Analysis: Wanted Poster

In this poster, it can be seen that Angelina Jolie's character's image is higher than James Mcavoy's character, which could imply that Jolie's character has the lead role in the film whilst Mcavoy's character is that he may be featured in the film as an supporting character. Also in the poster there is a background of which could be the location of the movie where it has been set in although it is still very vague. However it can be also implied that as Jolie, and Mcavoy's characters narratives are of assassins, the setting may have the meaning that they work at night as assassins where areas are isolated where they cannot be caught and so can do their jobs of assassins professionally. Jolie's character in the poster is also is holding a gun showing her to be composed from the image but also to give out the meaning of her to be dangerous and ruthless. The gun Jolie is holding has a small pattern on the loader and trigger that can be interpreted as a stem of an leaf or an flower. This shows that whilst she is shown to be more masculine throughout the movie as an assassin and often dominant in asserting power over Mcavoy's character she is still shown to have feminine roots by having a customized gun that has a feminine type pattern. The poster also does not mention the lead character's names, however this is because Angelina Jolie is known worldwide therefore her name is not mentioned as when audiences see the poster or the trailer they can easily recognize that it is Angelina Jolie due to her being well known but also appearing in similar films such as Mr and Mrs Smith and Tomb Raider. The Universal studios image is also published on the poster, that has produced Wanted but also similar movies that involve action/crime/thriller genres such as Bourne Identity, Spy Game, American Gangster.