DVD COVER ANALYSIS ( A beautiful mind )

The main image denotes a man looking through a window. The use of a close up is it shows the emotion of the character. The darkness behind him shows he is dark/evil and there is light coming from the window so he is looking at the bright side of him; which means he is a bad person but he is looking at the good side of him. But it really connotes people are confused about what’s going to happen to him in the film so he looks scared trying to see what is happening outside his house  but the man looks scared and he is focused and suspicious.

The props he is wearing is a ring which probably means he is married to someone and that shows he is dominate to his wife and this probably suggests that he might have kids that he is fighting for.

He is more then likely looking at a car crash which comes back to him and he was in that car crash when he was looking out the window.

The reason why the title is gold is because it’s an Oscars winning DVD so it shows how good the film is. The testimonial review quote “A beautiful mystery ”is effective because it shows it might be a thriller and something to do with a mystery. It has special features this shows that there is a bit of the film which hasn’t been put in only in the DVD version of the film. After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.

On the spine of the DVD cover we can see the title and the DVD logo on the bottom of the spine there is also the picture of the front cover of the film. It stands out because its dark with gold writing on the spine it also says 4 ACADEMY AWARDS BEST PICTURE on the front page of the DVD cover.

This is a 14 plus so only 14 year olds and over are allowed to watch the film it has violent scenes and also flashing images and mildly strong language.

The DVD cover represents a man dominating the front cover. The front cover represents Russell Crowe looking scared through the window. In the title it says “a beautiful mind” usually you would associate a women with beautiful.

On the front cover there’s only a man so it shows Angela Mcrobbie  that the stereotype of men in media is more dominate and women are subservient to men.

The setting is in a dark room where a blind is used to gives a low key lighting and for him to look out of.

The film is about John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the worst by As time goes on, Nash lives more and more within himself which causes major problems in his life. But Alicia stands by her husband to his redemption to the Nobel Prize win. Nash learns that his graduate school colleagues, with whom he had a cordial but somewhat distant relationship, are closer friends than he imagined, although in his later life he really does miss Charles' company more than anything despite knowing that spending time with Charles is not in his or anyone's best interest.