MISERY (1990)TYPE OF FONT: The font is similar to that of ‘Times New Roman’ and there is use of big, red lettering perhaps representing blood and gore and the idea of murder. The fact that the name "Misery“ shows the story plot may be based around more than making someone miserable - the misery to make someone's life a living hell.COLOURS USED: Black, dark blue colours used emphasise a dark plot, suggesting the film to be scary and thrilling. The bright colours in the light of the cabin and the sky above the mountain, showing the horizon, gives just a little bit of hope that there is always a chance for the main character to escape.POSITION OF IMAGES: The lodge is right at the bottom of the poster but central, suggesting the film is set in the middle of nowhere. The mountains on the top of the poster suggests they are far from civilisation making sure that getting help would be a very difficult, in order to escape the lonely hell of the story.

MISERY (1990)USE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW: There's not much light beside the light in the cabin – signalling "they are all alone" and it will be hard to escape. The darkness all around the cabin is like a huge massive cage to keep the hostage within.POSITION OF THE INFORMATION: The filmmakers and Stephen King's names are placed at the top while the main actors of the movie are placed above the movie title as it shows who is involved in this movie.HOW IT COMMUNICATES TO THE THRILLER GENRE: The poster communicates to the thriller genre as the white writing of the poster makes the movie known as having a "hostage" story plot. The poster gives off a "Thriller" feeling but it also gives off a "Horror" feeling as well, so it makes the audience speculate on whether this film will be quite scary whilst this poster uses a brilliant way to communicate with the Thriller genre.

INCEPTION (2010)TYPE OF FONT: The movie title is different from the others but still ideal as the audience know the film's name. The title is also different because of how it was done, to make it not so plain and simple and the lines in each letter represents that of a maze, perhaps suggesting that whoever the main characters are, they not only need to have to find a way to get in but a way to get out.COLOURS USED: The colours used for this are quite dark colours but that's because of the lighting of where the sun would be which is in front of the man. Mostly the colours reflect on what it would like if day was beginning to end. Therefore, this poster suggests that there could be a time limit to the story plot.POSITION OF IMAGES: There's a man close up, most likely to be the main character. His back is facing us like he's prepared to face the huge unknown world, armed and ready to take on the challenge at hand.

INCEPTION (2010)USE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW: The light of the sun is in front of the man and it casts a lot of shadows as it is the only light present, perhaps suggesting that all the main character has to do is to follow it. The is also shadows on the side of the man's face, like he himself is a mystery and he has something to hide.POSITION OF THE INFORMATION: The words "Your Mind is the Scene of the crime" are in the top centre of the poster in the sky as the sky is the limit. This can also be said for the mind, since imagination is limitless and the amount of ways to create the scene of the crime is limitless too, a classic thriller feature. The movie title is below the man as if to say "this is what the move is called and this man is part of it“.HOW IT COMMUNICATES TO THE THRILLER GENRE: The words on the posters shows that there's a crime scene but it is not visible to the human eye - a new crime scene like it has never been done before and this gives a new sense of thrillers, adding to the classic aspects of the genre.

THE MACHINIST (2004)TYPE OF FONT: I think the font used if very similar to ‘Ariel’ and is very effective with its chosen colour as it contrasts well with the dark background, making it stand out. The title is straightforward as the letters are in capitals so attracts the audience’s eye but isn’t a perfect white, suggesting the story is far from perfect, as well as the main character.COLOURS USED: The colour scheme includes dark browns, greens and white. The brown colouring of the wall suggests that it is made from wood and the scratches and marks shows how it has been worn over the years. This could be how the main character lives, in non-perfect nor ideal conditions.POSITION OF IMAGES: The image of the ‘post-it’ note is almost central to the poster, but more so positioned on the top half as if the note is being ‘hung up’ on the wall. The note appears old and crumpled like someone has screwed it up and re-opened it. On the note appears to be a game of ‘hangman’, with the possibility that the word being spelt is ‘killer’ since we can see the last two letters are E and R. The not itself looks small but could be big to the story.

THE MACHINIST (2004)USE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW: The lighting seems to be low-key, making the poster look darker, perhaps suggesting the film is dark too. It looks as if there is a light somewhere being reflected onto the wall, giving the sense of a darks story, perhaps going deep into someone’s mind.POSITION OF THE INFORMATION: The title of the film and the main actor’s name is in capital letters, making it stand out. However the lettering of "Christian Bale" is very thin compared to the main title like it's important for it to be there but not as important as the movie name which is needed so the audience knows what they want to go and see. HOW IT COMMUNICATES TO THE THRILLER GENRE: The letters, “Trevor Renzik is four letters from truth”, makes the film look like the main character is unaware that he's a killer or he knows he's a killer but doesn't want to admit it and so he suppress that to make himself forget. It communicates this to the thriller audience as they find out if he's truly a killer or not.