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A Silent Voice (2017)

Language:                                            The use of a release date, title, tagline and credits let's us know that it is a film poster as these features are customarily seen on them. The effect this has is making the audience more interested in the film by giving out these little details which will create more publicity prior to the release. 

Industries:                                             A Silent Voice was produced by Kyoto Animation which is well known for it's Slice of Life and yet emotional works such as Clannad and Violet Evergarden. It was directed by Naoko Yamada a Japanese animator, television and film director. The film ended up receiving 5 nominations and winning 2 awards for Best Film and Best Screenplay/Original Story. 

Audience:                                                                                                              I think that this film is targeted at both genders but mostly towards females as it has elements of Romance in it and the majority of characters are female. Due to the sometimes extreme acts of bullying and mentioning of death within the film it is aimed at teenagers and older with parental guidance. I also think that this might appeal to people who may have been a victim of bullying or were a bully in the past as they will be able to relate to the protagonists more.

Representation:                                                                                                    The focal image shows a boy who appears to be running after a girl, by his facial expression and body movement it looks like he has something to say to her, it could be an apology by the look in his eyes and the positioning of his eyebrows that make his face look more apologetic. The girls facial expression says that the boy is not a stranger to her and that she has maybe recalled a moment in her past of which the boy might have been involved. This is quite typical of a drama as now we can tell that the story will be based around what the boy has done to the girl and why he needs to apologise to her.