i know what you did last summer- film poster

Exam practice - film poster: i know what you did last summer

there is a two shot with a medium closeup on the left hand side, and a big close u of the other three characters on the right.
the angle of the camera is slightly low loking up at the mai charaters of the film.
the quality of the image is clear on all the four main protagonists, focusing on each individual equally. however there is a person on the bottom right hand corner who has been blured out as that character is in the front there is a short focus on him bluring him out furthermore creating an enigma and secrecy of who the man could be.
low key lighting has been used for this poster as it represents the grnre being a horror movie.

non-naturalistic lightings has been used to create a myserious and sinister look to the poster. the lighting used is impressionistic as thete is a high contrast between dark and light conveyed in the poster.

the use of colours also represented the genre of the film as displayed are the four victims surrounded by a black background also there is "flesh" colour but a cold blue colour has been used instead. the person who has been shaddowed out has been outlined in red which represets that he or she is the murderer, red had been used as it shows the conotations of danger and death so this instantly tells the audience that he / she is the murderer.

the composition of the victims are at the top middle of the poster maybe the director was trying to symbolise that inocence. however the villlan is at the bottom which portrays thet he is eveil ad his mental staus is blow the victims. the killer has a hook in his hand that loops round the word 'know' in the title of the film this could indicate that the murderer knows sumthing about teh victims. The typography for the words 'i know' in the film title has been made the biggest and bolder. there is ancorage used for the slogan 'if your going to burry the truth make sure it stays burried.