The revenant film poster

This poster takes on the use of shadow art to the extent that at the top, DiCaprio's character blends into the forest. This connects him to the narrative of the piece and gives insight to the audience about one of the main locations of the film. The colour palette is predominantly blue and grey, similar to the symbolism shots in our teaser trailer. This helps to create the cold, harsh environment of the film, thus already beginning to generate narrative through a still image.

There is a red flare at the base of the poster and this may be used to symbolise a struggle or fight within the piece, there is a similar poster to the film with the antagonist, Tom Hardy on that has been created in the same way.The similarity between the two characters representations suggests that there is a power struggle within the film and immediately lets us know that these are the two main characters. Thus, through the use of colour and character positioning, the producers have let the audience understand some of the narrative whilst still generating enough curiosity about the full narrative arc in order to draw people in to watch the rest of this film.

The close up shots of both characters allows us to draw conclusions about their roles within the piece. DiCaprio's character doesn't look as confident/menacing and we can therefore see him to be the protagonist. Hardy's character looks stronger, offering a more extreme close up shot with half of his face not seen/shadowed to create mystery and an evil look to him.