Movie name: Shutter Island
Genre: Thriller
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio
A movie set in 1954, about a U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels ( which is played by Leonardo DiCaprio) who is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding nearby.
The main poster for this movie has various features ( use of media texts) to it which help imply the fact that its a horror/thriller movie through the use of media language.
There is a close up shot of Leonardo DiCaprio (the star) which is taken at a angle which is use of technical codes. This helps the audience understand that the focus is on him. In this shot of him he seems to be looking for something, which may be dangerous as his facial expressions tell us that, and he is holding a match which then suggests that he cant see due to darkness or no light which adds to the suspense and dangers affect.
The two main codes which come in to use here are, colour codes and written codes.
There colour black used in most of the poster, along with some writing, written in white and red. These colours create a specific image in the audience's mind, which is gives them the idea of darkness(black) and danger(red) on connotative level.
The Word 'Shutter Island' is in red and in large bold writing which makes it really stand out. The words " Someone is missing " are in white but in small letters near the top of the poster, the fact that its in white with a black background really makes it stand out. Along with the picture of a island and bad weather conditions brings back the idea of danger and darkness which then helps anchors the idea of it being a horror/thriller movie.
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