By looking at the poster for the American TV Show Criminal Minds, I am able to identify that this particular show is a crime/drama. I am able to identify this because of the facial expressions on the characters, who appear to all be members of a detective team, I am not able to judge them on anything else because we are only given a midshot of them. From the left, the female gives the impression that she is part of the detective team because of her clothing, she is wearing a formal grey suit and looks very serious. The male next to her is wearing a shirt and humper with a tie and has his arms folded, giving the impression that he is also very serious and very intelligent. The male placed next to him is wearing a jumper and looks as if he is not to be messed with, giving the impression that he is the one who may catch all the bad guys and is very serious about his job. The female next to him is placed infront of anyone else and again in a formal suit, but has a shocked face, possibly suggesting that she is serious about her job but maybe this series is based around something to do with her and her personal life. The male next to her appears to be more serious than anybody else, which makes me think that he may be the boss of this particular team, he too is wearing a suit and looks very intelligent, as does the male next to him. The female on the end appears to be a bit more quirky, her clothing is colourful where as everyone elses is dull and dark, but she looks as if she is the 'geeky' type, which makes me think that despite her appearance she is very clever.
Also, by looking at the characters placed on this poster, the lighting behind them is black, creating a shadow on one side of each of the characters face. This suggests to me that they all have a different side to them, for example they might be serious when it comes to work but they are nice people, or that they might have something to hide.
The title of the programme is placed underneath the characters which makes me think even more that they are superior within the piece and not bad people. The bold, white font further gives the idea of it being a crime/drama because its simple and the pattern within the letters are like fingerprints.
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