thriller genre - film poster

Each genre has its own style of film posters, within the thriller genre there are many sub genres be it physiological thriller or action thriller e.c.t, my film would be a sub genre - physiological thriller.




This poster has very dark negative space with again the title centered at the middle bottom of the page, the writing is in blood red linking the narrative with the killing disturbing nature of the film, The main objective of a film poster is to provoke a reaction drawing attention and promote the film. by having the main character in a sinister grin again looking into the camera (synthetic personalisation)drawing attention creating a connection. Thriller films tend to relate to narrative strongly and create a sinister slightly mysterious cover putting engage the audience in a state of interest - investigation into the film.
combining the codes of conventions i.e title prominent in the center of the page production actors crew in the bottom in a different less distracting font, over black, big actors in bold.