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Inception explores the scope of imagination created in dreams in an action thriller film created by legendary and warner brothers. The Title located in the centre of the poster and uses a bold Calibri style font and represented in capital letters allowing it to attract the attention of the audiance, the use of the red contrasts the dark blue background making it prominent to the audience, also the red and dark coloured background mirror the thriller film colour schemes and the use of the red text is associated with danger giving the audience an incite about the films script Just above the title “from the director of the dark knight” the dark knight is in bold white writing attracting the audiences attention as they might be familiar with the film as it was very successful, which intern attract a familiar audience. The tagline of the film is situated higher up the film poster and is in white bold writing contrasting the dark background making it more prominent to the audience and the first thing to read, and gives an idea on what the narrative of the film will be. The actors credit bar is split into two level with Leonard Dicaprio on top suggesting he the main character or for publicity to draw people in, again using the colours white and red contrast the dark background. The picture suggesting a everlasting world with the central road folding back on its self and the building merging into one. The blue framing gives the image a darker tone suggesting to the audience the film has a dark twist in the narrative and adds mystery intriguing the audience to watch the film, the blue overlay is also associated with the thriller genre. The actors on the poster are situated at the bottom in close proximity in a dominate stance suggesting they know each other/in a group and sence danger or action since there looking in every direction and the use of guns enforces the point(iconography). It could also suggest although there a team they have their own identity and charter which interreges the audience to see how the characters develop and work as a team. The male in the centre gives the impression he’s the dominant character in the film due to his central position and how he’s dressed in an expensive looking suit, the use of giving him a pistol compared to the other males in the poster suggest he takes a more authoritative role linking back to dominance.

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Inception explores the scope of imagination created in dreams in an action thriller film created by legendary and warner brothers.The Title located in the centre of the poster and uses a bold Calibri style font and represented in capital letters allowing it to attract the attention of the audiance, the use of the red contrasts the dark blue background making it prominent to the audience, also the red and dark coloured background mirror the thriller film colour schemes and the use of the red text is associated with danger giving the audience an incite about the films scriptJust above the title “from the director of the dark knight” the dark knight is in bold white writing attracting the audiences attention as they might be familiar with the film as it was very successful, which intern attract a familiar audience. The tagline of the film is situated higher up the film poster and is in white bold writing contrasting the dark background making it more prominent to the audience and the first thing to read, and gives an idea on what the narrative of the film will be.The actors credit bar is split into two level with Leonard Dicaprio on top suggesting he the main character or for publicity to draw people in, again using the colours white and red contrast the dark background.The picture suggesting a everlasting world with the central road folding back on its self and the building merging into one.The blue framing gives the image a darker tone suggesting to the audience the film has a dark twist in the narrative and adds mystery intriguing the audience to watch the film, the blue overlay is also associated with the thriller genre.The actors on the poster are situated at the bottom in close proximity in a dominate stance suggesting they know each other/in a group and sence danger or action since there looking in every direction and the use of guns enforces the point(iconography). It could also suggest although there a team they have their own identity and charter which interreges the audience to see how the characters develop and work as a team.The male in the centre gives the impression he’s the dominant character in the film due to his central position and how he’s dressed in an expensive looking suit, the use of giving him a pistol compared to the other males in the poster suggest he takes a more authoritative role linking back to dominance.

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Shutter Island shows the story of a mentally ill patient, trying to solve the mystery of disappeared patient Rachel Solando in an physiological thriller by paramount and phoenix pictures.The title location central at the bottom of the poster is written in a blurry capitals with the iconic redish orange colour, it stands out from the dark monotone background synonymous with the thriller genre possibly representing blood and with the large text attracts the audience attention. Just above the title is the actors credit using the same font and colour scheme as the title again linking to the thriller genre, the use of putting the actor name on it will attract a previous audience to watch the film and also suggests a dominant role in the film.The tagline someone is missing adds intrigue and gives an idea on what the narrative of the film. The location central and to the right and using the same colour scheme and fading into the dark bleak background links to the mystery of the film The picture is split into two sections the face of Leonardo Dicaprio fading into darkness suggesting the film has a lot of dark scenes, his facial expression is very stern and looking straight to camera suggesting to the audience the film is serious in addition the light source of the match adds mystery to the film suggesting he might be lost in the darkness. The second part of the poster shows a collage of pictures to create the island is this shutter island? It also adds mystery. Is it a puzzle what was investigated linking back to the genre of a physiological thriller the island has been given a back light glow which casts a glow around the high dark cliffs, the contrast makes the island seam hostile and foreboding also with the crashing white waves around the island and the rain effect in front gives the impression the island is wild and turbulent.

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The Dark Knight brings one of DC most famous comics hero to life, Batman in his home town of Arkham city in a action thriller created by DC comics and warner brothersThe title is located in the centre of the poster and uses a clean bold font represented in capital letters attracting the attention of the audience, the use of the white lettering contrasts the dark blue background making it prominent again attracting the audience, the silhouette of the bat contrast the use of the white lettering and attracts a previous audience since it’s the logo of the comic books, the white light aluminates the logo referring back to the comics, the bat signal as well as giving an incite on what the script is about.The tagline of the film is situated at the top of the film poster in a bold capital dark blue colour which slightly merges into the background linking it to the scene giving the audience a hint of the script of the film and portrays the crime narrative in the film, the colour blue could link to the police blue suggesting he’s a hero.The actors credit bar uses the same colour as the title to contrast the background, by enlarging the font of the actors second names make them more recognisable to the audience.The picture suggests a disrupted city which has been vandalised by the figure in the front of building, on the building behind is a large bat logo on fire burning the building suggesting to the audience at first he’s a villain but could by an act of dominance saying I’m here to fight linking back to the action, thriller genre. The large burning bat logo attracts the audience since it’s the only element of bold colour on the poster. The blue overlay gives the image a darker tone suggesting to the audience the film has a dark twist in the narrative and adds mystery intriguing the audience to watch the film, the blue overlay is also associated with the thriller genre as well as the red/orange bat logo. The actor is situated in the centre of the poster at the bottom in a dominate stance suggesting he's a lead actor in the film, the body language shown closed fists and a muscular suit suggesting he’s violent linking to the action genre. His dominance is also shown by the position the picture is taken, a worm angle looking up at batman.

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The kings speech follows King George VI to find his voice who suffers from debilitating speech impediment and has too learn how to rule the country, after his brother abdicates the throne, created with the help of the UK film council and the weinsten company.The title uses a bold white capital font which contrast the red background to attract the attention of the audience, the use of the white colour could represent the image people perceive of the royal family as being perfect and someone to lookup to. The tagline lets courage reign uses the same font as the title but with a gold colour again contrasts the background, its associated with the royal theme of gold and red giving the audience and incite of the narrative of the film, the tag line adds mystery to the film, shouldn’t royals already have courage?The actors credits follow the same colour scheme as before and list the main actors in the film allow the audience to know who in a leading role.The picture of the poster is split into two half's in the background is the royal crest of king George like its on a royal piece of paper, it suggest that the film has a serious topic and would appeal to the historical type audience, the two characters have a central location on the poster suggesting their in a dominate role the facial expression on the male behind shows a protective friendly manner as he’s looking at the main character with soft facial expressions and being located at the back face on shows he’s has an authority over the other male, the other male is side on suggesting he has little confidence and the slight hunch portrays nerves. Both males are well dressed with tailored suit showing wealth.