Posters from a short film

Film Posters.

Here are two posters from the film Omar by Hany Abu-Assad in which is based upon a Palestinian boy, the film is in fact a love story although it conveys the true realities of the conflict happening within Palestine and the way the Palestinians are often mistreated by the Israeli soldiers. The protagonist Omar, the boy whom is shown in the posters below is situated on the West Bank and his lover Nadia is situated on the other side of the wall in which runs between Palestine and Israel. Omar often climbs over the wall in order to visit his friend Tarek and lover Nadia. Within the film Omar is threatened and tortured and results in having to agree to become a informer for the Israeli's in order to protect his loved ones from death threats upon them.

                                

Here by the use of the wall that separates Israel and (Palestine) the West Bank and the Gaza strip shown on the posters abiove, this immediately portrays to the audience that the film is associated with the political/historical issues that have and are happening between these countries even today. 

The way in which these posters have been designed to promote the film 'Omar' seems appropriate  for the genre type. The use of the wall immediately informs the audience that the film may include conflict and deep routed realistic issues. For example if the poster included both Omar and Nadia the two lovers perhaps together placed in front of a green screen, or illustrated through a poster in which is rather conventional of a typical Hollywood film poster: this would not suit the genre/film type of 'Omar'. Therefore the two posters shown above advocate meaning and depth in which is precisely what this film entails. 

The use of the yellow plain font of 'Omar' on the poster on the right hand side attracts the attention of the viewer as the yellow indicates that the film may be about a boy named Omar (the bold letters clearly depicting this). Also this colour contrasts well the the natural background being the sky as it stands out attracting the viewer. Moreover the sky may represent that there is hope in the end as in this image he is climbing over the wall therefore suggesting that there may be something on the other side in which beholds a part of him and that he seems to go back for?