Thriller posters

This is the poster for Leon, the font and bold letters of the word Leon running down the left hand side of the poster seems to represent a support system for the man, its structured like the buildings reflected in his glasses, possibly the building holds a form of sentimental value to him and that's why the bold lettering stands out when looking at the poster. The man is looking up at the skyscraper that is reflected in his glasses, possibly this is because he is looking towards hope, or a target. The man in the poster looks scruffy and not wealthy, he is wearing a hat and glasses which represent a form of disguise, possibly he is hiding or he is the aggressor. There is an orange glow across the cityscape and his face this colour can be represented as danger or fire, maybe this means he is danger or the city will bring him dangerous events. There is light beaming on his face from the sun showing that the city will bring hope and that there is light at the end of the tunnel for him.

This poster was designed to look like a magazine cover, it looks used and mass produced, suggesting the woman on the front is used. The woman doesn't seem to care about the fact there is a gun resting in front of her showing she doesn't care and shes used to that, and that she is dangerous herself and isn't bothered by the consequences. her hand is covering a magazine cover showing she is controlling, also that she is hiding the content of the magazine. This hiding is reflected in the dark shadows to the left of the page showing there is a light and dark side to her or that she is being hidden from the truth. She is dressed all in black suggesting she is bad and not working with morals. In the background the blinds seem to look like bars, meaning the woman is trapped in this situation and cant escape from it, even though she looks comfortable in her surroundings, the image depicted could show a false side of her personality and that she is being made to look this way but she doesn't want to be. Overall the poster is effective and bold, making you look further into the reasons behind the representation of her character.

This is the poster for the film taken starring Liam Neeson, it shows him running down a cobbled street towards the darkness this shows how he is moving toward the bad people and towards a dark place. He is dressed all in black showing he is a bad person or does bad things. His shadow is bold and dark moving closer and faster towards the dark as if he is closer to danger and the unknown thank he thinks. There is a girl in the light behind him showing that she is his support and the light at the end of the darkness. The Eiffel Tower is very faintly in the background in the light, this may be because it shows where the film is set or where the ghost like girl is. The word taken is in red and is bold showing danger and red can represent blood.The girl is very opaque and ghost like and dressed in white showing her innocence, he is running away from her possibly because he has to go through the darkness to get to her. overall the poster uses shadows, white and dark to show meanings and to represent the characters.