The Panic Room poster shows the main character played by Jodie Foster lying down, whilst a dark character we associate with being someone sinister looms over her standing in a doorway. It gives the impression he is an intruder and unbeknownst to him, Jodies character has realised he is there. This gives a basic impression of the plot fot the entire film.
Technically the poster follows the rule of thirds, the hot spots outline the looming man and come down to Jodies right eye, this draws the viewers eyes to the sinister character and Jodies awarness of him. When first looking at the poster the audience read the name "Jodie Foster" and come down across the poster and then back right to read "Panic Room" this obviously highlights the films to major pulling points, its A-List main actor and the films name, and director. This will appeal particually to fans of Jodie Foster and the director. Also Foster is a well known thriller actor, this tells the audience that if she is in the film it must good.
The colour pallet for the poster is very dull, lots of dark colours including blues and greys place the film in the thriller genre and show the film to be a frightining and dark, another major pulling point. "Panic "Room is in red as opposed to the rest of the writing which is in white, this helps it to stand out. Also red as a colour shows passion and anger. This tells the viewer that the film will also be action packed.
The door the intruder stands in does just that, paints him as an intruder as we symbolise doors as entrances often to private or safe places.
The fact the doorway is wide open also makes the audience uneasy as a wide open doorways give the feeling of unprotection and exposure.
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