Shutter Island 2010
The title has been created in red font - the color red in a film like this signifies a lot of threatening things, blood for instance, so that is a good choice on the dark background. Its faded effect emphasises the effect as if everything is falling apart and draining away on the island.
They placed it about 1/3 of the way up the poster, above the credits but below the name of the lead actor. It is quite a small title, one word above the other in a box shape in the centre.
DiCaprio's name is on the poster - he is famous and it would be a unique selling point of the film; viewers like his work as an actor so would be likely to see it because of him. The key image is the lead actor holding a lit match up to his face looking warily to the right. Another key image is a shot of the island beneath the main one; referring to the name of the film. It is surrounded by a stormy sea and sky creating a sinister effect. These images are used because it shows the lead character and the basis/setting of the film; they influence each other, DiCaprio makes the island seem threatening whilst the island itself makes him seem crazy.
The whole thing was done in very dark colors with the flame on the match and the red of the title the only colorful things on the page. This and the images suggest to viewers that something bad happens to the actor on this island and because of the storm, viewers assume he gets trapped there.
The only colors on this poster are red; black; white and green tinge from the island. The red is the most prominent, used to stand out from the dark with bad connotations. A quote 'Someone is missing' is placed 2/3 of the way up the poster, half on the actors face, half over the dark background. It is in small white font which makes it stand out but also makes it seem more mysterious as it is so small in the poster, you have to be closer to see it.
This poster screams the genre at viewers and it gives me a good idea what my poster should look like. Dark colours; foreboding mood; sinister quote serious face of actor, I will consider all of these things when creating my poster.
