Horror Film Poster Analysis
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Horror Film Poster Analysis This is a film poster for The Final Destination. When looking at the poster we automatically relate this to a horror film from the way the poster has been presented. On the poster we see a womans reflection in a mirror! howe"er we can see that the mirror has been smashed. A smashe d mirror is usually a sign of bad luck which we can suggest will come within the film. Also the broken mirror also suggests that someone will get hurt or broken. #f we look at the indi"idual shatters of glass youll notice elements of iconography$ as we can resemble them as sharp blades or knifes. #n the bottom right of the poster we can see a bit of smoke$ we can also relate smoke to horror films. %moke reflects on the fear of the unknown and not being able to see. &ooking back at the womans face we are limited as to how much of her face we can see. Her features and facials e'pressions are almost hidden from the audience. (eneath the womans face we can see the b ottom half of a skull. # belie"e that this is )uite ambiguous. #t could be seen as the enemy*"illain of the film$ or it could imply that death will come to the woman! you can l ook at it in "arious ways. #f we look at colour used on the poster you will notice th at it follows t he stereotypical co n"entions of a h orror film poste r. O"era ll the colour palette used for this poster is "ery dull and mainly features blacks$ greys and blues. All these colours used ha"e maintained a spooky feel to the poster without making it boring. Howe"er if we take a look at the font$ the colour red has been used on the release date. This is seen on many horror film posters. The colour red is "ery significant as we associate the colour red with blood$ death and danger . As the rest of the post is )uite dull the red is what stands out and draws our attention to the poster . The font used is "ery plain$ although # think that this has been done purposely so that our main focus is on the image. At the top of the poster it reads +rest in pieces this then links with the shattered mirror in the main image.
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Horror Film Poster Analysis
This is a film poster for The Final Destination. When looking at the poster we automatically relate this to
a horror film from the way the poster has been presented. On the poster we see a womans reflection in
a mirror! howe"er we can see that the mirror has been smashed. A smashed mirror is usually a sign ofbad luck which we can suggest will come within the film. Also the broken mirror also suggests that
someone will get hurt or
broken. #f we look at the
indi"idual shatters of glass
youll notice elements of
iconography$ as we can
resemble them as sharp
blades or knifes. #n the
bottom right of the poster we
can see a bit of smoke$ we
can also relate smoke to
horror films. %moke reflects
on the fear of the unknown
and not being able to see.
&ooking back at the womans
face we are limited as to how
much of her face we can see.
Her features and facials
e'pressions are almosthidden from the audience.
(eneath the womans face
we can see the bottom half of
a skull. # belie"e that this is
)uite ambiguous. #t could be
seen as the enemy*"illain of
the film$ or it could imply that
death will come to the
woman! you can look at it in"arious ways. #f we look at
colour used on the poster you
will notice that it follows the stereotypical con"entions of a horror film poster. O"erall the colour palette
used for this poster is "ery dull and mainly features blacks$ greys and blues. All these colours used
ha"e maintained a spooky feel to the poster without making it boring. Howe"er if we take a look at the
font$ the colour red has been used on the release date. This is seen on many horror film posters. The
colour red is "ery significant as we associate the colour red with blood$ death and danger. As the rest of
the post is )uite dull the red is what stands out and draws our attention to the poster. The font used is
"ery plain$ although # think that this has been done purposely so that our main focus is on the image. At
the top of the poster it reads +rest in pieces this then links with the shattered mirror in the main image.
