Analysising Crime Thriller Poster...

As a group we have decided to analyse a crime thriller poster which gives us an idea of how we want to portray our film production. The poster we are analysing is a well known crime thriller, 'Memento'. We will focus on the font used, the positioning of the text and images, the actual images used and the story that the poster tells.


FONT
The font used in the poster for 'Memento' is in capitals which makes it stand out and draws attention to the title of the film. It has the effect that somebody has hand written it, and as we can see it is on a photograph which also relates to the story line of him loosing his memory and so taking pictures of the important events in his life.

IMAGE
There are 3 Polaroid pictures which make up the crime thriller poster, with a different character in each one. This introduces us to the characters in the film, and introduces certain enigmas which makes the audience wonder what the film is going to be about. From already conducting research on 'Memento' we understand that the images on the poster relate well to the narrative of the film. The title of the film is also written on one of the Polaroid pictures, which could be a good, creative idea for us if we were to create our own crime thriller poster in relation to our story. The way the man and woman are both staring, as if they are staring at each other adds enigmas and creates scenarios in the audiences heads about the roles they play in the film.

POSITIONING OF THE TEXT AND IMAGES
By positioning the Polaroid pictures one on top of the other it makes the content of the pictures more mysterious, and it is also a very creative way to present the different photos. As the title of the film is placed on top of the biggest picture on the white part it makes it stand out to the audience, and also suggests to us that the man on the photo is going to be the main character.

STORY THAT THE POSTER TELLS
The poster could tell us many things about the narrative of the film. From the imagery used we can guess that the film has something to do with the two characters, and with the Polaroid photographs. By the pictures not telling us a lot about the narrative it leaves the audience wondering what is to come. This is good as the point of the poster is to market the film and make people want to watch it.