Analysing thriller film posters- World War Z

In this poster the foregrounding image is of Brad Pitt who everyone recognises as a successful, emotive and good looking actor which draws the audience in immediately. The female gender in particular is drawn towards this film just because it stars Brad Pitt who is very popular with them.

Brad Pitt, on this poster, has his back turned to the camera and facing the action as if he is looking down on the drama happening below, giving us the idea that his charracter is a sort of protector or hero, this also shows in the way it looks as if he is shielding the audience from the action. The gun that is slung over the shoulder of Brad Pitt confirms the suspicions about the film being a thrilling, action-packed, war film with lots of fighting. The title- World War Z isn't very revealing as it doesnt give a lot away about the film apart from that it is based on some form of war which was already established from the forgrounding image.

Furthermore, the creator of the poster uses symbolism in the lighting of the image. As you can see low-key lighting has been used at the bottom of the poster to make it look gloomy, mysterious and daunting. The light colours towards the top of the poster contrast the low-key lighting at the bottom which could possibly signify that despite the oncoming carnage that we can see on the poster there' hope and the charracters will over come it. Furthermore, the dark lighting is a key convention of a typical thriller as it portrays mystery and a sense of something sinister.

The title at the bottom of the poster is well used as a method of persuasion to try and get people to watch the film. It leaves the audience wondering what the film could be about because 'World War Z' is a bit different to what we would usually see. The 'Z' in the film title, if you didn't know, stands for zombies but you can only really know this from watching the film or watching the film trailer. If the member of the audience had not seen or heard anything about this film it leaves them wondering and interpreting what the 'Z' means and what the film is about.