This document analyzes a movie poster. It discusses several aspects of the poster's visual elements and how they contribute to conveying the film's thriller genre and scaring the audience. Specific elements mentioned include a close-up image that adds tension, dark background colors making the red cloak stand out, and symbolic items like a cloak and shackles that suggest mystery and captivity.

1. Close up image
of the subject
adds to the
thriller theme of
the movie.
Reinforces the
idea that the
purpose of this
film is to scare
the
audience, used Anchorage
as Pictures rarely appear
entertainment without some text, (whether
rather than to spoken or written),
educate. which serves to establish or
The use of anchor an interpretation. In
photoshop here a newspaper, sub editors
increases the will apply headlines or
scare factor of captions to a photograph; in
the film poster. a documentary, a voiceover
may serve a similar function.
This represents the
documentary feel of
the film, enticing the
audience as it makes Intertextual references
the film more Usually a visual or verbal
believable. This is reference to other
what we aim our media in the text. In this
trailer to do. case it is through a web
address.

2. The colour scheme is kept
TARGET simple yet still effective.
AUDIENCE The colours work well
together, and the red
with connotations of
violence, blood etc works
As the background well with the genre of this
colours are black, film.
white and grey, this
causes the main
subject of the
poster to stand out,
with the vibrant
scarlet cloak.
The subject of
this image is not
facing the
audience,
perhaps The cloak and the mask
suggesting that represent mystery,
the tone of this unknown, such is the
film/poster is killer in this film. Cloaks
very hostile, generally connote evil,
adding to the mischievous behaviour
fact that the etc.
subject looks
like they are
being held
hostage.
The mise en scene in the
film poster such as the
shackles around the
subjects ankles creates the
feel of the film.

3. The female here
appears to have
the upper
hand, which
contrasts with
societies view of
women. The are
usually portrayed
as the weak
victim. This could
work as a social
comment.
The fairy tale –
like font contrasts
with the image
displayed.