12 Years a Slave Poster Review

Media language.

This poster gives off a very serious and gripping vibe to us, i feel like the image of a cloured man running in a clear area dressed on slave clothes, is such a powerful image because we can tell he is running from something, and with the name '12 years a slave' it creates alot of emotion and shows freedom to us, whoch is quite intriugeing and inspiring, making us want to watch the film. we can tell that this film is set in the past, with the films title, and the baggy, dirty clothes; all implies that he was a slave or maybe still is and slavery hasnt been a thing for years and years. So i think along with the lighting and Mise En Scene a very powerful and meaningful image is created and really pulls in an audience. 

The target audeince is very clear, with a dark and tragic theme of slavery we can tell that this is for a more mature audience, like adults and teens.

Layout of Poster. 

The layout of the poster isnt too complex but it just looks a little more complicated then others. i think that this is because a there is an all white background, and then the main character, or what we can tell is the main character as he is the only one; and in the main character, are reviews, the cast and the title of the film too, which is a little bigger then the rest of the text. i think that the text was put onto the main charcter because it shows that theres alot on him and it focuses us all on the running of the character and centralises him more.