Induction: Movie Poster Textual Analysis of Indiana Jones ATKOTCS

Denotation: An image of a man with a whip.

Connotation: The whip and gun shows that he's fighting/protecting himself from something. His clothes suggest he's on a safari and it's abroad because you wouldn't wear this going to Canary Wharf. The man looks like an archiologeist.

Anchorage: This font size is very comic book like which shows that the film could be very light and comical as well as serious.

Mise en Scene

Props: His signiture weapon is a whip which shows that he has it to protect himself so he's very defensive or to beat beople with which shows he's very aggressive.

Lighting: It's very bright and unnatural. It contains both high and low key lighting. There is a blatent difference in the colour towards the end of the poster.

Costume: His costumes is very loose and looks like it has been worn for a very long time. His sleeves are rolled up which shows that his sleeves on his shirt dont fit.

Setting: The setting is very old and looks very ancient. You can tell that it may be underground and in a cave. The setting looks like it's very mysterious.

NVC: His NVC is very agressive and feirce. He looks like he is ready for action. His eyes look like he is very determined and fixed on a single mission.

Induction: Re-Ceation of a Movie Magazine Front Cover

While working on Photoshop, I found it very tricky because it was the first time that I used it. Evidently, it's diabolical as trying to get to grips with the different features was a struggle. Using the magic wand was a struggle because I couldn't get it to do what I wanted it to do. Prehaps I can work on this. The simplest thing of getting the letters and the sizing right became a pain in the backside.

Trying to get to grips with photoshop was a struggle. While trying to do one thing, I would open another layer which annooyed me and resulted in abusive to the software.