Poster Analysis

Poster Analysis

 

The Goodfellas poster shows the characters above the city, which implies that thay are above the city/law and public, and that they own the city.

Also they seem to be comming out of the dark or shadows, which may indicate the fact that they have a dark side or dark past, which is helped by the fact that they are standing above a dead man, which could say they killed him and are watching him die.

All the men are wearing black suits with a white shirt, but Robert De Niroid also wearing a red tie, which could show he's the boss of the other two, also the fact that he's in the middle and that his name is above the other two men's. The red tie is also associated with danger and blood or the sheading of blood, death.

Without watching the film, you can tell about when it's set via the title's writing and the street background, being old style. You can also see the cars in the background wich are fromaround the 1950's.