Cape Fear plus more thriller assignment

The Butterfly Effect uses minimal lighting also this could be a generic convention of a thriller movie, and the positioning of the poster with the main character centered to make more importance of his character, also Ashton Kutcher his actor name above him, although is not linked or an icon to this genre Ashton Kutcher. This poster doesn’t really have a setting it used a black backdrop creating fear maybe, it uses a mid/long shot on Ashton capturing his costume which is of a regular guy with a plain t shirt and jacket, no/blank facial expression almost looks like he is in a deep shock, giving the audience the thought of what is wrong with him. And he has a body language as if something strange is happening to him, with his hands/palms spread openand the looking down of his body. The poster features symmetry and is split down the middle with X-rays of skills and underneath what seems to be a butterfly linking to the title “butterfly” that would be a key signifier of this poster and it all seems to be arising out of the characters body with some sort of holy/spooky light coming out of the center of the poster behind him. His hair is dragged over his eyes to cover them to create some sort of mystery.

The slogan used is a bit of a riddle giving another hint of mystery, and the font used for the title is “FF disturbance” by the name of the font you can tell its suited for this kind of movie and a thriller, it displays “coming soon” in an red font and in capitals, red emphasizing death and emphasizing that the movie will soon be released. The style of the poster is dark and gloomy, keeping it simple yet effective with minimal text and linking the images to the title.  The framing of the shot would be a mid/long shot with the close up of skulls to increase detail to some sort of abnormal changes and the way they have cropped and edited the photo to pose the character in the middle of the wings like he is a butterfly linking back to the title catching the audiences eye. Probably targeted at an older audience maybe females that are interested in thrillers, females due to Ashton Kutcher being in the movie.

Another thriller  movie, “orphan” at first glance this child in the center of the poster really “spooked” me as a part of the audience and made me want to know more about this film, again very gloomy and minimal color and lighting, just use of simple colors such as reds, and dark colors, the red used to emphasize death or blood. The way the child is positioned on the poster in front of the building on fire shows she is larger than it, meaning she is superior of what is going on in the building, it is set in some sort of courtyard where she is stood, in front of the building.

The girl has a really worried face as if shes seen a ghost, but at the same time its serious and almost “devilish” stare. She is also stood in a strong position centering the screen giving emphasis that this film is about her or she is the main character. A key signifier of this poster would be the building aflame behind her showing some sort of trouble and struggle, with a deeper meaning of death. And also the object she has behind her neck could signify choking, or some sort of torture. The girl is styled with pig tails as a hair style to give her a sweet innocent look but the hair contrasts with the expression of her face, mixing good with evil. This movie poster seems to be In a foreign language giving the effect of a spell or a curse, and also the font it is written in as well as the title looks like it has been scratched in a struggle, possibly with fingernails or a weapon.

another movie poster with lack of colour and lighting, showing the doom and gloom thriller genre, and with the main characters centered, also by using famous actors to this genre such as “Robert Dinero” it adds automatic status to the movie, due to the fact people will have seen these actors in other movies and then will be drawn into watching this because of the actors last good performance. In most posters there is usually something that hints towards the story line or gives the story away so the audience know what kind of movie it is, in this poster the three males have suspicious faces and all are dressed in a suit maybe signifying they are in a “gang” and the fashion adds to the image they are displaying. The slogan is a line from the movie, which is well known and links to the story line greatly proving that it is about some sort of gang or “the mafia” and shows its from someone’s point of view who is or aspires to be a “gangster”.

Another one worded title that can make the audience ask questions and the slang links itself to a specific target audience that being older males by using “fellas” it refers to males in society. Also using the bold, simple font with the one word title makes it simple to stick inside the audiences mind, as its catchy and small to remember.