film poster semiotics

Joker Fan made movie poster on Behance

JOKER- In this film poster the joker stood dead centre is the dominant signifier therefore in my poster if like to use a human as my dominant signifier. The title of “JOKER” is a signifier within this poster as it shows what the film is going to be about. The writing underneath the title is an anchorage which is used to provide extra information about the film like release date and stars etc. The falling mask is an iconic sign due to the fact that it is a sign which looks like the object. Finally the background is an indexical sign as it has a link to the object or in this case the story.

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ROCKY- In this film poster there is a signifier or resilience trying to be invoked as you can see by the iconic sign. The link can be seen as a symbol or code in the way the film has connections with the poster. There a high level of signification in the poster due to the blue background effect and the de4notation between the film and the poster.

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DUNKIRK- The dark colours in the poster represent a darker way of showing war and portraying across the theme of melancholy. The main dominant signifier is the actor stood in the centre of the poster looking over the war ridden sea presenting how much war destroys.

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AVATAR- In this film the dark blue contrasting with the yellow represents the idea of within the darkness there is always hope which i can use within my film poster due to the panic of not knowing what your fate will be.

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THE WALK – the minimalistic image presents the films title as the dominant signifier and draws the audiences attention more to the anchorage (information underneath the title) to grasp more information about the film more than the image which also is indexical to the film and films title.

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