The poster for 'Franklyn' uses dull colours to emphasise the dark nature, and mood, of the film. The smoky texture and city image at the bottom (which includes Big Ben) is reminiscent of London during the Industrial Revolution. The texture of the poster is also quite grainy, and this shows that the film is not a clean and sharp picture, adding realism to it. The characters' costumes too use dull browns and greys, and even the light streak, which cuts across the poster, isn't excessively bright.
The expression of the two men tell the audience about their characters. Ryan Phillippe's character, who is centred with an aggressive slanting stance and a stern facial expression is obviously the more masculine of the men. Sam Riley's character looks more worried and has his hands in his pocket. His head is slanted forwards and he is looking up and out of the poster at the audience (the only character to do this). This gives the audience the impression that he is the more sensitive, or less masculine, character and that he is the character who the audience is likely to sympathise with.
The blending of the light, the characters and the city in the poster suggest a narrative that involves a less clear-cut sense of boundaries. Indeed, the narrative of the film is set in two “worlds”, present day London and a dystopian fantasy world, and the characters and narrative are intertwined between these worlds. The colour and font of the typography also blends into the grey and white lighting of the poster, with the three actor's names spaced above title of the film. The size of the spacing between the letters in the film title also suggests a fantasy, or sci-fi theme.
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