Identity

This was a neat idea. Props for being super creative. It is perfect for the title and I’m going to go watch the trailer and make sure it has the right feel for the movie. But if the movie is kinda creepy and definitely suspenseful, or maybe even a horror movie we have a winner. Standby.

Ok I watched the trailer. Yup, they got the feel right. It looks creepy as hell. Idk if it was actually a good movie or not but I’m a little scarred. Ok… maybe more than a little, but I might be a wimp in that regard J.

Back to the poster it’s a lovely dark black and red handprint. Nice, how else to people find killers besides with fingerprints. That is basically what they look for first. Nice thing to reference. Subtly morphing the fingers into people makes it even better. Referencing Identities of at least four people maybe five because the middle of the hand looks like it could be a face too. The finger people. Nice making them look like corpses. They look like they are either hanging, or ghostly walking. Either way the mystery is what makes that work. If you could tell right away it wouldn’t be nearly as intriguing. Since it is a mystery thriller it also makes the “mysterious” looking “people” perfect for the movie.

Red. Nice touch, always a subtle nice way to set the thriller mood. Makes you think of blood. Blood on a handprint is even better. This poster works so well with the title. It gives you such a good feel for the movie. You know exactly what you are getting into without actually knowing. Perfect. I love the suggestions it give the viewers mind.

My only issue with this is that I would not have put it on a white background. It’s to clean. Maybe white with smudges something to break the white space. Or maybe even a hazy gray background. That probably would have worked better. The second thing I might suggest is blurring the edges of the hand just a bit. It is a murder related story so make it a bit messier, a bit more frantic. That would push it over the top from great to awesome and completely memorable.

Overall a Identity has a great poster. Yes, it has maybe one or two areas in which it could improve on but overall the feel and message are perfect. That being said I probably won’t see it. Not because the poster isn’t good but because I’m might possibly be a bit of a wuss as I mentioned earlier ;)