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Distributed by Warner Bros. The tagline is “Your mind is the scene of the crime”. This shows that crime is a major theme of the film coinciding with the guns in the image.The main colours in this poster are red, blue, black and white. These are chosen as the blue connotes a dream world and red stands out.The name Leonardo DiCaprio is placed at the very top of the poster, this text is the largest out of the cast as the film is star lead. It is placed here as he top of the hierarchy and it is the second largest piece of text.From this poster I can tell that the film will be about a surreal or dream like world due to the background image. We can tell there will be a lot of action as the characters are in suits and are holding guns. Not a lot is given away through this poster purposely to create enigma.IMAGE 3The background image consists of multiple tall modern buildings. They are at different angles to the characters to present that the film will be very surreal, have different dimensions and  will expect you to think.IMAGE 2All the other characters are placed at angles to highlight the theme of disorientation and are placed in different depths of the overall image to connote the depths of the dreams within the film.IMAGE 1Leonardo DiCaprio is at front of the poster and has a stern look on his face; this image has been chosen as the film is actor lead and connotes the serious tone of the film.TITLEWritten in capital letters and appears bold.Bright red text to stand out.Bottom of poster to make your head spin whilst viewing to show theme of disorientation.458470586740<br />

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Inception poster analysis

  • 1. Distributed by Warner Bros. The tagline is “Your mind is the scene of the crime”. This shows that crime is a major theme of the film coinciding with the guns in the image.The main colours in this poster are red, blue, black and white. These are chosen as the blue connotes a dream world and red stands out.The name Leonardo DiCaprio is placed at the very top of the poster, this text is the largest out of the cast as the film is star lead. It is placed here as he top of the hierarchy and it is the second largest piece of text.From this poster I can tell that the film will be about a surreal or dream like world due to the background image. We can tell there will be a lot of action as the characters are in suits and are holding guns. Not a lot is given away through this poster purposely to create enigma.IMAGE 3The background image consists of multiple tall modern buildings. They are at different angles to the characters to present that the film will be very surreal, have different dimensions and will expect you to think.IMAGE 2All the other characters are placed at angles to highlight the theme of disorientation and are placed in different depths of the overall image to connote the depths of the dreams within the film.IMAGE 1Leonardo DiCaprio is at front of the poster and has a stern look on his face; this image has been chosen as the film is actor lead and connotes the serious tone of the film.TITLEWritten in capital letters and appears bold.Bright red text to stand out.Bottom of poster to make your head spin whilst viewing to show theme of disorientation.458470586740<br />