Silence of the Lambs Poster Analysis

This is the poster of the popular horror/thriller movie "The Silence of the Lambs". From this poster we can take a guess at what the genre is as there are a few genre indicators, such as having the poster fade from white on the left to black on the right shows this is a dark film and will be scary for some viewers. We also see a skull on the moths body and the wings are fire colors this connotes to hell showing this movie is terrifying. Finally we can also see her eyes are red this connotes blood and death showing that there will be death in this movie. As a viewer i am also left with some enigmas from this poster and want some questions answered. For example the poster fades from white to black this could suggest that this women we see is a good person hence the white, during the movie she may have to do some bad to get some good hence the fade to black this makes me question what bad does this women do? Another question i am left asking is what does this moth represent? and why does it cover this women's mouth? Having this rare moth with a skull on its back could suggest death and this moth represents the death that is about to happen if we see the moth in the movie we will know someone is going to die. The final question i am left asking is why one of her nostrils bigger than the other? As the nostril is on the darker side it could suggest an evil version of her, a new person or it could suggest that the moth has something to do with her nostril,this is done on purpose and will have big significance in the film.

The title is written in red writing suggesting blood and death, the creator may have chosen to do this because it adds a scary effect to the poster and makes the viewer that little bit more interested in the movie. The colors chosen for this poster are all dark colors, such as the red writing, flame wings, red eyes and the white fade to black. Using darker colors adds to the genre indicator that the movie is a horror/thriller. The poster also has a unique selling point as it says "From the terrifying best seller" this makes the viewer want to see this movie because if it is number one it must be a good movie. The camera angle on the poster is a close up on her face this could suggest that the women is going to be important in the movie.