Red Eye Movie Poster...

The film poster for 'Red Eye' focuses on putting across a message about the plot of the film, rather than focusing on different selling points. For example, some film posters focus more on showing the actors/actresses starring in the film, as big names often attract big audiences. This tactic has probably not been used as the main actors aren't hugely well known, and the poster is relying on the story of the film to attract audiences. The image on the poster is of the two main characters upper bodies, with the centre of the image showing that the man has a grasp of the woman's wrist, suggesting he is trapping her, but not giving away any more detail about than is needed. The faces of the characters are in shadow and just out of frame, so unable to see. This will have been done to apply even more focus to the hands. Along with the actors names positioned at the top of the poster above their respective characters, there is a phrase in the centre just underneath the names, in a different colour of font to make it stand out. This phrase, or slogan for the film reads 'Fear takes Flight', both revealing more about the genre of the film, and relating it back to airport/being on a plane setting of the film. The mise-en-scene of the poster emphasise the serious nature of the film, as it is all dimly lit except for the two hands, which is the main focus of the poster. Another reason for the rest of the poster to be in darkness is that the vital feature of the image is the two hands, therefore it may be to take any focus away from the rest of the picture. The title of the film is in big red font in the middle of the poster, making it very apparent to the audience so people don't see the poster without noticing the title of the film, which is the main purpose of a film poster.