Movie Poster Research

A Nightmare On Elm Street





Denotations Of Poster

Images portrayed on this particular movie poster consist of Freddy's razor fingers (a major part to this movie which instantly captures peoples attention because in your head you're thinking "that just looks creepy.") the young boy who appears to look like he has just woken from a nightmare but could still be dreaming as Freddy's hand is appearing over him. The writing on this poster, particularly the logo for the film is blood red, meaning this film with be bloody and of course, it is.

Connotations Of Poster

The colors and images shown on this poster are all very dark and sinister. The main colors are black and red, black and red meaning Freddy is coming for you and white for the bed sheets to mean you might think you're safe but really you're not, hence Freddy's hand appearing over the young boy. The look on the young boys face means to me in my opinion that that the poster is trying to grab you, it's trying to lure you in and grab your attention. "If you don't wake up screaming, you won't wake up at all."

Target Audience Of Poster

The target audience for this particular film and poster is definitely for ages 18 and over but due to the jokes that Freddy's speaks throughout the series of films, it portrays him as a comedic horror character therefore younger than 18 is possible because the way Freddy can put himself sometimes makes him less scary, looks can be deceiving, Freddy may look scary but once he speaks it's a whole different story. This particular downfall for Freddy was a major problem to audiences out there and the press. They argued that a horror character should stay scary and be a horror character, not a comedic horror character which takes away the main factor and concept of the whole film. Terrifying.

Silent Hill



Denotations Of Poster

There is only one main image pictured on this particular movie poster for the film Silent Hill. The girl portrayed on the front is the dark side of Allessa which is also Sharron, the sweet and innocent young daughter adopted by a loving couple but with a secret and a past which is not known to anybody not even herself until she finds herself lost in Silent Hill. And of course the title is also pictured which is pretty much self explanatory.

Connotations Of Poster

I think the main reason that lies behind the image portrayed is the way that the young girl is pictured and the way the mouth is not visible can represent the good side of Sharron and the bad side of Allessa both in one. The way that the young girl looks so sweet and innocent represents the good side and the way the mouth is blanked out could represent the dark side of Allessa meaning to not speak, the world will lie to you.

Target Audience Of Poster

Throughout the film there are a series of scenes where all things dark and sinister are pictured and the whole concept of being lost in Silent Hill is a ghost town, meaning this film would be targeted for audiences 16 and up. due to the creepy and monster like characters portrayed throughout the film.

Pet Semetary



Denotations Of Poster