Les Miserables poster analysis:

Les Miserables 

Film poster analysis:

The little girl is the main subject in the poster, this implies that she is a main character of the movie and is allowing the audience to get to know the character. Her light blue eyes create a relationship with the audience and with the character as they straight away fall in love with her. The eyes are the most successful part of the film poster as it appeals to the audience and makes them feel sorry for the little girl who looks sad and lonely. The background also helps to create this feeling because  it is so dark and grey. The audience also get the sense of courage and determination by the direct eye contact of the young character staring straight at the viewer. This is very effective as it would engage the audience making them feel like this girl is trying to tell them something or get their attention.The audience may also be fascinated by the age of the young girl as she looks dirty and tired, it suggests that she has got to put up with a lot in her life at a very young age. The dirt also suggests that she has to work in a factory or something similar which can be very dangerous. 

The poster also shows a bright light shining on the side of her face which could suggest something good is coming her way, although it could also suggest that something bad is coming i.e death this could because of the traditional saying 'i saw the light'. The other side of her face is shadowed which also suggests bad things could be coming her way and it also makes her look very miserable and cold. This would make the audience feel sorry for her and want to help her, this would stereotypically be mothers who are interested in going to see the film. 

The title of the film ‘Les Miserable’  is displayed big and bold in gold writing at the bottom of the poster. The colour gold is a very successful colour as it suggests success and repels against the other colours which makes it really stand out on the black background. The colour gold also suggests that there is success in the film and the little girl could be made to work hard for the rich people. There is also a slogan ‘fight, dream, hope, love’. Although they are all single words, they are all very powerful and when they are out together they all link really well, this could suggest that the audience is even more engaged after reading that.