Tuesday, 22 January 2019

Stranger things poster analysis







Setting - Outback, garden, nighttime, shed, prison, wired off, out of bounds
Genre - Sci-fi, action, fantasy, super-natural, thriller, crime
Themes - power, anger, violence, relationships/friendships, fear, mystery, facing adversity, otherworldiness, serious, youth
Narrative - person in the middle the story perhaps surrounds around, battling against something (two sides) from serious facial expression and hand position. Group of three boys being chased by unknown figure, or hunting something down, possible powers, red and blue sides representing police lights.
Characters - Protagonist in the middle, well lit, circle of people revolve around them, more exposed and clothing different compared to others
Monster, sheriff, young characters, varied facial expressions (anger, sad, worried, shocked, defensive)
Intertextuality - E.T., 80's genre, ghostbusters, Star wars force awakens poster, goonies (bikes and young characters), fight of the navigator (young people beyond control), close encounters of the third kind (sci-fi)
Historical period - 80's, clothing, hairstyles, bikes (choppers), walkie talkies

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