This film poster caught my eye amongst the others. The bright pink font stands out against black and white background making the film title and the awards it has won stand out immediately. The pink font greatly contrasts with the harsh black and white background suggesting that control is not only the film name but also an underlying theme of the production. Including the awards which the film has won I think is very important to include as they catch audiences interest and gets them curious about the film. As well as the colour I feel that the image of the man is also quite striking, he is smoking a cigarette with a glazed expression, we get the impression that this man is quite rebellious. The character also has a sense of mystery and detachment about him, he is facing away from the camera like he has something to hide, this is very unstereotypical of a drama genre poster as the ones I have previously found depict the main character facing straight forwards. The use of a split black and white background focuses the audiences attention entirely on the character, it also suggests that he may have two sides to him as on one side of the character is pure white and the other harsh black. From the simplicity of the poster you cannot guess much about the diegesis the of film, this can be both a positive and a negative thing, it could make the audience curious about the film in question and influence them to watch it but equally it could put many people off even watching the film.
