The poster uses a black and white color scheme with a desaturated main character to suggest that life in the office is simple and unexciting. The main character is leaned back in a chair with his feet up, suggesting a position of power as the boss. A chair and book outline drawn on the poster are meant to look like a doodle, implying the character drew it while at work.

1. THE OFFICE (UK)
POSTER ANALYSIS

2. The overall colour
scheme is very basic,
black and white.
The main character is
desaturated.
The outline of a chair
and a book have
connotations of a
drawing or doodle. This
is quite clever as it can
give the idea that the
model has drawn this
whilst at work.
By having a lack of
colours, it gives an idea
that life in “the office” is
simple and not very
exiting.
The expression on the face of
the model suggests that he is
in a position of power; he
could be the boss of ”the
office”. His body’s positioning
also suggests this as he is
leaned back in his chair with
his feet up.

3. HOW COULD I USE THIS?
The idea of having a teacher behind a desk could be used. Possibly from
the pupil’s point of view. The teacher could also have similar positioning
and an expression similar to the one used in The Office.