This is the poster for Quentin Tarintino's 'Inglorious Basterds' which is set during the war time about a group of 
American soldiers planning to assasinate the German political party.
The poster uses a prominent use of red this could be connotated to represent the violence that is used throughtout the film showing bloody and gorey action. Around the edges of this red its begins to splatter bits of red this gives me the impression this is meant to represent blood further emphasising my point of violence. Red is also a colour that can be related to revenge which is also part of the plot in 'Inglorious' with a main character seeking revenge on the German political party due to her familys death.
The lead characters are shown in the picture which i believe uses star theory with having Brad Pitt lead the images of actors. Characters shown on this poster are 3 of the American soldiers who are shown wearing army outfits and carrying a variety of weapons between them. Due to this i am lead to be believe that violence is large part of this film because the weapons arent traditional weapons seen in other war films. In the image there is a shotgun, a large machine gun and knife. These weapons seem to show brutality and destruction which leads me to believe the genre of the film is a violent action.
Behind the 3 American soldiers inside of the red are 3 other characters these include the Americans allie, the women seeking revenge and the German SS colonel. I am lead to think these may be placed in the red for different reasons. The SS colonel could be there due to his violent ways during the war, the women could be placed there to show her journey to seek revenge.
The title of the film is writting in bold, white capitals this contrasts well of the red and shows the title of the film clearly. The "O" in the word 'Inglorious' has been replaced with a swatstika this could be used for a few reasons one being that the film revolves around the destruction of the German Nazi party. Another reason this could be used is because the American soldiers cut swatstika's onto the foreheads of German soldiers.
On the right hand side of the poster is the cast list in film which is written in a mixture of black and red which could be used to contrast against the white background and should be effective because it has a strong cast for people all around the world.
Finally the release date of the film is clearly shown at the bottom in black, bold capitals to show the viewer when the film is available to be seen.
American soldiers planning to assasinate the German political party.The poster uses a prominent use of red this could be connotated to represent the violence that is used throughtout the film showing bloody and gorey action. Around the edges of this red its begins to splatter bits of red this gives me the impression this is meant to represent blood further emphasising my point of violence. Red is also a colour that can be related to revenge which is also part of the plot in 'Inglorious' with a main character seeking revenge on the German political party due to her familys death.
The lead characters are shown in the picture which i believe uses star theory with having Brad Pitt lead the images of actors. Characters shown on this poster are 3 of the American soldiers who are shown wearing army outfits and carrying a variety of weapons between them. Due to this i am lead to be believe that violence is large part of this film because the weapons arent traditional weapons seen in other war films. In the image there is a shotgun, a large machine gun and knife. These weapons seem to show brutality and destruction which leads me to believe the genre of the film is a violent action.
Behind the 3 American soldiers inside of the red are 3 other characters these include the Americans allie, the women seeking revenge and the German SS colonel. I am lead to think these may be placed in the red for different reasons. The SS colonel could be there due to his violent ways during the war, the women could be placed there to show her journey to seek revenge.
The title of the film is writting in bold, white capitals this contrasts well of the red and shows the title of the film clearly. The "O" in the word 'Inglorious' has been replaced with a swatstika this could be used for a few reasons one being that the film revolves around the destruction of the German Nazi party. Another reason this could be used is because the American soldiers cut swatstika's onto the foreheads of German soldiers.
On the right hand side of the poster is the cast list in film which is written in a mixture of black and red which could be used to contrast against the white background and should be effective because it has a strong cast for people all around the world.
Finally the release date of the film is clearly shown at the bottom in black, bold capitals to show the viewer when the film is available to be seen.
No comments:
Post a Comment