The main image of the Taken poster is fit to fill the most of the page, the main protagonist of the film is the only character on the page, this is to reflect his significance in the film. His costume helps emphasise this due to the fact tht he is in a grey/black suit, if we consider the point that stereotypically a male in a suit is a man of high social status or that of an important character in society, we can see the relevance between the character and the definition, however his top button n his shirt is open. This now portrays a more casual and laid back look, or one of a rushed look, which relates well with the plotline of the film. The background is a grey, blunt and blurred clour, which in one way or another creates perfetic fallacy reflecting the storyline of the film, aswell as the fact that it corresponse well with the main image, as it allows the main image to be the center of attention. The main protagonist is holding a gun, which is in front of the film title, which conveys that this will be an action movie, and that it is a significant part of the movie, additionally it presents the fact that the genre of the movie itself is portrayed by the image therefore the film name is not as important. The film name is big, bold and in the colour white, which contrasts with the darker background, it stands out and makes it easier to read and understand what the movie is about. Withing the writing of the movie title their is an image of his daughter with a ghostly effected merging into the white colour, this compliments the film name that she is taken. Overall the poster is simplistic but with much character, making it eye catching.
The two main characters are obvious as both their faces are big making them in focus, this is an emphasis on their facial expression, we get a some what blank and vague facial expression from both characters, making us wonder what has happened?. The faces merge into the background, thus making the faces slowely fade away into the blackness of the black background giving a ominous mood to the poster, also the fading of the faces into the black may convey this idea of death and them slowly dissapeaing, which is a contrast to the film title of 'Awake' 
This is a simplistic yet very effective poster, there is not much on the page yet there is alot of character within the poster. There is only a siollette of the main protagonist, which blends into the plain black background, the main characters face is looking down, possibly at the bat which he is holding, he looks distressed, yet determined, also his facial features are not emphasised on, this is not a realistic image, however it still presents to us the same sort of image a normal photograpgh would. He is outlined, yet we can still see that he is in a suit, which symbolises his authority and importance, but he is holding a bat, which makes him look violent, the bat has the effect of dripping blood and also has a splattered effect, this compliments the film name of 'Death Sentence'. The white contrasts the black background, as they are both significant colours, representing many different things, however our attention is most drawn to the film title 'Death Sentence' which is in the colour red, this anchors the main image and the film name. The colour red can symbolise many different meanings, such as, Anger, Blood, Love, these are all key themes within the actual film which is depicted by the name of the film and colour used. The colour red is also very striking, and shows that the plot evolves around death. The slogan is also in red, which also conveys its significance, 'Protect whats yours', the slogan is very emotional, and realistic, although it is a 3 letter slogan it provides us with an insight too what might be happening and causes a sense of adrenaline as we can predict that it will have alot of action and suspence .
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