'Orphan' Poster Analysis #9 - Thriller/Horror

This is the poster for the 2009 horror film 'Orphan', which showcases a sinister looking girl staring into the viewers eyes. 

The female presented in the poster is the most abundant feature on the poster, and hence the most important aspect/character to the film. This is due to her centralisation and also how she's been formatted to make her seem bigger and how she is very close to the audience. The title of the film 'Orphan' is also directly underneath her, centralised also, giving information to the audience that this girl is in fact the orphan and can be giving hints regarding the films story-line and themes, and it is also worthy to note how the title has a different font from the rest of the text in order to distinguish itself and make it more obvious to the audience. 

The next part to the poster is the tag-line at the top, which reads 'There's something wrong with Esther,' Since this text has been presented in all capitals, the audience can assume that this text is meaningful and also more importantly it is suggesting something significant about Esther, the orphan character based on the posters structure. The audience can decipher that there really is something wrong with Esther, since it is a considerably sharp statement and engages the audience in a particular, questioning way. But the audience isn't quite sure as of yet what is wrong with Esther, since we haven't yet seen the film. But the purpose of the tag-line is to plant the idea into the viewers head, so that when they are watching the film they are knowing what to expect and what to lookout for. 

The background of the poster is entirely green, this is interesting as green is often seen as more of a neutral colour that doesn't show as much emotion. However this could be juxtaposing the poster since Esther is coming across as an ominous, evil looking girl that is dangerous. However the green background is suggesting that to the normal human eye, she's just a normal, harmless little girl. This could be symbolising a main theme and idea behind the film; that this little girl should not be trusted, she's evil, despite the fact that she looks innocent and normal. This can also be linked to how Esther's face is not showing at all much emotion, and how she is looking bluntly and longingly at the viewer, leaving behind a bitter impression.