RESEARCH : THRILLER FILM POSTERS

FILM: TAKENThe film poster reflects the dark, thrilling theme of the film. The only colour used within the poster is the bright orange title, which also links with the lead actor’s name located at the top of the poster. This makes the film title clear and stand out, while the use of highlighting the famous actor’s name enables the film to attract an audience. The use of a black background with a dimly lit photo of the lead actor in the film translates the film’s dark nature, while the prop of a gun used represents the violent theme found throughout the film. By using a key quote from the film, the poster helps to create a perception of the main character for the audience, as well as giving a brief description of the storyline in one simple sentence.

FILM: INCEPTIONSimilar to the poster for Taken, this Inception poster uses a bold colour for the film title in order to make it stand out. The poster also uses plugs as a selling point such as the lead actor’s name (Leonardo Dicaprio) as well as including the selling point “From the director of The Dark Knight”. This gives the audience an idea of what the film will be like and encourages them to see it. By including a tagline “Your mind is the crime scene”, the poster helps to reflect the thriller theme and feature of crime within the film. As this film is well known for being extremely thought provoking and perhaps confusing, the poster reflects this in the images used. The storyline of the film follows different realms of reality within people’s minds, this is represented through the use of a collage of characters within the different worlds.

FILM: SHUTTER ISLANDThis poster fro thriller film Shutter Island has used many features within its poster in order to attract an audience and advertise the film. The black and white effect across the poster reflects the dark nature of the film. This is further emphasised by the small tagline across the starring actor’s face, giving the audience an idea of the film’s purpose and storyline. Similar to the two previous posters, Shutter Island’s poster also uses a bold ,coloured text to stand out an grab the audience’s attention. This is used in the key information of the film title and also the month that the film is released.