Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Film Noir Posters

This poster is for the film 'This Gun For Hire'. The woman is the main focul point of the design to show she is closely related to the detective below, as she is looking down towards him with a smouldering look. She is also shown wearing lipstick to indicate that she is romantically linked to the male character. The fact that the male is holding a gun symbolises the title of the film 'This Gun For Hire' and also shows he is the protagonoist trying to save the community and his blonde beauty.

This is a poster for the hit film 'Laura'. We are instantly introduced to Laura being the strong female character as she is placed centre of attention with her arms dominently folded, wearing a bright scarlett coloured dress. The colour choice could symbolise her being a mysterious character, because red often resembles blood and death and can also indicate love and romance. The smaller picture below gives us a short  snippet of Laura manipulating and playing games with two men, this is obvious by her positioning being a lot higher and with her looking straight into his eyes. The antagonist of the film is clearly shown on the right hand side as he is placed in the darkness with lot of shadowing, holding a gun towards Laura.

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