ANALYSIS #1
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This poster is one of my favourites due to the way it includes a lot about the narrative but yet we still don’t know what the main situation because it’s so interpretable.
We firstly see the mise-en-scene that everything is connoting destruction , it’s as if this poster is denoting a dystopia due to an important and famous building being destroyed. The most eye catching thing on the page is the White House because we firstly see that it’s burning and a window smashing denoting destruction. My interpretation of the film context is that there is something taking place within the building because of it being the main focus, possibly having a political message ;and seeing a character walking towards it with a gun connotes he is the protagonist who will deal with the situation.
We can say that this film is an action-thriller because of the props such as the helicopters, the gun, , fire, the colours used and the American flag. The clouded sky above is significant in the poster because it firstly connotes a dark side to the story and also blocks the light out influencing the low key lighting used on the poster. The consistent colours used on this poster are red and white which both connect to the American flag and the typography such as the tag line, title and name of actors. We see a low angle-long shot of the character walking toward the house, and the fact that he is in mid motion of walking and we see fire and smoke coming out the white house, which gives it that authentic action type look. The tag line also intrigues us saying ‘The White House under siege. ‘A Nation under attack.’ The colour red is used for ‘A Nation under attack.’ Which emphasis the nation or possibly the White house has been attacked. They raise the expectation of this film not just by the tag line but by the use of the star system which shows world renowned actors, therefore widening the audience and including their own fans.
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