Film Posters - Further research

This poster stands out when you look at it because of it's simplicity.What makes the poster stands out is the black background which causes the picture of Earth in the centre of the page to stand out due to the vivid colour of it. The orangy/reds from a distance look like lava which we know is at the centre of the Earth so it does imply perhaps something post- apocalyptic as the orange is only around the bottom area of the Earth. On closer inspection, the "lava" is in fact numbers written in strange handwriting; this implies that there is going to be some kind of code throughout the film.The white of all the text also makes it stand out against the background and the orange glow around the title draws your eye towards it.Also what makes the text stand out is the font that has been used. The font is simple and looks almost like it is computer data which adds to the idea of a code being used in the film. The individual letters of each word are spaced out quite a bit which adds impact, especially to the name Nicolas Cage along the top of the poster. This is because he is the leading actor and so this should draw in an audience who likes his acting. The title of the film does not take up much space of the poster but as there is not much else on the poster, it is still eye-catching as it is only one word so it makes an impact on it's audience. There is also a tag line under the title which reads "what happens when the numbers run out?" This links to the numbers at the bottom of the Earth and also as it is a rhetorical question it draws the audience in and confirms suspicions that something bad could happen to the world in which we live in.

This thriller poster also stands out mostly due to the colour scheme. Again we have the black background, white font and some vivid colour, this time it is a bright red slash down the middle of the poster which suggests an element of danger.The photograph of Cameron Diaz is a kind of sepia tone which makes it seem like an old photograph. The title "The Box" stands out because it is white and also because the word "Box" is in bold. This suggests that this box will be the element of change/ reason why everything happens in the film.Although you cannot see it in this picture, there is also Cameron Diaz's name along the top of the poster in very similar fashion to that of the poster above. This is for the same reason, to draw in an audience, although she is very famous and the picture on the poster is clearly her. We are not told who the man in the hat is at the bottom of the screen, and perhaps we never do find out. This could be why he is so small on the poster and why his name is not mentioned anywhere. Similarly also to the "Knowing" poster is a tag line underneath the title. This time it reads in red "You are the experiment" although not a rhetorical question, it still includes the audience because of the pronoun "you", and the red implies danger which will hopefully make the audience want to know what bad things are going to happen, and also that it could actually happen to them.



This poster, although it does not follow the same colour scheme as the other two posters above, it still stands out because of the colours that it does use. There is still a lot of darks contrasting with whites. For example, his suit against her coat and the brightness behind both of them. The title of this film "Derailed" although they seem to be placed at a train station, it also holds connotations of going mad, which could suggest the thriller genre and produces a sense that something more than what is implied will happen in this film. Also supporting this is the vulnerability of the woman who seems to be pushing into the man, perhaps as a form of protection. This poster also shows the names of the important actors who are staring in this film, again, to attract an audience. The tag line for this film is not under the title like it is in the other posters, but in the corner : "They never saw it coming." this could be foreshadowing something that is going happen. It also acts as a kind of warning to the audience who probably wont see the twist in the film coming either; this would encourage people to watch the film. 

This research will help to design our own poster as it has shown me the conventions of a good thriller film  poster. I will try to stick to all of these as I want it to look as professional as possible. From this research I have learnt that we will probably have white font with a dark background and that it is important to have the actor's/acress's name along the top.