Creep Poster analysis

Layout

This poster is very cleverly laid out its landscape which is quite rare for film posters making it eye catching but its also laid out in the theme of an underground with it being in black and charcoal colours representing a realistic underground tube. The route of the eye shows what the audience see first when they look at the poster, The first thing to meet the eye is the train this is central to the poster and covers all of the hot spots this means its important but in positioning it centre makes it eye catching. The poster is quite plain with nothing at the top only central and the bottom the basic layout makes it very dramatic though. The pug/quote dominates the poster with it being in the centre of the principle of thirds, this is because it gives a good description of the film.

Image:
The main image is of the underground tube train this helps the audience understand what the film is about, the bloody hand is also centre and stands out as its on the glowing white glass panel blood connotes death which connotes horror this relates to my target audience.

Colours:

The white train contrasts the black background and the red headlines make it realistic and look like a train, the red lights are cleverly placed as they separate the pug/quote words to make them stand out and more dramatic. The red hand stands out as its one of the few things that is in colour this makes it eye catching and will leave the audience in suspense. The whole poster is dark this fits in well with the horror theme.

Font:

The font on this film poster is quite basic the mast head stands out as its in bold and is in white the font is distressed looking to create the same feeling through to the audience, they are able to link the font with the emotions of the characters. The pug/quote is in basic sans serif writing this is because the poster is pretty basic but it makes it more dramatic and more readable. The credits conform to the conventions of a genetic film poster in italics and hard to read and also along the bottom.