Semiotics

Denotations 

• A man and a women standing in the center of the poster.
• The man is crouching the women is standing.
• Seem to be high above the ground.
• Surrounded by a destructed city 
• Bold font of the title, all in capitals at the top of the poster 
• Both wearing army type clothing 

Connotations 

• the way the women is the only one standing suggests how she is more superior then the man in this 'relationship'.
• the fact that there is a blue straight diagonal line through the title 'divergent' could represent the divide between someone or something, the line also looks quite sci-fi ish which could suggest how this is set in the future.
• the way that they are the only two people and seem to look stranded shows their significance to the movie and represents how they could be the only two people left in the world. 
• they are surrounded by a cramped city which has been destroyed, by looking at some of the roofless buildings, this could suggest how they are in war and are battling against something to perhaps save their town. Which allows the viewer to notice that this could be an action adventure film. 
• The colors of the sky, however, are quite nice joyful colors which could show how their is happiness in this film.
• The bright sun revealing in the corner could represent the new beginning for the destructed city. 
• the characters are also both looking at something in the distance that we cant see that could perhaps be something worrying due to their quite startled facial expressions.