Film Poster Conventions

 As you can see in Psychological Thriller posters, they mainly focus on expression of the actor in their picture. In the first one the woman is shocked and looks scared. The black colours also contributes to making the poster have purpose and make the audience want to find out more about the film. With it saying that the film is based on a true story this makes the audience intrigued.

On this one again it is focused on the face and emotions that this person is portraying. This one looks kind of manic and ominous. You kind of think that the whole film will mess with you and will have a good narrative if there is an evil character in it. The effect on this photo also looks a bit grin which has it's desired effect on the audience.

In this poster you can see all of the characters facial expressions. They all look either surprised, puzzled or confused. I wouldn't personally consider this as a psychological thriller but i would consider it as one of those films that will mess with your mind. I don't think this is a successful poster as it doesn't exactly target my age group. I would say that that the red cross could possible mean something to do with the film title bit that is it.


I would say that this is a typical psychological thriller poster. The persons face intrigues you as it conveys mystery and sophistication. The tattoos that this character has also makes you think that there might be something else to it. The actual image that is used in this poster has not got all of the original colours that was in the original photo. Just like the Purge poster, the image has been altered for effect. They have altered the it so the dark colours stand out as well as the really light colours.