Analysing Movie Posters by Niamh Sygrove

The Great Gatsby

What are the main colours used in the poster? What do they connote?The main colours used in the poster are gold and silver. This suggests that this film is very upper class as gold and silver are always known as very rich colours that associate with things like expensive jewellery and clothing from rich people that are shown on the main part of the poster. It also includes a lot of black which shows the darkness within the movie without even watching it. It also refers back to the fact about rich people as black is a common colour for a very successful man to be wearing as a suit option.What symbols are used in the poster? Do you need audience foreknowledge to decode the symbols?