Thriller Film Poster Codes & Conventions Research
Layout.
The layout of a film poster is very important and is a key feature when designing for what attracts an audience. The majority of Thriller film posters are all very similar to one another, with their main character/ item of significance being the main image dominating the viewers eye, being minimalistic. The majority of the time, the main image is partly covered by the title of the film, in juxtaposing colours, in order for it to stand out.
Using the Thriller film poster Dead Silence, it represents the stereotypical Layout. It includes the main image centre poster, with a black background, making it stand out and possibly scary to the audience. The writing is centred throughout in order to maintain the mirror-like layout. The poster includes low key lighting and red writing, which connotes blood, and this is a code and convention within the Thriller genre. Like many other film posters, this one includes a small text which includes a famous director, and this may also make their audience larger due to their fan base.
The majority of Thriller Film Posters have this similar layout, as does our Film poster for our film Saving Grace, with our main character being centre and the poster credits below the title of the film. However sometimes the directors of the film decide to make theirs stand out like the minority, and have a completely different Layout.
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