1. Introduction:
The film the uninvited is presented in
this analysis and is of a psychological The movie poster itself is
horror sub-genre. This is clearly a The image doesn’t show a persuasive as it plays with
regular film poster genre as it provides face at all, which plays with your mind and makes you
actual information for the movie other the mind of the audience, it wonder what the villain is. It’s
than just ‘coming soon.’ I chose this also shows how effective the simplistic but very effective in
film poster as the actual narrative of narrative of the story is as the itself.
the film is similar to my film narrative film poster doesn’t need to
as it turns out the person that we think rely on a famous person or a
is the victim in all of this turns out to graphic image to draw in and The film poster is very
be the suppressor. Also the actual film audience. simplistic and dry but sinister.
poster itself is very interesting in the With the grey and white
way it plays with your mind. colours used it helps to
identify it as psychological. It
As the outline of the image is shows that the film is edgy
a window it almost seems that and gripping. Indicating the
it is a real one and there’s plot will play with your mind
someone looking through, just as the image does.
giving a sense of realism.
It has the producer’s of certain
The slogan ‘fear moves in’ movies shown, so you know
isn’t really an appropriate one which sort of audience it
for the horror sub genre and would appeal to.
narrative and storyline. In this
sense it’s very poor and it tells
us very little about the film. In
fact if only seeing the film Main figure: the figure uses
poster it would lead you into someone looking through a
the direction of believing that window; with the face
it was in fact a supernatural covered it helps in the idea of
The film title is put in an unusual uncertainty and fear of the
subgenre. In this element it is place because the image is the
very poor as it may draw in unknown. It plays with your
main priority for the film poster. mind so you think something’s
the wrong audience and then Although it is written in clear
disappoint. going to jump out of it.
writing it emphasises the main
image as it seems that it has
Main colours: grey, black, white. been written on the window, Its
Connotes: mist, uncertainty, seems sinister.
ghostlike.