The Conversation, Analysis



Another one of the film posters which we looked at was The Conversation.

One of the first things that you see when you look at this poster is the selective use of colours, red, black and white. Black is usually used to symbolise darkness and evil, red is used to symbolise death and danger, and the white normally suggests towards a more innocent character or plot. Another thing which we see straight away when we look at the poster, is the location of San Fransisco. When looking at the poster, we see an man in the top left hang side, looking down on two people on the right hand side of the page, these two people come across as a couple, as they are close together . They are in the middle of the focous of a camera, and it seems as if the man looking down on them is the one taking the photo. The conversation title also suggests that the man taking pictures is not just watching them but also listening to the. The city and the man are both in black and white, signifying darkness and danger. The fact that camera is taking a picture also suggests that the film is shot from someone else's perspective.