analyse film posters

I find two film posters here, and I would like to analyse them.

I really like anime, so I choose a Japanese animated drama film which is called ' Your Name' to analyse. Here is the poster:

From this poster, the first thing that grab my attention is the two main characters and the star between them. The parllel line of the star goes through the two characters, which connect them together. But the straight line of the star separate them, showing that they are not in the same place. These images cover nearly half of the poster. Another centeral image is the shooting star in the sky. It also covers half of the poster. In addition, it goes through the whole sky of the poster, that is, it goes through the sky in that two different places.

The shooting star in the two skies is different. Although it cross the whole sky, the star that going down to the girl's side is red, which can mean dangerous. It is a code that it might cause a big disaster.

The mis-en-scene of the two main characters are different: the boy's one is in a modern city, the girl's one is in countryside or village. This shows that the two characters have very different background. Although the star has separate them, the road and the ground can be connected, this can show that there is something that connect them.

To the characters, they are looking that is not directed to anything, that we don't know what they are looking at. But one interesting thing is, they all look at the other one's side. This may let us think that they are looking at each other, or searching each other. It seems to be that they are attracted by each other, so they stop walking and looking to the sight.

To the right of the poster, there is a tag line which give the information about the film. And the title is at the top of the poster which is using sen-serif font style. This shows that it is modern and original. On the top of the title, we can see the writer and the directer of this film, and below the title, we can see some star billing i.e. any famous people in it. Acturally, the directer of this film is also very famous. These things can be the mark of quality and the promise of pleasure, since they suggest this film is good and people will enjoy it. All of these words are in white, that is pure and bright.

The color of the mis-en-scene is using the sky-blue, this shows that the story is more likely be a fantasy. And the lighting of the poster is very bright, using high key. This makes the story more liveliness and dramatic.

Another poster is the poster that I have watch: Sin city. It is a neo-noir style film and here is the poster:

The title of this film is using sen-serif font style, which means it is modren and orginal. The color of that is red, which means anger, dangerous and blood. The whole poster is in black and white, the color of red is highlighting the title that gives a big impact to the audiences.

In my opinion, the central image is the characters, as they almost covered the whole poster, this attracts people's attention. All of the male characters are holding guns, this can show that the film is contianing action and danger. The women in the poster are all really sexy that can easily attract men. But they seems to be so powerful and strong. They are independent that they don't have to rely on men. The lighting is sharp and deep, that create the shadows on each characters' face. It can show that they might have a dark past. According to Propp's character theory, I think the man in the middle might be the hero, but he might do something illegal or harmful to achieve his goal.

The mis-en-scene is in the dark and it seems to be rain. This tells us that the story is happened at night, which is in a rainy day.

Near the title, there are some star billings that is written in sen-serif, the color of them is white, which may be really clear in the black background. These show the mark of quality and the promise of pleasure of this film that the audience will have a enjoyable time.