The happening poster analysis

This poster is from the film “The Happening”. This is to encourage people to go and watch the film. The poster is quite dark and compact. This is shown as there is only the three of them in the middle of the road. It also looks like the end of the street is narrowing to show an unnatural scene unfolding. There is also little light in the picture suggesting that these are dark times for the three people. Paper is also flying around the street suggesting that the city is pretty much deserted. The poster suggests that there are dark forces at work seeing as the people are all holding each other. The poster also shows desperation between the people as they are on the floor alone and scared. The poster influences the viewer to try and find out what has happened to result in this. This encourages the viewer to go and see the film.