Poster Analysis: The Devil Wears Prada
- Immediately the audience's eyes are drawn to the central object on the page which is obviously the heeled shoe.
- We know quickly, that whoever owns this shoe has ultimate power.
- The use of the triton at the end of the heel links to the title 'Devil' and also indicates danger and power.
- The red is a very crucial colour on the poster. It represents again danger, sex and passion. It's a very bold colour and is used to attract onlookers.
- We know this film now is going to involve power, love and perhaps money.
- The characters are presented in top boxes on the page.
- The two in the middle (Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway) are presented as the same size symbolizing that they're perhaps head to head in battle and have equal power.
- We know distinctly whose the baddy from this poster, as she (Streep) is wearing black, and has that look of slyness on her face.
- Hathaway's character is seen as the nicer and brighter character, merely because of her smiling facial expression; we've already distinguished good and evil.
- We then see there are two additional characters, who seem to be stereotyped moody assistant and camp designer.
- The background design is very simple which directs the audience's focus on the triton heel.
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