Research into Similar Tasks - Hannibal Rising Poster

The promotional poster for "Hannibal Rising" is an extreme close up of the young Hannibal himself. The audience can instantly create a link with the main character. The poster follows the route of the eye, a conventional theme amongst film posters. At the top of the poster we see the main characters death ridden red eyes, through the middle of the poster we see the quote "It started with revenge" then at the bottom of the poster we see the title of the film.  Through Mise-en-Scene we also see the use of props in the poster, we can see how the character is wearing a face restraint or a muzzle. This instantly shows the audience that this is villain. The restraint also adds a small amount of tension to the audience, why would he be wearing a muzzle? By making the audience ask questions about thing son the poster it will make them more likely to go and want to see the film, to answer these questions. The main colour theme on the poster is black, red, and gold. The black background of the poster resembles our link with the colour black and the idea of death. the red that we see in Hannibals eyes resembles the idea of blood. The poster itself doesn't give much away to the audience about what the film entails. The film is a sequel, but instead of the film progressing, it is a sequel showing the life of Hannibal as a younger boy, and how he became what he is today.