The technical codes of this genre are camera angles waist level as if the audience is running along with the troops birds eye view are used on top of the helicopters to give you a vantage point on the action also sound as gunfire , explosions and soldiers screaming to give it a war like feel. The symbolic codes are facial expressions and body language to give fear and strength of the soldiers and the clothing and make up is military and makeup such as wounded soldiers in battle.
The key signifiers of this poster are the gun and helmet in the ground this signifies death sadness and emotion as when soldiers are killed there guns are pushed into the ground with there helmet on top and there dog tags draped over the weapon. also the feinted American flag signifies what nation are involved in the conflict and the fire inside the words give the war torn effect.
the denotative level in the poster shows a helicopter flying over the words Black hawk down which is the main purpose of the film as it is the story of two military helicopters that were shot down in Mogadishu
The connotative level, i associate freedom and liberty with this poster as the American flag is fainted in the background America is called Land of the free home of the brave which fits in with the us army rangers fighting for freedom. The rifle indicates the sacrifice made by the us army for the freedom of the Somalian people.
They are trying to communicate to the audience the goings on in the battle of mogadishu through one small image and entise the reader to go and watch the film.
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