Deconstruction of Harry Brown poster

Harry Brown Poster deconstruction

• This poster for Harry Brown conforms to the theory of the Golden Rule as the main character of the Harry Brown is positioned to the left, with the tag line in the top right and the imaged red shadow stretching form the bottom left to the top right. As a result, the people viewing the poster are drawn into looking at it for longer with these position of the poster
• The colour scheme of the poster is white and red to portray distinctively there are times of equilibrium and times of disequilibrium within the films narrative and also within the the main character of Harry Brown.
• The tagline reads 'Every man has his breaking point' which creates enigma with the audience as it questions why has he being forced to his breaking point? what is he going to do when he's reached his breaking point? what will happen to him after he consequences of him dealing with his breaking point? and so forth.
• The main character of Harry Brown is an elderly man and this contrasted with the tag line and image of disorder in his shadow subverts from the common stereotype of someone who causes violence and carnage. Therefore it creates an enigma and restricted narrative of how a old man has resulted to violence that is insinuated by the shadowed image and the red.  
• The red faded shadow of Harry Brown gives the audience a restricted view of the films narrative as it shows cars burning and two people throwing molotovs. This gives the audience so many possibilities to think about why that is happening which is what a good movie poster does as it is actively engaging them with the film; therefore they are more likely to spend the money to see it.   
• Additionally, the white typography that says 'Michael Caine' contrasted on the black coat of Harry Brown emphasises to the audience that theirs a highly talented actor in the film and also shows how Michael Caine is one of the films main selling points due to his status.