Poster Analysis

 

 

 

 

 

Contrasting dark and light

• This gives an eerie effect to the poster and suggests a matter of life or death within the narrative, as black is a connotation of death and white is representative for innocence and life. The man is white which suggests he is innocent and the back ground is black suggesting death.

The use of the colour Red (cut)

• Connotation of blood, violence, death, danger
• Suggesting potential narrative including violence
• The red tag line suggest blood danger and violence in the tag line

Use of the word die in the tag line

• Suggests that the character is put in a dangerous situation in which death is possible
• “live or die on this day” suggest a eerie narrative and that the film could include death

Capital Letters

• Highlighting importance/making it clear to the audience the bold font on the dark background cement this.
• The bold font highlighting the A grade actor illustrate his importance

Open mouth/ frozen lips

• Suggests the actors pain for help/emotions of feeling of fear making the audience aware of narrative/anxious. This is cemented by the snow falling which suggest the narrative.

Low key lighting

• Creates contrasting shadows to hide identity of character (which adds mystery) as does the prop/ tiara

Male Victim

• The victim shown on the poster is a male, which subverts convention of the thriller genre as men are not normally seen as the vulnerable which highlights the  feel  to danger. This adds a new twist on the thriller genre.

Falling Snow Effect

• This effect over the character's face suggests that the events in the film have metaphorically 'frozen' him. It also could suggest he is trying to escape but is being stopped by something/someone.