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Both posters have exactly the same bottom third of the poster, giving information on the release date, a list of the leading actors/actreses and then the credits at the very bottom.
There are obviously big differences between the two posters, the left one Geoffrey Rush has his image on the right hand side above his name. It has several quotations from different magazines, film critics and newspapers. The varying range of good comments from different people/organisations shows that it has been recognised by various people, and therefore would appeal to a wide audience. For example, they have included a quote from 'GLAMOUR' magazine, this would be appealing to a female audience and would get them in to watch the film. The words they have used for the front cover that are very british. For example, 'Majestic' 'Exquisite' 'Terrific' 'Fills You With Joy'. This all helps to aid the british feel of the film with using these typically british words.
The poster on the right has a picture of leading star Colin Firth, with his image on the left hand side, above his name. This poster doesn't have the quotations, this time it has 'God Save The King' this is a clever play on the words. It is just using the words of the national anthem and using King instead of Queen. This could appeal to a religious audience with the inclusion of 'God' and maybe this would make them interested in watching the film.
There's an in-balance in the image to text ratio, on the left poster, this is however done because they want to sell the film on how it's been recieved and the good comments it has had and not particularly on Geoggrey Rush's performance in the film. The right hand poster also has a lot of words on it, however this one has less words, and they have carefully put the words around Colin Firths' face, this was done so that they could not only sell the film on it's relation to religion and The Royal Family, but also the fact that they have Colin Firth starring the film, who is, at the minute one of the biggest british male actors, so it's a good selling point.
The colour in the posters are royal and luxury colours; Blue, Gold, Black and White. All of the messages on the posters are very british, and the image suggest that things are serious, by Colin Firth's facial expression, howoever Geoffrey Rush's facial expression is suggesting that he is looking at Colin Firth who is then looking at us as an audience.
The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays King George VI, who, to overcome his stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an unorthodox Australian speech therapist played by Geoffrey Rush. The two men become friends as they work together, and after his brother Edward VIII abdicates, the new king relies on Logue to help him make a radio broadcast at the beginning of World War II.
How is the mise en scene constructed to convey the setting, the period and the social status of the characters in the shot.
