Sean of the Dead poster semiotics

For this task we had to take a poster from a film of our choice and add in some connotations and denotations of it. 

 

 

Sean of the Dead poster conotations

Semiotics:
- The study of signs

- Also anything which stands for 'something else'

- How we read an image and pictures

Denotation: What we see when we look at an image

 

1. Three people with rubbish weapons in the centre

2. The colour red behind them

3. These people are on a sheet of paper

4. There is a hoard of zombies around the sheet of paper

5. The zombies are trynig to reach onto the paper

 

Connotation: What we understand from this image

 

1. This shows that the people in the centre arent very proffesional in combat and the don't have much chance of survival.

2. This shows anger, rage, danger, blood, evil etc. which gives us a pretty good idea of what the movie is actually about.

3. This shows that they are very fragile and can be ripped easily which again shows that they don't have much chance of survival.

4. This gives us the idea of an appocalpyse or a clostrophobic atmosphere which both link to the idea of horror.

5. Immitating that the people in the middle are the target which shows that they are in danger, giving the observer the impression that the film could be a thriller.