Print Products- Poster Research

I made a collage of a variety of psychological thriller movie posters. As seen in the following collage, I used different styles of layout. In the 'Case 39; poster and 'Before I go to sleep', the eyes of the characters are focused on, linking to the 'Side effects' poster , as the close ups show the importance of the facial expressions.I was inspired by this idea of showing face features in close ups because it emphasises the facts the movie is a psychological thriller, as a common convention of psychological movies in the main focus on character's are their identity. The close ups and facial expressions shows what kind of personality a character could have, giving a slight insight into the narrative of the movie. 
Other movie posters such as 'Shutter Island' and 'Gone girl', feature extreme long shots, which both show the back to one singular character. This is effective because it shows the psychological theme as being a element as the setting in the background could show the setting of the movie, but it also could connate a complicated mind (as a psychological character). The direct address of eye contact to the audience shows that the character is looking straight at the viewer which could catch the attention of the audience. 
All of the different posters have different font styles, but all of them are bold and stand out, so it's easy for the viewer to read. The main colours used are, red black and white which are common colours for thriller, as they connate danger and horror. White also stands out on a dark background, and black stands out on a light background.