Research: Tangled Poster Analysis

In this poster for the Disney film ‘Tangled’, the audience can see three figures, Rapunzel, Flynn, Pascal and the horse. They are centred in the poster, which shows their importance to the film. In the film Rapunzel is taken as a baby from her parents (The King and Queen) and kept in the tower shown in the poster’s background. As part of this she never really belonged to society and was isolated from civilization and separated from generic conventions, which is why she is tougher and more confident that people expect her to be.

The Title in this film is lower centered below her hair this hints the film is something to do with her hair. The colour of the title is and ‘off gold’ colour which matches the hair above. The ‘ G’ in the title has a swirled tail representing Rapunzel’s hair and matches the hair she is holding. The titles backed onto a grass setting, which contrasts the colour and makes the title stand out. The titles colour and her hair is a golden colour, which represents her purity and innocence. The film is called Tangled because from the start of her life everything has been ‘messed up’ and she has never felt quite right were she was then she meets Flynn and begins to work things out and ‘untangle’ her past.

Above the Title is the Company name ‘ Disney’ this is important to a film poster because if the Audience recognize a successful film company they will be more inclined to go and see the film.

The main image of this film is focused on main characters, which are all in a fighting pose, which intimates that fighting may be involved in the film. Rapunzel is Centre front, which suggests she is defending them in some way. The colours, which the characters are wearing, are contrasted by the green, blue and grey colours in the background, which makes them, stand out. The princess is wearing a purple dress, which is mainly the only bright colour which represents she is content and positive character and her hair is draped in front of her representing she’s using it as a weapon for defense.