Film Poster Analysis - Carrie

This film poster is for ‘Carrie’ (2013) which was originally a novel before it was made a film in 1976 and then remake in 2009, which is the film poster below. As this film has already been made into a film and was originally a novel, the audience already knew the story and therefore knew what to expect. As the story of the film is already known, the directors had to make this version of the film eye catching, interesting and better then the first film to make the audience want to watch the film.

The layout of the poster is consumed by Carrie herself making her the main feature in the film. As Carrie is in the centre of the image with blood dripping down her head and face as the audience we would assume that she either gets injured or she has committed a crime and has the blood of her victims on her. The film title ‘Carrie’ has the splattered effect of blood relating to her blood on her head and certain events in the film. The other small print text is in white writing as the background of the image is a dark colour. The overall image appears to be hind glass as there is a crack where the glass has broken around and near her face this could imply that Carrie herself is in a sense ‘broken’.  By being over protected by her mother and an outcaste by her peers, Carrie seems to be alone and almost lost in a way.

The angle of the camera is positioned sideways on Carrie and is a medium close up shot of her. With Carrie’s head turned towards the camera it makes the audience feel like she has chosen them as her next victim. By her head turned towards the camera it gives a more terrifying look she is looking at the audience which subconsciously involves them.

The main colour on the film poster is black which represents a sense of mystery and evil which relates to horror. The colour red also features a lot on the poster Carries eye are red and her head is covered in blood as well as the film title being splattered in blood.