A man wearing traditional Chinese theater makeup is crying, with a blue background and blurry flashing lights. The main colors are red and blue.

 

Coded messages：

His eyes look very desperate. The blue background also tells us he is terribly sorrowful. Red contrasts so strongly with blue that it is no longer the color of passion, but instead looks like the color of blood.The blurred lights in the blue background also look like twinkling tears.Through his costume, we can infer that the blue background behind him is probably the stage.The stage or his status as a theater actor brings him grief, and in the end he may even die because of them.

 

Linguistic messages:

This is a famous Chinese movie, but it was re-released in Japan, so the poster has both its Chinese and Japanese names in the middle.

The 4k below is the technology used in this movie. The text in the middle of the diamond above reads: the 30th anniversary of the release of this movie and the 20th anniversary of the death of its lead actor, Leslie Cheung.

At the bottom of the poster, there are the names of the director and the lead actor, because they are very famous throughout Asia and even the world.The red words below are the awards the movie has won internationally, indicating that this re-release is a very precious opportunity, and then the white words below are a general description of the plot, indicating that it is a tragedy describing a love/hate story in which the protagonist is caught by fate.

The text in the upper right corner is also a description of the movie's plot, but it's more literary, very much in the style of Japanese posters. It means "a fleeting dream".

 

I think it's a great movie. For one thing, the fact that it was released in Japan gives it a uniquely Japanese style, more literary, more language message.The second is its excellent use of color, and by looking at the colors we can see the emotional tendencies of the film.Thirdly, its image is so simple that passers-by will be attracted to it at a glance. But if you look closely you can also be attracted by its textual information, because these words express well the charm of this movie and the preciousness of this re-release opportunity.

Non-coded iconic message: 

1)A poster look like a broken mirror

2)A black man is standing in the forest.

3)Black people's scared and helpless eyes

4)A woman looked at the black man as if she were looking at prey, and her smile was creepy

5)A white hair with a ring on his right ring finger embraces the black man , but he does not touch the black man 's back with one hand

6)The black man  looks helplessly and sadly in one direction in the dark

7)A mysterious figure wearing the helmet of a medieval knight.

Coder iconic messages: 

1)Movie posters use broken mirrors to tell the audience that the characters in the movie are not harmonious. There may even be a conflict between them.

2)A black man is standing in the forest. 
--> The film may be set in a remote mountainous area.

3)Black people's scared and helpless eyes.
--> What did he see that made him feel excited or scared, indicating that the film might have something to do with horror.

4)From the strange expression of the woman in the picture, it can be analyzed that the black man will be the "hunted prey" in the movie. This woman's contact with black people is purposeful.

5)A man with white hair wears a ring on his right ring finger 
--> He may be a married man.

   In the picture, the white man appears to be hugging the black man intimately but his hands do not touch the black man's back. 
-->This behavior shows us that he doesn't really want to hug the black man

6)The black man looks helplessly and sadly in one direction in the dark.
-->The black man may have experienced something that made him cry because it was unacceptable. 

7)A mysterious figure wearing the helmet of a medieval knight. 
--> There is nothing in this image that can be identified with the mystery man's identity. This makes the movie full of psychedelic suspense to attract the audience's attention.

8) The color of the movie poster is dark tone. 
-->It expresses the atmosphere of loneliness, depression, terror, tension, confusion, and mystery in the film.

1)GET OUT
--> I think there's a pun here. One understanding is that a person's presence is not welcome. Another understanding is that one wants to escape the place. Both interpretations fit the plot of the movie.

2)Just because you’re invited, doesn’t mean you’re welcome. 
--> This sentence can show a hostile mood, and it can be seen that the invitation is a purposeful act.

I think Get Out is a brilliant psychological horror thriller. The plot is tight and the atmosphere is tense. In addition to the impressive plot and production, the performance of the actors in the film is also commendable. The protagonists bring their roles to life with superb acting. The film also alludes to the racial issues in society, but also shows the evil and good in human nature to the audience, so that people have to think about human morality and humanity while discussing social issues.

Attention is gained: shock. Through IMAX, the film brings audiences a very immersive environment, shocking people with the broken and discarded planetary engines and the development of spacecraft into space. 

 

Coded iconic messages: 1) the fighter jet and the planetary engine reflect the development of science and technology in the future (rapidly enter the space & drive the earth) (science fiction); 2) orange sky: color like sunrise/fire, on the one hand, it may represent a new hope for people, a new way to escape the Earth from the solar system, on the other hand, it could represent an explosion, possibly a path to destruction and something bad is going to happen; 3) planetary engines in ruins: meaning a failed attempt in the past, a destruction; 4) the only small fighter jet into the unknown space: like the forerunner who bravely takes the first step in the face of the unknown, it may symbolize the human hero who courageously moves forward for the survival of human civilization in the movie. 

 

Linguistic messages: 1) IMAX: filming tech, standing for large screens, high definition, powerful sound, and immersive environments in the movie; 2)流浪地球2 & THE WANDERING EARTH: the Chinese &English name of the movie; 3) 2023大年初一: the release date; 4) 郭帆（FRANTGWO）& 刘慈欣: the director & the screenwriter’s name. 

 

Critical Evaluation: Too focus on the filming tech IMAX, maybe the poster plus some information about the actors in the movie would be more comprehensive. 

1)Truman's face made up of countless shots.

2)Zooming in on the poster, each shot is a picture of Truman's life.

3)At the bottom of the poster is the URL: www.truman-show.com.

Coded iconic messages:

The whole picture, whether it is the character Truman or the blue sky behind it, is composed of shots, which are the life moments of Truman. All this means that the things Truman experiences in his life is unreal, which is also the main plot of this movie. Everything Truman goes through, the people he meets such as his parents and loved ones are all set up by the show. His life, on the other hand, is a live broadcast, a reality show, which is what the URL means.

Linguistic messages:

1)At the top of the poster, "Jim Carrey" is the name of the lead actor.

2)Below the title of the film there is a tagline - The story of a lifetime - which reveals the theme of the film.

1. A family photo taken in a fancy house

2. The characters’ eyes are all shielded by black strips of cloth

3. The legs on the lower left corner

4. Some are wearing shoes while others are not

5. The position: The rich family of four is gathered together in the center, while the poor family is scattered on both sides.

6. The arrow, the painting on the wall

7. Some linguistic information

CHECHEZ L’INTRUS- invader 

APRES SNOWPIECER ET OKJA

 

Coded iconic meanings

1. The eyes shielded: The eye mosaic metaphor of all people looking like characters in a crime documentaryhelps to reduce identification and de-protagonize the protagonist, proving that the connotations expressed in the film could very well be happening in all corners of the world.

2. The legs: a disappeared character, the female house-keeper, who is killed and lay on the floor 

3. Shoes: The metaphor for the gap between rich and poor

4. The position: The poor can only serve as foils, never able to integrate into the upper class.

5. The settings: the painting is the husband of the female house-keeper; the arrow connotes the cause of death of him;