To Kill a Mockingbird
The poster for this film shows that its a crime film, it features three pictures which have been merged into one big picture. One picture features a court which is very much crime-related. The picture is of a man addressing a court, which shows he has legal status about him so we can tell he’s a lawyer. This shows us that the film consists of something that is against the law, also known as a crime. The man in the main picture looks an intelligent, older, white man which shows that the target audience is that of a mature man or woman rather than a child or teenager. The way he is dressed portrays a middle-class image of the man, which also determines the target audience. The sky on the cover is dull and cloudy, which shows the mood of the film. The last picture on the cover is of a man carrying a small child along a path way in the dark, which doesn’t give too much away.
The title 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is a phrase used in the book and it comes from 'its a sin to kill a harmless animal that only lives to bring happiness and song for us to enjoy'. However for someone who hasn’t read the book it may have connotations of death or murder.
The front cover also shows that its not a modern film as it was made in 1962. The old-fashioned court room and the old-fashioned glasses that the man is wearing show that the film is set a long time ago.
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