The Tagline in this piece is vastly important in representing what the piece is about. From the offset we can begin to imagine that the film is about sexual assault through a combination of the tagline and the positioning of two close up shots of main female characters. The use of colour has been negated apart from the centre piece that depicts what appears to be a swarm of press, assumed to be from coming out of a court hall. This piece is therefore suggesting that the film is about the search for justice after there is a victim of sexual assault.
The piece casts Jodie Foster (famous at the time for performance in Silence of the Lambs) and by having a close up shot of her face and her name in the centre of the poster, audience members who have watched a film starring her before can identify with a familiar actress that appeals to them and will therefore likely be interested in going to see the full film.
The opposing positioning of the two female characters on the poster may at first signify opposition between the two however due to the tone of the film its more likely that there is a similarity between the two characters and the film is about justice for both.
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