then changes elements to mock that image and create a new message.
This is a type of intertextuality: the original text gives meaning to the new text.
How are these images making different arguments?
1970s Original Movie 2007
What do you see?• Color• People• Perspective• Frame• Text• Context
What do you see?• Color• People• Perspective• Frame• Text• Context
What do you see?• Color• People• Perspective• Frame• Text• Context
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Consider how the positioning of bodies makes an argument.
Questions to ask in your analysis
• What is the argument that the poster is making?
• Who is the audience for the movie? • What is your reaction to the poster? • What do you think the movie is about?
Enjoy finding your own movie poster to analyze!
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