The Fault In Our Stars

I borrowed this book from my friend today and i also got the poster from Odeon, i think the movie comes out really soon so i will post this update now.

So, the main colours used in this poster are greens and white, which are natural colours; of course the main features of the poster are the character's faces. All of this tells us that the movie will follow something natural e.g. a relationship. However this could also be ironic because of course, the female character has cancer and this is unnatural.
There are no symbols as such in this poster, but it shows the female character wearing a tube (don't know the scientific name for it); this tells us that she is critically ill, most of you will know what with. The audiences attention is grabbed by this and they automatically assume it's for a terminal illness (since we can guess she wears it constantly) and so feel sympathy for the girl. This connotes terminal illness and possibly death/trauma within the movie. Therefore suspense, romance and tragedy are the gratitudes promised by the poster.
The intended audience is probably young to middle-ages adults, but the book has a strong teenage audience as well; i suspect that families affected by terminal illness, presently or in the past, might be drawn to watch this movie.
In conclusion i think that this poster is successful because it does communicate effectively with the audience, it also hints that there will be a contrast between tragedy and depression, and happiness and love between the two characters pictured in this poster.


Amy