The black borders narrow the

image making the image seem

mysterious; this is because its
as if its limiting what we are
allowed to see. The black
borders also allow for the pink
and green tilting to appear

The image is edited to have a

blue tint to it, creating a
mysterious and cool mood but
also a numb feeling. This has
given me inspiration to do
something similar to our poster

Already from a first glance at the

poster we acknowledge that she
Nikita is the protagonist and the
film surrounds her. We can see
that she is a woman but in the
environment that she is in
(holding a gun), you would not
expect her to be looking very
stereotypically feminine by
Both Nikita posters include a slogan or
tag line which shadows the protagonists
voice.

This is the first and original poster for the

film La Femme Nikita (1990) which is what
the TV show Nikita is based on. The title
itself translates from French to The woman
Nikita. However this links to the title of the
is the
second
version
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emphasised
the mise
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colour which was also common in
the original poster for this film.
Connotations of the colour blue are
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that it shows peace respect and
confidence. It is a colour of trust,
loyalty and sincerity but it also
creates cool feeling which reflects
the genre of the film. The loyalty
and trust reflects the character of
both Nikita and Ingrid. This has
influenced me to incorporate this
colour into the titling, poster as

The poster is a close up

of their face which
doesnt allow us to make
many assumptions of the
film because it doesnt
reveal their body

Surprising the title is very

small and placed at the
corner of the poster which
isnt vey eye catching.
The poster shows both a male and
female who are physically close to each
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with could
the cross
in that there is a
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tells
us
that
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is
a
close relationship between them in the
target
and
the
fingerprint
film.
The
female
is looking straight at
thatthe
is placed
on
the
leftallows us to see her
character which
sidefull
of face
the poster
also
and see
her facial expression.
represents the idea of him
being a person involved
with the government,

The film Bourne Identity was

released in 2002 which was an
updated version to the 1988 TV
mini-series. Matt Damon, the
protagonist of this film is placed
in the centre of the screen
attracting all the focus to him.

This poster also foreshadows that

he is constantly on the move;
running and being chased because
of his pose.

The specific colours of blue and

orange are complementary
colours which allows for
everything on the poster to
stand out evenly without
having one stand out more
than the rest. The colour blue
is a very large convention of
action thriller films. It is used in
all the previous posters I have
mentioned and is also used

The orange coloured

photos in the background
imitate the look of a film
strip. It creates the sense
of them being watched or
someone looking into their
lives.
These photos reveal that
there are fights scenes as

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