Poster Analysis - Red Lights

I have chosen to analyse the poster for the film ‘Red Lights’. The obvious choice of red, yellow and orange colours in the images shown connotes danger and warmth. This could symbolise the close connections between people but something negative happening between the people. The close up images of the characters faces suggests that they will be closely followed throughout the film. There are a variety of shapes the images have been cut to, this could connote the limitations the characters have with their aim in the film. Each character is looking at something but it is unclear what as it is not show in the image, this suggests that there is an aspect of ‘fear of the unknown’. The use of a black background suggests that the film will be primarily dark and difficult to understand. This fits with the typical conventions of a thriller. The black background that runs through the gaps between each image suggests that there is something separating each sub-plot in the storyline connecting to create an understanding from the viewers. The white font suggests that there is a sense of purity and simple base to which the plot is set to allow the audience to relate to it. However, the colour red is used in the title for ‘LIGHTS’ suggests that everything the audience relates to could become corrupted as the dark colour connotes danger. The bold and plain font suggests that there is a sense of normality that each character returns to at some point during the film.