Film Poster Analysis: Identity

A group seek refuge in a motel after a severe storm occurs, with this there is also a serial killer under psychiatric care, the killer is being executed for the murder of a group of people in a motel. When the group realise that there is a killer coming for them all one by one, a brave limo driver attempts to reveal the murderers identity by going head to head with him.

The film's genre is shown accurately as a thriller through the tones of colour that are used in the poster, with a simple white background, the receiving audience can see that the revealing description of the films plot is in the sole image on the poster. Which is a large black hand, although the red on the bottom of the hand, shows the conventions of violence and murder, due to it being on a hand it shows that the victims blood comes under the fault of this persons hand. 

The hand also effectively fits to the films title also, identity, as a persons identity can be found through a persons finger and hand prints. Showing the audience that the film is about trying to discover the identity of a killer. Within the palm of the hand we se a horrified face staring at the audience, showing that this is possibly the face of the victim as the were being killed by this person.

The hand also shows blurred figures for fingers and thumb, the four fingers are more  drawn out and easily able to be seen to look like bodies, and also seem a lot closer together, making it appear to the audience that this resembles the main cast, and who may possibly be trying to uncover the murderer. The thumb being a lot more distant from the rest of the other figures implies that this could be the murderer, the thumb figure also is very blurred barely being able to make out the shape of a human body, except we can differentiate the thumb figure from the fingers due to the fast the the figure is a lot more hunched over appearing to have their hands in their pockets, standing away from the other fingers and also seemingly wearing a hat to possibly shadow their face from the fingers.

The credits also accurately show the film's genre, as the film's title also matches the hand print on the poster, showing a bold, capital and simplistic font, showing that the film is serious and follows mature themes. At the top of the poster we can also draw out the same conventions of serious themes as we read the slogan, "identity is a secret.Identity is a mystery.Identity is a killer". Overall creating a strong message about the film, showing that a person's identity can be dangerous.