The Legend Ends

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Here is a poster for the movie "The Dark Knight Rise" directed by Christopher Nolan. At first glance (excluding the text) we see two things; the shattered mask and the muscular person in the background. The shattered mask is without a doubt the mask of Batman. It being in pieces tell us that it has fallen. The next figure we see is the muscular person in the background. He is turned away from us and seems to be walking away. This may indicate that he was the one who dropped the mask. 

From the perspective we see the picture it puts us in a place of a person who is on the ground. What the photographer wants us to feel is that we are apart of this scene and we play a vital role. The way we are angled to the person in the background shows that they are higher than us. This might mean that we are at a lower level than this person.

The lighting of this picture is only focused on the two objects we see. And the source of this light is coming from a thunder storm. The rain that is angled to drop from left to right indicates that this is a strong storm. The way the light shines on these two object differs. More of the light is focused on the mask than it is to the person behind. This may show that the person is dark in personality and the mask is a source of light. 

The whole thing has a very dark persona with its color scheme. A majority of the screen is black. With the colors that the photographer used, he wants to show us that the scene is very sad and gives you the sense of loneliness. To sum up what the photographer wanted to say is the mask has fallen and the person in the background stands in a higher level but a bright light shines upon the mask so all darkness has not gone away and there is still hope.