Week 4: How is image used to create depth to a message?

This post is part of my Visual Design module online portfolio 

This poster uses the image as the main focus as it takes up half of the space on the poster. The American flag automatically allows the audience to have an idea what the poster is advertising. We as the audience automatically assume the character in the image is Mr Smith, who is a business man as he is wearing a suit and holding a briefcase. 

As we know from the text Mr Smith is going to Washington, this is further represented through the American flag. The flag is also seen as stairs which the business man is climbing, representing a journey, which further represents him going to Washington. 

The image is very important here as it is eye-catching and tells the audience the Film visually before there eyes read the title. The way Mr Smith's back is facing us allows us to look on his journey with him so when you watch the film you are watching his journey with him and living it with him too.

The image on this poster is very important. The text 'Come and do your bit..Join now' gives no information about what they want you to come and do, without the image the poster would have no good information and would not serve its purpose. The point of the image here is to tell the audience what it is they want you to join. The solider with his arm out as if to say join us represents the army and shows the poster is advertising for people to join the army. Posters in this style were very popular  during WW1 and WW2. 

Both of these posters rely heavily on the image as without the image the poster would be less inviting and enticing for the reader, the image adds visual aids for the reader and 'tells a thousand words'. The use of the images also help to break up the text, people would rather look at an image than read text. Therefore a poster which is trying to attract an audience to look at it the use of a photograph or image is vital.