This is an example of a film that is also of the horror/thriller genre.
This movie poster conforms to all of the conventions of a typical film of this genre.
The old abandonded house allows the viewer to establish a haunted/mysterious atmousphere and tells the viewer that the narrative will take place based around this house and its significance. They have made the actual house monochrome to connote to the viewer that this house is a bad place, a place full of mystery and potential danger. This is typical of a poster of this genre to do this because it has all the conventions needed in order to communicate to the viewer its particular genre and plot. The camera angle is at a low angle allowing the viewer to be intimidated by this house.
This still has effective body language and facial expressions that allow the viewer to see that this character has something to fear and the fact that she is holding a child in such a protective manner, this brings innocence to the scene allowing the viewer to experience a slight heightening of frightened emotions.
This still is clever in how it denotes fragmentation. This creates meaning by suggesting that particular aspects of this film are not all as they seem, again, connoting mystery. The female character is wearing white, which suggests that she is the victim throughout the plot, oblivious of things to come.
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