Induction: Movie poster Textual Analysis

Denotataion
There's some fire behind him and it's like an entrance into the kingdom, the fire could be implying that it's a territory zone.

Connotation
The meanings are implying danger, the skull links to the title and the overall look is relating to an adventure to somewhere historical and ancient.

Text
The font is san serif and the colours (orange and yellow) emphasise heat as they represent sunshine, tropics and energy.


Theme
The theme links to adventure, historical and old as it's linked to treasure hunting for artefacts, archaelogy and the time period setting is 1930-1940's. There's also ancient peru patterns linking to the locations heritage.

Mise en scene
-Props
Indiana Jones has a sidebag, so he could be preparing for a long adventure. He also has a bullwhip, and gun holster, for his revolver, so this means that he's going to get into some trouble and it's going to be a risky ride.
-Costume

Indiana Jones is wearing discovery clothes, a linen type shirt and chinos which implies he's ready to explore, he also has a fedora which shows that his going to a hot climate. Overall his clothes look old fashioned.

-Setting
The setting is a tomb, or somewehere ancient as there's vines and inscriptions there are also steps towards the tomb so this is implying that he's walking into trouble and the location is linking to death.
-Lighting
There's lots of light in the background, and its dark on the sides so it makes the crystal skull the focal point as it dominates half of the poster. This shows the gold and brown contrast, which shows illumination and denotes masculine qualities.
-Non Verbal Communication
Indiana Jones has his sleeves rolled up and his button undone, he's also clenching his fists implying he's ready for trouble. His posture is strong and brave, this clarifys that he's a leader by his stance making him look like a man on a quest and a noble treasure hunter. His face is sweating and this implies that he's been discovering and exploring. The skull links to the quest, and is in the background, showing that this is the target and discovery objective.