An analysis of a film poster.

1. 1) The name of the film is ‘The last
house on the left’, the graphics it
has been written in Bold with
‘House’ emphasised as it appears
slashed and in red connoting
2) The image on the poster is of a
grey house surrounded by black
trees and sky connoting a grim, dark
feel to the film that something bad
is going to happen in this house.
3) I think the film is about murder in
the middle of nowhere that is the last
on the left. The genre for this film is
horror as the look of the poster and the
texts connotes a dark feel to it that
makes me think some people are going
to die in the film.
4) There are no star names on the poster
which suggests the actors in the film are
mainly unknown actors as they are in small
white print at the bottom of the poster.
5) The most important colour in the poster is
the slashed red colour that were chosen to
represent a lot of blood shedding in this film.
6) The tagline reads “if bad people hurt 7) I think the target audience for this film is 15‐27
someone you love. How far would you go to year olds and for people who especially have a
hurt them back”? This tagline gives the tolerance for horror movies. The poster has been
reader of what the synopsis is about and made attractive to them by making it look like a
plants a question in the reader’s mind that ordinary house but there are secrets behind
how far would they go to get someone back. closed doors.
8) I think the USP of this film is this house
looks like a ordinary house but as the
grim setting suggests and the slashed
writing suggests there are some dark 9) In the credit block you can find who
happenings in this house. directed the film in this film it is Dennis Illaids,
the actors, the production company and the
distribution company
10) The production company are Midnight
pictures under the umbrella of Rogue pictures.