Symbolic analysis of a film poster

The way in which we analysis of a film varies greatly, it is necessary that we look at it from three different perspectives. Firstly, we have technical codes, which we can define as the techniques used in the construction of a text, i.e. the inclusion of a 'film title' and a 'tag line'. Equally, there are written codes, which is the range of contexts in which words are used in the test itself, such as the actual words creating the film title or tag line. Lastly, we have symbolic codes, which is the system if signs embedded within the text itself, i.e. the connotations of the images used, as well as the colours and font styles. All codes give out different messages, but are all valid. For this reason, I will analyse the symbolic codes of a film poster, being 'Platoon'.