Misfits DVD Cover Analysis

Here we can see we have a media text for the show MisFits. From first glance we can see that both the title text and the image below it both act as dominant signifiers due to them being the main thing on the text. We can see that the protagonists of the show are being represented in a very stereotypical way which is shown by how there is a muscular black male who happens to be wearing a chain, all of which are a general stereotype for black people as they are usually associated with crime. We can see that the lightening has connotations of the phrase “a storm is coming” which means something bad is coming and is reinforced by the anchorage of the masked individual in the background of the image. We can see that in terms of the genre conventions this particular media text is being broadcasted on channel 4 which is renowned for having programs aimed at teenagers as shown by programs sharing the same network such as “The Inbetweeners”, “Big Brother” etc. We can see that slug-line is “In a class of its own” which gives connotations that the characters have something unique whilst it not telling too much information that there is no point watching it which makes the viewer want to watch it.