Skeletons Key

This poster is effective as it incorporates uses one large extreme close up image of an eye with an extreme long shot inside the eyeball. I believe it suggests the film may be based upon an old man looking back to the past of when he was younger or watching out for someone who is younger. A significant element of the image in the eye is that the character is on a wheelchair. This can convey the idea that the child has suffered physical trauma or was born disabled. The child is also gazing at a mysterious building; which I think represents a madhouse he may of lived in or an adoption centre he used to live in. The title has been placed at the bottom of the poster, under the eye in three lines. The title is also in a bright beige colour, which creates a contrast to the background and draws attention more to the main image. The name of the star, Kate Hudson, is situated at the top, which reveals she is the main character in the film ‘The Skeleton Key’. As her name has been distinctively put up there it shows her great significance, which may be a tactic, used to attract people to watch the film. There is no information about the film given on the poster except for the title and one of the characters name. The purpose of this may be to keep the storyline a mystery and provoke the audience to go to the next step, and watch the trailer. This technique is a typical convention of a film poster, as they do not usually give away a lot about the film. The ‘E’, which is in the title, also looks like a keyhole, as it seems lights shining out of it. This emphasises the idea of the film being named ‘The Skeleton Key’.