Shutter Island - Poster analyze

The island on the poster tells us where this movie is set. The cold and blue hue and the lights in the window, which signifies night and darkness, make this place cold and empty as well as mysterious and unknown, . The island also is surrounded by darkness, which reinforces the expression of the unknown. The man is the only person on the poster and also gets a low angle. That tells us that he is our main character and hero. The burning match he is holding signifies the light he tries to bring into the darkness and the unknown. (He tries to unravel the mystery of the island). The red-orange colour of the fire signifies also the warmth and the live, which is coming into this cold, empty and death place.

But the match also lights his face, which could imply that he is going to find out something about himself.

The letters of the headings and sub-headings are designed in the style of a typewriter (, which gives us an idea of the time this movie is designed in the style of a typewriter, which gives us an idea of the time this movie is playing.

We also have, like in the poster of Children of the men, the red and the white coloured letters. The meaning of the red colour is similar to Children of men. It stands for danger, but it doesn’t stand for a particular thing, which is dangerous. It just tells us that there is something unknown and dangerous on this island.

The white colour has a light blue shade, which reinforces the cold and empty feeling.

The ‘Shutter’ in Shutter Island and the meaning of the sub-heading tell us that the man is captured on the island and can’t escape.

This is an mystery thriller with dramatic elements, because there is the mystery of the island, which has to be unravelled, but there is also the mystery of the man, which  will  be unravelled and which will shock us as well as the man.