We have chosen to analyse the poster for the “Shining.”
The typing in red ink of the signifier, signifies the title od the film “Shining” and this is an icon in the poster. The denotation of the style the title is written in is bold, red letters. This connotates however the meaning of danger and blood. The style of the title also signifies and denotates that this is a horror.
Photo of Jack Nicholson in a close up is also the signifier and it signifies that he is angry, violent and crazy as he stares to the side where the axe and the woman is, with his mouth half open and that suggests of him being the antagonistin the horror film. The connotation of the photo is an angry man, however we can denotate from the way he looks that he may want to kill the woman.
The signifier of the axe smashing through the door signifies violence and someon trying to break in. This is also an icon as we can instantly identify the action. Using weapons violently is a common convention of a horror. Although the denotation is just an axe being hit through the door, it denotates that someone is trying to break in to hurt someone.
Another icon in the picture is the signifier of the mid-shot of the woman with an open mouth which signifies that she is shocked of the axe. The knife in her hands signifies how she is protecting herself. By the body language in the way she holds the knife, the audience can identify that she is not likely to use it. The denotation of the picture is a woman with a scared face expression and it connotates that she is terrified of the other character breaking in to where she is and coming after her with an axe to kill her.
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