The Departed
The departed was an outstanding film directed by Martin Scorsese. It stars Leonardo Decaprio, Matt Damon & Jack Nicholson; three tremendous actors that played their parts brilliantly. This poster is immediately showing the viewers the three main characters but with an added feature being their distorted faces. This is a very nice touch to express what the film may be about. These three characters are extremely flawed at one point or another during the film. The title is in clear bold and at the lower third of the poster. The two details that catch the eye of the viewer are the tagline and the date. It is a very well thought tagline and the fact that it actually applies to the film in so many ways amazes which is why it’s so great. The way their faces are revealed in the openings letters which actually spell out the title.
There is no clear background behind the characters but the overall one is black which is odd as it seems that there may be death (clearly) and a lot of confusion and unclear plots.
All of them are expressing a different emotion which is a nice touch. Leonardo Decaprio seems scared, angry and aware all at the same time; Matt Damon seems like he is in control maybe concentrating while looking down at something and Jack Nicholson has a serious face and looking to the side as if his attention is implicit.
I think the poster had a lot to do with promotion of the film due to it revealing these three great actors in such an interesting way and the design was extremely well contemplated. The positioning of the title and everyone involved in the making of the film including the director is neatly placed in the corner where space had been made intentionally.
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