Hyena Film Poster Essay

Hyena Film Poster Essay

In this essay I am going to analyse the movie poster for the film 'Hyena'. The genre for this film is crime, drama. This movie is to be released in 2014 and stars Peter Ferdianando, a well known British Character Actor who has also starred in Snow White and the Huntsman, 300: Rise of an Empire and A Field in England. Richard Dormer is a well known actor, playwright and screenwriter of whom also stars in this film and has starred in, My Boy Jack, Good Vibrations and Mrs Henderson Presents. This is a action, crime and drama film and therefore I think it will definitely grab a lot of attention into viewing it.

When I first took notice of this film poster, I observed there was not much happening to really catch the awareness of the audience. What I noticed however was a man sitting probably by himself at a table in some sort of restaurant or cafe giving a sort of staring look and the light in the background which in my eyes represented danger or suspense. The light in the background also may symbolize some sort of plan or drama or it may be like being interviewed in a police station. This makes sense due to the film trailer being about crime and gangs in London and the light at the back in the poster having sort of a investigation and dangerous feel to it.

The colours that are used in this poster represent a  mysterious feel and a sort of suspense in the atmosphere feel. For example, most the setting of the poster is in dark, using colours like brown and black. These use of colours may threat or gang violence around London as it is based and set there. The bright yellow in the back (light) may suggest the use of sirens or an investigation team as the colour usedis quite bright and makes you sort of alert to the situation and the surroundings. The man sitting in the dark may illustrate the bad and dark side of the gang in london; both the light and the man in the dark and the colour all personify that he may be part of the 'bad guys in town' or the gang in London.

The audience hardly learns much from the character in the poster other than already mentioned before he may be part of the bad guys or the town and the light in the back may mean sirens or being alert or have attention to what goes on around you. In addition to this theycan see there is gouing to br some sort of suspence or tension involving different people and groups because of the use of the iconography of the light and the setting of an empty restaurant or cafe. As well as this, the facial expression of the character is very stary which may say that the people of London may need to take precaution and be careful where they are headed and the paths they take so they don't get into the wrong hands of anyone, i.e. the gang or maybe even this guy (the character) on the front of the poster. This attracts the audience as it shows the film is going to be very dramatic, action packed and crime filled.