Black Comedy: Big Nothing (2006)

Big Nothing (2006)

Charlie is an ex-teacher turned reluctant call center employee who gets fired on the first day. Distraught on being unable to provide for his daughter Emily and cop wife, Penelope, he is suddenly contacted by Gus, an aspiring scam artist who presents Charlie with a seemingly snag-free plan to make some cash: Blackmail Reverend Smalls a man of the cloth, who's frequently turned up in the company database of visitors to illegal porn-sites. Gus plans on extorting Reverend Smalls, with the intention of publicly exposing his secret shame, should he refuse, with this scandal potentially destroying the man's career. Normally cautious Charlie, is keen on participating in this scam, confident that with this money maker he'll garner from the deal and will finally help turn things around for him and his family. Joined by one-time teenage pageant queen Josie McBroom Gus's ex, the plan goes ahead. By IMDB

This is the dvd cover to the film "Big Nothing". From this , the audiences are provided with am possible genre. From the the image the audiences can see the one of the characters (Simon Pegg) is holding a gun, from this it could provide the audiences with a idea that the genre could be a action/ crime film. Also in the background there is a women holding a gun this also indicates that the genre could be action/crime. The typography that is used seems fits in with a action genre , also blood is used this also symbolizes a bad happening or something is going to go wrong such as a death. The clothes that the characters are wearing are ones in which a audience member would associate with posh/ wealthy so this can show the sort of people that the characters are , but this can also provide an idea that the film could be set in the streets. From all this information the audience believe they have successfully guessed the genre, but the pink background contradicts the actual genre this now gifts the audience the the genre isnt action/ crime as the colour contrast the objects in the background.