Mirrors Poster analysis

The Genre for this film is conveyed through this film poster is that it is a horror, the sub headings of 'There is Evil on the other side' indicates that the film has some sort of evil lurking around in the movie. The genre is could also be conveyed as a Mystery Thriller, this being referred to the people who look distraught and in trouble could relate to the factor of being a thriller, The mystery side of this movie that is portrayed upon the poster is that the characters are reflected in the water,and not being able to see their faces, this could also mean that water plays a big part in the movie seeing as the water takes up half of the poster.

The unique selling points for this poster involve the title of 'Mirrors' which reflects the idea of the film being revolved around mirrors and their horrors. The Main character Ben Carson who is an ex-cop who is the catalyst of the whole movie who is played by Kiefer Sutherland, who has been in such things as The lost boys, Monsters vs Aliens and Phone booth, which are some top-selling films. Paula Patton who plays Amy Carson who is the wife of ben and gets dragged into the world of the horrifying mirrors along with their son (Michael Carson who is played by Cameron Boyce which has been in such films as; Grown ups and Eagle Eye(which involved working along side award winning shia labouf),Paula Patton has starred in films such as Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, which is a hit film. The Director Alexandre Aja has directed a horror filmin the past called The Hills Have Eyes, which was a very popular horror filmworldwide, which indicates that if you have seen The Hills Have Eyes then you will most likely want to watch the film.

The colours involed in this poster are a variation, the colour of the main title of 'Mirrors' (where one of the R's is reflected relating to the theme of mirrors)
The colours around the edge of the poster are dark and dull looking very low-key, in contrast with the light which is high-key around the family, meaning that family is the lightness in the darkness, making it seem that family is hope.