Research and Planning: Analysis of Film Poster

Here is the film poster i will be analysing:




Genre
You can tell that this is a horror film straight away, as the background is complete black, with the only light from the outline of the character on the right, and the girls face is lit up the same colour, to show the relationship between the two.


Narrative
You can tell the story through this poster because of the title of the film, 'When a Stranger Calls', as well as the picture of the girl with a worried expression on her face, holding a mobile phone.

Media Language/Layout
The title is at the top, conventionally. There is a close up of a girl on the left side, almost covering up the entire poster, so that we see her facial expression and relate to that. There is a long shot of the silhouette on the right to show he is not a nice character, which we can tell from the way he is stood.

Audience
The audience of this film poster would be people that are interested in the horror genre, and into technology because of the mobile phone pictured with the girl. They would like the suspense as to who is on the other side of the phone and who is the mysterious male character.


Representation
The poster represents typically the story of a female victim and a male villan.