Research And Planning - Poster Analysis Two

 

Genre-

The genre of this film is romantic drama. This is quite evident straight away, as you can see the couple who are evidently in love, showing the genre is romance- however, the rain coming down on them could be showing that there is something 'raining' on their love, which presents the dramatic side to the film, thus meaning the genre of the film is shown very well through the poster, it is easy to follow for all who view it.

Representation-

The man is holding up the woman  on the picture, which represents the stereotype of a 'masculine' man, presenting that he is strong and is in control of the relationship. The couple are wearing 'light' colours which represents the fragility of their relationship, showing that they are innocent and vunerable  and a stereotypical young couple. The males hair seems to be 'messy' where as the woman still appears to be presentable- this could be a representation of their classes and represents the difference of the two. 

Narrative-

The man is holding up the woman, which shows the narrative of him being her 'rock' and being the one holding everything together throughout. The film follows the couple as the male reads their past to her from a notebook, as she has dementia. The woman has a ring on her ring finger, which shows the narrative of them marrying, and presents the idea of eternal love for the couple. This is important as it is presenting the narrative of not giving up, as the male does not- he keeps working on their relationship even though she cannot remember him.

Audience-

The poster does not give much away about the target audience, however, as it shows a 'serious' looking couple, this implies that the audience should be able to understand this. The couple shown are quite young, thus meaning the audience this would most appeal to is late teens/young adults. The poster is very simplistic, and so this leaves a lot to the viewer to figure out- it is engaging as this makes you want to watch the trailer/research the film; however when you do so, you see that the film has mature, and some hard-hitting content, therefore letting the audience (in some ways) determine its self, as many will be engaged of many ages/backgrounds. As light colours are used and it shows a 'soppy' stereotypical love it would seem the main audience would be women, however, as the lead female is 'attractive' this could be seen as appealing to males, meaning some may watch this film with that purpose.

Media Language-

High-key lighting is used on the poster to show the viewer that the film is 'postive' and 'nice', by having the couple shown in high-key lighting it represents their love to be something that is bright and colourful. The couple are tightly framed in a two shot, which shows the audience that they are very close- this helps to show the narrative as it represents how inseperable the two are.  The mise-en-scene is very simple- they are in wet clothing which shows a stereotype of 'kissing in the rain' and again, showing a 'perfect' couple, which helps to show what the genre is. By stressing on how 'romantic' the film is through all of this, the viewer will note that the audience is to be mature in order to understand the film, and this is more engaging as it shows that there may be some kind of 'plot-twist' that is unusual for a normal romance film (which it does.)