The signifier is the city behind then which can be used as an indexical sign to suggest that there is life beyond their illness in the distance. It is a radical representation of teenagers. There is a denotation of medical equipment eg. the breathing tubes which has connotations of illness and possibly death.
There is a syntagm which includes the dark sky, the sun, the guitar and the image of the guy to form meaning of what his future could look like. There is a symbolic sign between the light from the sun and hopefulness.
There are 2 dominant signifiers in this poster however the female is emphasised more due to the positioning and angle of her which is a media code to allow people to identify quickly with the main character.
Iconic sign of a ship front. People looking down from above is could be a symbolic sign of people dying as though they are looking down on the accident from heaven. There is anchorage of the word titanic to tell us what the tragedy is about.
The word family is a signifier of the representation in the image above. There is an icon sign of a happy family but there are connotations that they may have to reach out or overcome something in order to get to this position as they are placed higher up.
The tears are a signifier of the sadness that the girl is experiencing. Supports the dominant ideology that only women cry however in her eyes it looks like she is ready to seek revenge and is strong which creates a paradigm.