First Movie Poster - 28 Days Later:
On this movie poster, you can already tell from the name of the film, the colours and the background of the poster that it is going to be a a horror/thriller. The posters colours consists of red, black, white and a yellow/orange. The red is being used the most because it signifies blood or/and danger. The reason this colour is being used is because it's a zombie movie that has the typical "infected by virus" storyline which then leads me onto the reason the colour black is being used. As you can see, there is a toxic sign in the middle of the poster and has scratch marks and signs of wearing on it. The colour black is also used in the bottom of the screen where the viewer of the poster can see Big Ben and buildings; Big Ben suggesting that the setting on the poster is in London. It also has a man or possible zombie walking in the middle of the poster yet again. The reason white is used on this poster is so that the title of the film, amongst the black and red, stands out over the viral infection/toxic sign. Above this, there is text saying in white capital letters "DANNY BOYLE REINVENTS THE ZOMBIE HORROR FILM AND IT'S 'SCARY AS HELL' ". There is also a release date and a tagline saying "YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED" in white and also a website saying "WWW.28DAYSLATER.COM". The yellow/orange is used for showing that when you turn and are infected, that's the colour that your eyes go.
Second Movie Poster - SAW:
In this poster, the colours it displays are white, black and like a light mossy/mould like green. The white is being used as a background colour and helps the mossy/mould like green foot with blood on stand out. If it was on a black background it wouldn't stand out as well. This colour is also used for the writing at the bottom of the cover in the middle, stating actors names, producers names and various other bits of the movie. The colour black is used for the title of the name that is in caps "SAW" and makes it stand out on the white background. The reason I think that this cover is a horror because of the very obvious foot that has been cut off and has blood dripping out of the severed end of it but also the way that the name of the film is written. The reason they would use the foot on a cover is to match the name and show that the foot has either been sawn off or cut with some medical equipment or could have very well been cut off with an axe.
Third Movie Poster - Drag Me To Hell:
With this poster, you can see a female being dragged by what looks like scorched hands (Three in total) as she is possibly screaming/shouting for someone to help her. The colours on this poster consist of black, red, yellow, skin toned, white and grey. The black is used for her coat and also for the background to give it a bit of depth. The red is used for the fiery flames of hell but the flames could also signify danger because of the colour red (e.g. orange flames would normally just come across as flames). Yellow is used for the woman's hair colour (Blonde) which seems to be lighter at the top of her head but gradually gets a bit darker once nearer to the flames and hands. The skin toned colour is for the woman's skin. White is used for the little window in the background to make the house more noticeable as it's against a black background and wouldn't be payed attention to much. White is also used for the colour of the title of the name to make it stand out from the flames. Grey is used for the ominous clouds against the black background. The reason I think that this is a horror is because of the obvious flames, the hands dragging the woman down and the name in capital letters "DRAG ME TO HELL" in white.
Fourth Movie Poster - Inception:
On this movie poster, there's quite a few things going on in the background such as the world moulding into a ball, many buildings and cars that seem to still drive along the bending road as if gravity wasn't real. The colours that are in this poster are red, black white, yellow and green. The red in this poster is used for the title screen "INCEPTION" in capital lettering but is also for the red name tags under Leonardo Dicaprio's name. Black is used for the road that Leonardo Dicaprio's is standing on along with the other four actors. The black is also used for the odd shading of windows, shadows etc. With this poster, the white is used for buildings and the gleam on windows and also for the dashed lines on the road. The yellow is used for the double yellow lines on the road that still carries on even though the road seems to be bending upwards. The green is used for the trees on the poster which run along the road but the clearest ones are the two on the right of the poster. This poster comes across as horror/mystery to me because Inception means to do an act/process and since Leonardo Dicaprio has a gun in his hand along with another actor that has a gun, it leaves the person looking at the poster wondering what's going to happen or what act/process they will preform.
