thriller poster Analysis

Point	Evidence	Explain	Relate
Iconography	The mask and knife in the person hands.	The mask and knife highlights the person is dangerous and intent is to kill or injure.	This is a normal carterics of a thriller film as they normally have weapon to highlight gore and pain.
Lighting and colour	Dark lighting in the poster	The background light helps to highlight the man in the middle highlighting his importance.	Horror genre usually highlight one main antagonises.
Setting	The face in the background	Denotation: a women's face Connotation: ordinary innocent people in the back ground	This relates to the thriller genre as innocent people are normally put in danger
Positioning of characters	The man in the background	The man in the middle is in the middle of the shot and is dark he is highlighted more with the background lighting.	The darkness of the character is a convention of a thriller as the killer identity is normally hidden the low key lighting helps to highlight this effect.
setting	The house in the distance in the posters	The small house in the background suggests that it could be in a suburban area	This relates to the thriller genre as thriller happen in a ordinary area

Point	Evidence	Explain	Relate
Iconography	The mask and knife in the person hands.	The mask and knife highlights the person is dangerous and intent is to kill or injure.	This is a normal carterics of a thriller film as they normally have weapon to highlight gore and pain.
Lighting and colour	Dark lighting in the poster	The background light helps to highlight the man in the middle highlighting his importance.	Horror genre usually highlight one main antagonises.
Setting	The face in the background	Denotation: a women's face Connotation: ordinary innocent people in the back ground	This relates to the thriller genre as innocent people are normally put in danger
Positioning of characters	The man in the background	The man in the middle is in the middle of the shot and is dark he is highlighted more with the background lighting.	The darkness of the character is a convention of a thriller as the killer identity is normally hidden the low key lighting helps to highlight this effect.
setting	The house in the distance in the posters	The small house in the background suggests that it could be in a suburban area	This relates to the thriller genre as thriller happen in a ordinary area

Point	Evidence	Explain	Relate
Iconography	The mask and knife in the person hands.	The mask and knife highlights the person is dangerous and intent is to kill or injure.	This is a normal carterics of a thriller film as they normally have weapon to highlight gore and pain.
Lighting and colour	Dark lighting in the poster	The background light helps to highlight the man in the middle highlighting his importance.	Horror genre usually highlight one main antagonises.
Setting	The face in the background	Denotation: a women's face Connotation: ordinary innocent people in the back ground	This relates to the thriller genre as innocent people are normally put in danger
Positioning of characters	The man in the background	The man in the middle is in the middle of the shot and is dark he is highlighted more with the background lighting.	The darkness of the character is a convention of a thriller as the killer identity is normally hidden the low key lighting helps to highlight this effect.
setting	The house in the distance in the posters	The small house in the background suggests that it could be in a suburban area	This relates to the thriller genre as thriller happen in a ordinary area

Point	Evidence	Explain	Relate
Iconography	The mask and knife in the person hands.	The mask and knife highlights the person is dangerous and intent is to kill or injure.	This is a normal carterics of a thriller film as they normally have weapon to highlight gore and pain.
Lighting and colour	Dark lighting in the poster	The background light helps to highlight the man in the middle highlighting his importance.	Horror genre usually highlight one main antagonises.
Setting	The face in the background	Denotation: a women's face Connotation: ordinary innocent people in the back ground	This relates to the thriller genre as innocent people are normally put in danger
Positioning of characters	The man in the background	The man in the middle is in the middle of the shot and is dark he is highlighted more with the background lighting.	The darkness of the character is a convention of a thriller as the killer identity is normally hidden the low key lighting helps to highlight this effect.
setting	The house in the distance in the posters	The small house in the background suggests that it could be in a suburban area	This relates to the thriller genre as thriller happen in a ordinary area

Point	Evidence	Explain	Relate
Iconography	The mask and knife in the person hands.	The mask and knife highlights the person is dangerous and intent is to kill or injure.	This is a normal carterics of a thriller film as they normally have weapon to highlight gore and pain.
Lighting and colour	Dark lighting in the poster	The background light helps to highlight the man in the middle highlighting his importance.	Horror genre usually highlight one main antagonises.
Setting	The face in the background	Denotation: a women's face Connotation: ordinary innocent people in the back ground	This relates to the thriller genre as innocent people are normally put in danger
Positioning of characters	The man in the background	The man in the middle is in the middle of the shot and is dark he is highlighted more with the background lighting.	The darkness of the character is a convention of a thriller as the killer identity is normally hidden the low key lighting helps to highlight this effect.
setting	The house in the distance in the posters	The small house in the background suggests that it could be in a suburban area	This relates to the thriller genre as thriller happen in a ordinary area