Film Noir Posters

This Poster is from the film 'The Blue Dahlia'. In this poster you can tell who the main character is and the protagonist is, it would have to be man in the middle, because he is the centre of attention and has the biggest proportion on the poster. You can also tell who the antagonist is, because of the man with the gun in the background and the negative expression, also he is in the shadows, which is a codes and conventions of being an evil character. The female character on the left looks to be the distractor of the film.

 In this poster, the female character in this film called 'Laura' is the dominant character, you know this because the film is her name, so she has to be of significance. Also the fact that there are two male characters looking at her, this could mean that she is a hard to get character. Also the fact the she is wearing red signifies sexual or love. The man looking down onto Laura would be another protagonist because he shows no sign of being a bad guy, and he has light on his face, and you wouldn't put too much light on a bad guy. The guy on the right with the gun is obviously the antagonist in the film because he also has a lot of shadowing on him.