For my second analysis i decided to pick a film poster which was a lot different from the typical 'main character staring' posters. Although this poster isn't a 'stereotypical' drama genre film poster I feel that it is really interesting and quite hard-hitting. The image is a cartoon silhouette of a large woman who seems to be shattered by a hand, the black of the image stands out against the red background. The film name, 'PRECIOUS', also stands out in white which makes it clear that this is the film name, the name precious creates questions in the audiences mind such as 'what is precious?', 'is this woman precious?', 'why is she precious?'. The image itself is very powerful and quite emotional as the woman is anonymous, making the audience wonder about the character and her story. From the way the image is shattered by a hand it makes the audience think about who has hurt her and what the characters story is, from the placement of the hand we wonder if the woman has been sexually abused. The black and red colouring of the poster also connotes anger, pain, suffering and mystery. On the poster also is all the awards which it has won, this will interest audiences and influence them to watch this award-winning film. The film poster is quite simple but I feel that it doesn't need a lot going on as the main image is powerful enough. Overall this poster is different and unique by the use of the cartoon style drawing and not a photograph of the main character, it certainly stands out against others.
