Images: Straight away, we knew

we wanted all three of the main

characters on the poster and
represent each ones personality
through the body language and
positioning of them in the poster.
Richard: The hands and torso of
our main character are filling
majority of the poster because we
wanted to show how he was the
most dominant in the film and
how he had the power over life
and death a lot like a godly
figure, so the hands represent this
because that is often how images
of God is presented. The fact that
Richard is holding his tie
represents how he is a formal
business man and from one
glance you wouldnt think he was
actually a murderer linking in
with the message of our film.
Alice: Because Alice is dead right
at the beginning of the film, she
technically was never alive and so
we wanted to represent this
through making her slightly more
pale than the other girl but not
so much that she looks like a
ghost, because she isnt a ghost in
the film. We also wanted her to
be looking down at her feet
because it applies weakness and
vulnerability. The grasping of the
necklace symbolises both the
storys plot and also shows the
audience that Alice is either
nervous or upset and needs
comforting, often stroking a
necklace offers this.
Stacey: Stacey is the girl who is
much more confident about
herself and when she wants
something she will get it. This is
hopefully portrayed through the
photo by us positioning her with a
slight smirk on her face and
looking directly ahead at Alice
silently challenging her.
Film Title: We wanted to make
the film title stand out the most
and catch the audiences eye. The
red of the word closed
emphasises that the doors are
closed and not open or anything.
It brings in that element of
mystery because nobody knows
exactly what is going on behind a
closed door they can assume
but without seeing it they cannot
say exactly what is happening.
This links with our films message
which is literally that you dont
know what is going on behind
closed doors, you can only guess.
Behind is slightly bigger to
emphasise the same effect.

VOLCANIC PRODUCTIONS |
Deanna H, Cameron H, Charlotte S, Daniel S

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Film Poster
Deconstruction

Typography: One thing that we

really wanted in our poster was to
have everything symbolise or
represent something in a subtle
way that links in with our film. We
did this through using the
splashes of red and white. This
was to represent the characters
of Alice and Rebecca and how one
is the victim, therefore being pure
and innocent so tying in with the
connotations of white, and one
being the villain and the new love
interest which is signified using
the red. Furthermore we made
the oxymoron within the tagline
(using Dangerous and Love) in the
same colour which shares the
connotations of danger and love
because we wanted them to
really stand out to the audience.
We further did this by altering the
font for the words to represent
them even more so a bolder
font for the word Dangerous and
a softer font for Love.
Non-verbal Communication: This
is evident strongly through the
two girls, Stacey and Alice. The
audience/viewer can clearly tell
straight away that the two girls
dont like each other and that
Stacey is much more the
dominant of the two because of
how she is staring straight at Alice
without any confrontation.

Setting: Our poster doesnt actually have a proper setting;

instead it has the image of Richard and a lot of black. The
black helps to represent that our film is within the
thriller/drama genres as well as elements in our film
because the connotations of black tend to be fear, death
and mystery and so at first glance the audience/viewer
knows that our film certainly isnt a funny walk in the park
with bright sunshine, but a possible thrilling rollercoaster of
a film with twists that build up tension so that they are on
the edge of their seats wondering what will happen next.

Props: Each prop used in the

poster represents something
about that character or the
storyline and allows the audience
to make assumptions before
seeing the film. The lipstick in
Staceys hand is put there to
represent how she is the flirty,
promiscuous character of the film
while the necklace in Alices
hand/around her neck shows how
it could be something special to
her and could possibly have been
a gift to her, as well as showing
she is upset and in need of
comfort.
The necklace however in
Richards hands takes on a
different meaning, especially with
the added blood. It is clear that
something has happened to the
wearer of the necklace however
the audience is left guessing
about what could have happened
murder or accidental death?
You can either assume that it was
the man (Richard) who killed her
or could possibly be avenging her
death: which is technically both in
our film.