A majority of women displayed in movies are meant to manipulate a man’s way of thinking. The Pulp Fiction poster has many different aspects to it. The movie name came from pulp magazines that were fiction and cheap because of the paper in was made out of. Everything in this poster has a deeper meaning for each image. The movie poster for the film Pulp Fiction makes central a woman while the props around her manipulate the viewer’s thinking.

The unusual yet necessary props point to what this movie may be about. The most noticeable props are the gun, the cigarette pack, and the magazine. The gun has a silver-grey color. That color is not used with another prop in the poster. The darker colors around the gun provide a contrast to the gun itself which brings it more into focus. The gun shows an evil that a poster cannot easily convey because it is a still, flat object. The gun gives a violent annotation to the movie straight away. The gun is propped up and is shining right in the middle of the poster, underneath the woman. The gun may be placed there because the woman could need quick access to one. This also makes the viewer wonder if the movie is strictly about violence. To contrast the gun, the cigarettes bring a relaxed feel to the poster. They do this is because the way the woman is holding the cigarette while smoking it. The cigarette could be used for a ‘cool’ and ‘stylish’ look that cigarettes brought about before people knew about the harm that they can do. The cigarette is placed centrally in the woman’s hand. The white color of the cigarette provides a very strong contrast around it. The poster has mainly dark colors so the cigarette and the smoke both stand out very well. The magazine provides an interesting aspect to the poster. It is interesting mainly because it has the same title that the movie does. This should make the viewer wonder how the two are connected. This may make the viewer think that the poster and the magazine are related, and they are. The poster and the magazine have the same title to show the availability of the film and bring interest to those that do not read pulp magazines. The magazine that this sexy woman is holding invites people to see this movie because it is in this sexually appealing woman’s hand.

The old yet appealing poster design creates an interest surrounding the back story around the poster itself. The poster has frayed edges that make the poster look brittle. The poster creator may have done this to show that the poster is very old and hasn’t been treated properly which could weigh into the movie plot in one way or another. Another reason that the poster may look frayed is because of the cheapness that the poster has due to the material that it is made out of, pulp wood, the same material that the magazine is made out of. The whole poster is made to look like an actual Pulp Fiction magazine cover which is very cool. The poster has a variant color scheme. The poster pops because of the colors chosen, it relates to a western film poster because of the font and how the title is positioned. The mainly red top hints that the movie may be a thriller or action movie potentially with a lot of gore and blood. The red and yellow up top draws a glance to the title where the focus should be. The darker bottom section contrasts the top and draws the viewer’s main focus immediately after the draw to the top section.

The mischievous woman that is central in the poster portrays many different feelings and attitudes toward and about her. The woman is the main focus of the poster. Her positioning should be the biggest standout to the viewer. She looks relaxed in almost every way she can be viewed. She looks this way particularly as she smokes her cigarette. She has her legs crossed which shows that she is comfortable and shows her innocence. Another sign of her relaxed nature is that she is propped up on the pillow. The way her body is positioned shows comfort but also concern as she looks as the camera. The way she holds the cigarette with an open hand shows that she has taken a puff of the cigarette but paused to relax for a second. The way she holds the magazine down shows that she was reading through it but quickly put it down, still keeping her spot, and looks at the audience as if she has been called. The heels she is wearing show dominance and promiscuity while demonstrating that she may have a dark side. Her dark hair looks freshly done as if she may be going out somewhere soon. Her red lipstick and nail polish show that she could be violent and dangerous, red usually brings about those features. The black clothing, heels, and hair shows that she may have a darker side. The cleavage that the woman shows would show that this movie is intended for a male audience. Her facial expression shows that she may have a secret or may know about something important.

This movie poster contains obscure adult images of certain props but these props are essential is telling a story within the poster. The woman seems to be the make or break factor in the poster. She has many different aspects and the viewer may even believe that she is the main character because of her role in this advertisement. The poster can sum up the film if the viewer looks close enough and thinks deeply enough about the images. Everything in the movie poster means something and it is intended to be that way.