Film Poster Analysis - Silver Linings Playbook

The first thing that I am drawn to on this poster is the feature picture. The picture, as you can clearly see, is of Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, who are the protagonists of the film. These are also very famous actors/actresses. Jennifer Lawrence best known for her work in the films “The Hunger Games” and Bradley Cooper best known for his work in the film “The Hangover”. The picture portrays to me before knowing anything about the film, that these two people are in competition but the girl is much more competitive. The reason of why I think this is because the girl is looking straight at the man with an emotionalise face, and the man is looking forward with a smirk, stereotypically viewing him as he knows he is going to win. However, in the middle of the two actor’s faces, there is a few words saying “Love hurts”, which then changes my perspective on these characters and makes me think they are in a “complicated relationship”. The blur in the background is the colour green, which gives me a sense of hope – which again, tells me a little about the story – that it could be a complicated relationship but things hopefully get better?
The headline is bold and in red and black writing which makes it stand out to us as an audience – the red symbolises importance, power and energy which makes the front cover seem more exciting and the black makes it stand out, giving a harsh feel – these two colours put together stand out well and make its eye-catchy for the audience, so they will notice it. Above this, they have the names of the biggest stars in the film, this is to draw in the audience as they will know the names and if they’re big fans this will draw them in to go and see the film.