2. Straight away we know it’s
a film of the horror genre.
The dark colours, the
The use of the word fairy tale in the screaming girl, the woods Is she alone and why is
tag line is linked to the title as well. and misty weather she alone in a forest? Was
We immediately occasiate it with straight away tell us it’s a she with people before or
the wizard of oz which is a fairy tale. horror film. going to meet people?
Fairy tales are a happy genre with
happy ending this is juxtaposed by
the dark colours and girl screaming. The misty weather is also
iconic to horror films. This
also has an element of
Pathetic fallacy.
The tag line has some words small
and some larger. This is very clever
because the words which are larger
without the small words says It is promoting the genre
“ROAD of the movie over the
NO FAIRY TALE ENDING” this makes stars of the film possibly
the audience ask the question, if it because no one too
isn't a good ending, how does it famous is in it.
end? In the poster you cant see an
end to the road as its to misty, this
is emphasized by the tag line.
Why is she screaming?
Screaming girls are iconic to
Did she fall into a trap or did she
horror films. This straight
just fall over?
away tells us its of the
horror genre.
The writing is very close together Are the vines attacking
therefore creating a sense of / grabbing onto her?
Claustrophobia. The use of dark
natural also portrays this sense of
claustrophobia.