The spirit film poster

The poster for the spirit (Gabriel Macht) (2008) shows the main character in the foreground with his body in silhouette and his face partially lit. This is a great effect  because the only thing in colour is the main characters tie which is red a colour which is mainly used for film noir films this is a great example of one as the title “The Spirit” is also in red and in the same font as “sin city”  another film noir, The main character standing in the foreground seems to be wanted as there is men with guns in the background pointed at him and there is also something which looks like a police helicopter pointed in his direction. Although there is so much commotion going on behind the character, he stands; firm and strong making him seem like an independent character.

In the background, there is four billboards which show four different characters with the name of the name of the actor in red a popular colour for film noir. As I mentioned earlier the characters are also in black and white besides the lipstick of two of the women which gives  the effect that there is an element of sexiness  in the film. Also the poster shows quotes of the four characters in the background for example Eva Mendes’ character who looks provocative says “do I look like a good girl?”

The poster would make more people want to watch it by the actors/actresses starring in the film such as ; Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Mendes , Scarlett Johansson and Sarah Paulson. These actors/Actresses have all been in successful films that would make people want to watch it more as they have experienced actors in the film.

The background of the Poster is ain a sepia tone with darker areas in the dingy corners the streetlights are the spots that light the posters.

The bottom of the poster has information such as the title in big bold red writing, a slogan “He’s something the World Needs…” the release date “Christmas 2008” this does not gve you an exact date but an insight to when the film will be released. In addition, above the release date it shows the production company and actors and other people involved.