Intertextuality in Kick- Ass' poster
This film poster shows four superheroes on the front of the poster. This tells the audience that this film is about super- heroes in Action. This poster can relate to other films in like other super- hero action movies. The characters on the front, seem to look like other superheroes previously in other films. The superhero with the Black mask shown in the poster, is made to look like Batman. This gives the audience an identity factor as this man is supposed to be Batman in this film. The other superheroes seem to represent other heroes with special powers. This poster's representation is linked to films like; Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, by having a cartoon type comedy-like superhero action movie. Also, it can be linked to previous superhero movies like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Green Lantern etc. However, the superheroes except the Batman hero are all made up (created) to make the audience familiarize themselves with the new superheroes in the Action genre. This film has ridiculous Action in it which is just like Scott Pilgrim's film as he is a hero but the way the film has been put together is similar to Kick- Ass by adding comedy to the Genre Action.
This poster used a Black background with Yellow writing so that it makes the characters and the title of the film stand out. The way that the characters almost look like they are appearing out of the text, creates interest towards the audience. This film links to many other previous superhero action movies and quite a few elements have been taken from them to create this humorous Action movie.
This poster used a Black background with Yellow writing so that it makes the characters and the title of the film stand out. The way that the characters almost look like they are appearing out of the text, creates interest towards the audience. This film links to many other previous superhero action movies and quite a few elements have been taken from them to create this humorous Action movie.
The semiotic analysis is basic but good. It might be a good idea to divide semiotic elements by audience group i.e.- the intertextuality provided by the Batman style costume would attract audiences from the current Batman franchise etc.
ReplyDeleteTry to work out what kind of audience each of these elements would attracts and how that links in with U&G.