The document discusses the symbolism and themes that can be inferred from various elements of a movie poster. It analyzes how colors, costumes, lighting, mise-en-scene, reviews, and other components provide clues about the film's possible themes of escaping a lower class life, teenage romance, and portrayals of stereotypes.

1. The ripped shreds of wallpaper show us baby
The colour of baby blue, connotes that there could be a
pink, a colour naturally associated with childhood
male influence, with the female influence of baby pink,
in girls, underneath a bland yellowed wallpaper,
the usage of the younger colours could also connote a
which could represent her girlish interior under a
young theme.
cold, bland exterior.
The quotes from
respected writers, Blue stays with the colour
from respected scheme but it is a darker
publications, shade, showing the
indicate again to the importance and
viewer that this is a separation from the other
very well made film items because they are
worth their time to awards she has won with
watch. this film.
The directors name in The lighting of the poster
bold, denotes that it is goes from dark shadows,
an important part of transitioning in to bright
the poster. light which could show
that she is trying to
The tagline, uses escape her dark, lower
buzz words, to give class life.
the viewer an idea of
some themes within
the film. She is pressed up
against the side of
Film production titles and frame like a
credits stick to natural Goldfish.
conventions of film
posters, small and thin, The mise en scene of
not drawing attention her make up, could
away from the main also backup this ‘chav’
components of the representation, yet
poster. Furthermore the again due to
production logos are stereotypes.
placed underneath the
credits, still not drawing
attention.
The starred reviews, The mise en scene of costume, here can The mise en scene of her costume, being
The love heart logo, give an idea of a instil confidence in the connote her style such as her large hoop a black, sleeveless, very basic top, could
‘romance’ theme along with style it’s in viewer that are going to earrings and gold necklace, could connote she represent her economic class, as lower,
gives the impression of teenage romance, see a good, high quality could be classed as a ‘chav’, by the stereotypical which is reinforced by the torn up
as a theme in the film. film. representations of these items. background image.