Existing Poster - The Last House on The Left

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The Last House on the Left

• Dark which shows it is night.
• The house is in an isolated area surrounded by trees the light coming from behind the house shows a storm approaching which creates pathetic fallacy.
• The picture is in black and white to emphasise the title.
• There are no people in the poster unlike the others, therefore no flesh is shown this may be used to create a sense of enigma.
• The writing is red to connote blood.
• The bright red against the monotone background draws attention to the word 'house'. We associate the colour red with anger, blood and danger.
• The tagline has a theme of vengeance, retribution and vigilante. This is common in horror and thriller films.
• The tagline gives us an insight to the film setting and genre. It also shows us that the main drama consists of revenge.
• The image grabs the audience's attention through use of the image. Its suggests that the setting will involve the house yet does not give too much away about the plot line.
• In the other 3 posters that we have analysed the image is the main focus and fills most of the space on the poster, however this poster has the text as the main focus and the image is in the background.
• Because there is so much emphasis on the word 'house' it is almost replacing the need for an image of the house.
• The lighting on the image is very dull and is almost like a silhouette this is to take the emphasis away from the image and concentrate mainly on the title.