Action is a genre where one or more heroes are thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases.
Rush Hour is a comedy action film about two different detectives from different cultures brought together to solve a criminal case.
The poster reflects this.
Its interesting because of what its trying to say and how it does it through images and colour.
Striking colours.
The divide of background colour displays a difference between the two guys posing on the front
The police tape which has the film title on it crosses both sides of the divide, bringing them together. The police tape shows that its about crime.
The crossing of the line, bringing two cultures together as Chris Tucker is crossing the divide.
Quantum Solace is an action, adventure, crime film.
A serious looking man with a gun.
Walking across what looks like a wasteland with a expensive suit on.
The colours are very desaturated in this poster which depicts the seriousness of the film. Even though the colours are desaturated, the image is still eye-catching.
Kind of an action shot as it looks like he's on a journey. A journey to kill someone.
Journey = Adventure
Wanted is an action crime thriller.
Two people.
A woman with a serious (killer) face with her gun facing upwards like she's waiting (suggesting a thriller film)
A man also with a serious face who is in the middle of shooting (an action shot).
The image of the woman is bigger as she must play a bigger role in the film.
This tells you a lot about the woman. She seems to be an independent woman. Emotion (or lack of) plays a big part in this with it showing her tattoo of TEARS upside down up her arm.
The background; looks like a scene of 'watching the sunset' and the warm colours used opposes the thought of lack of emotion in the film. It suggests obstruction. BAD!
Chronicle is an action drama sci-fi film.
Three people.
Very small silhouetted figures.
Unknown. Mystery.
"Boys will be boys" suggests that they are three 'boys' up to mischief/trouble.
A car stuck upside down on a pole on top of a building suggests the mischeif/trouble further.
This would be classed as an action shot as they are in the middle of doing something.
Inception is an action adventure sci-fi film.
Three figures.
One falling down in the background.
One jumping in the middle ground.
One running away from the viewer in the foreground.
This suggests an action element to it as they are all action shots.
They all look similar.
They are all moving in a different direction.
The setting looks like one of those confusing ones which have no set dimensions and keep changing.
A superhero film.
Shows profiles of 8 strange looking people with serious expressions on their faces arranged in the shape of an X. There are different versions of this poster showing different people.
Their faces are shadowed.
No action shot. Nothing to suggest action apart from the sci-fi element to the poster which would suggest that action may be included in the film.
A better poster could have been designed to attract more than just the geeks.
Maybe an action shot?
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