language & history

Through this image you can start to presume when the film was set from the clothing that the actors are wearing in the shot, The lady she has a half turned up hat which would of been seen as more of an 1930's era, then also has an ermine placed over her shoulder that is made from some sort of animal fur, which would of cost quite a bit of money back in the day showing that she is a fairly wealthy woman. We can presume this from another prop which is hanging from around her neck, the pearls. These are still an expensive item to date today so would of been very pricey in the 30's as well.
From the shot of the man you can not see that much of what he is wearing but can see that he has a smart suit on, this is a statement that is still worn today when wanted to been seen as smart so'd think that he was going to impress at this party, i've presumed that this is a party because there is two gentleman in the background of the image, one to whom is wearing like a servants outfit with which looks like it has golden stripes down it so would work for a wealthy family. He is serving a drink to the other man in the image who also has dressed to impress on his night out, suited and booted in shirt and tie. As both gentleman have drinks I would of thought that they are at some sort of party or ball.

The Kings Speech
From these images that were advertising the film The Kings Speech you can see the balance between the image and text, this is a very British film you can see this straight away how they have chosen to use what would be said as very British words such as "marvellous and enthralling""majestic" stereotypically you can see an wealthy upper class British lady speaking in this way. Then you have Collin Firth and Geoffrey Rush in both of the posters who both played an massive part in the film that has been a massive success and there is not much between the Kings Speech and Slum dog Millionaire, at the minute Slum dog has made more money but The Kings Speech has won more awards, so there's nothing in it at the minute. On both of the posters they have the layout very similar with just the just the text that has changed between either of them, the title, date of release and named actors have all stayed in the same place though so you will become familiar with the posters.