Thriller Poster Conventions

Colour

• Thriller film posters typically use the colours: black, grey, red, white, blue, yellow and orange.

Picture

• The poster usually includes the main character, sometimes two that are the main focus on the poster and take up most of the space.

• Sometimes there is a few more pictures that give away the setting, more characters and possibly a scene from the film.

• Thriller posters sometimes has the use of a glowing light.• There is always some signifiers in the poster to tell the

audience what genre the film is and what may happen during the film

Font/text

• The fonts used are typically clear and easy to read. The title is usually in capitals letters and is bold to attract the audiences attention.

• Sometimes the font can be scratchy and rough looking to give a feel of the film and relate to the genre.

• The title is normally in white, red or yellow/orange.

Lighting

• The lighting is typically low key lighting to create that mysterious and tense atmosphere.

• The lighting makes the characters seem mysterious and sometimes creates shadows which hides the identity and makes the audience want to find out who it is.

Director, producer and actors

• The director and producer of the film is normally shown, especially if they are well known as some people follow directors/producers. The main character(s) are normally shown as well as this may attract people to see the film if they are well known.

• The actors names are normally seen at the top or bottom of posters.

Taglines and reviews

• Thriller posters have a tagline and at least one review on them.

• Reviews help sell the film and if well known companies are recommending it then the target audience will want to see it as well.

• The tagline gives a clue to what the film is about but normally has a mysterious feel to it to make the audience want to see the film.

Date

• The date is put on posters so the audience know when the film is coming out. Sometimes the posters will have ‘coming soon’, the exact date or month.