Sin city anaylsis

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Sin city poster uses chiaroscuro lightning which contrasts between light and dark; this gives several different effects, light represents good, while dark represents evil. This leads us to think that the film is about good vs. evil. Were as Kill bill portrays quite a bright image, the lighting is high key as the fundamental colours are used very effectively;  the oranges and yellow’s are blending in together connoting fire, this leads us to think that the film will be quite lively with action and sets the mood of the film. The poster of sin city depicts quite a dark image, the only feature which is colourful in the poster is the name of the movie “sin city” which is in a big comic red font which is very effective, this could have been done for several reasons; to catch the audiences eye and make them keep in mind the name of the film, it could also be put in red to symbolize danger, death and blood which is a common thriller signifier and straight away tells you the genre of the film which is a thriller.

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        In Kill Bill, the presence of a samurai sword which urma Thurman is holding establishes the film as a martial arts type of film, the sword is also an iconography of violence. There is blood on urma Thurman to represent a death of someone; this sets the genre of the film and places it as also a thriller. In sin city the use of diagonal rain is used, the light reflects off the rain and helps show more contrast between the light and dark and good and evil, looking at the poster it is clearly shown ...

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