Silence of the Lambs poster - Poster research - Alex

• You can tell that this poster is of the horror genre due to the main very disturbing image.
• The image is disturbing because it is not natural, the character's eyes are bright red like the colour of blood which symbolises potential gore and is the connotation of evil.
• The colours featured in the poster are all really dark which represents the nature of the film because dark and cold colours are iconic of a horror film.
• The composition of the character makes her the main object of focus because we can't see any background action or information.
• The only other bit of information we are given is the insect which replaces the character's mouth and this also suggests horror genre due to it being disturbing and mist people are scared of insects.
• This particular insect has a skull on it which makes it even more frightening.
• We can't help but notice that the character on this poster is female which supports gender stereotypes that females are always the victims. We can tell that she is a victim because of her facial expression, she looks trapped. You would think that she was a victim from this poster however she actually plays a really strong protagonist role.
• Her eyes are red and the colour red can often symbolise blood and danger and this is more obvious because of her white skin, her white skin makes her look dead.
• The film poster will attract an audience that can handle and enjoy horror films.
• The title is orange so that it stands out as the rest of the poster is dark. 
• The actors names are written in a much larger font than anyone else name on the poster such as the directors. 
• The layout of the poster is very standard and doesn't really give us a clue what the film is about or what kind of narrative it has. 
• This film is based on a book as referenced below the title where it says "from the terrifying best seller" 
• Silence of the Lambs is certified an 18 which gives an idea on how the story is going to be and will shows who their target audience is. However making the film an 18 will also attract people younger than this because of what they know an 18 rated film contains.