A mystery and thriller, The Prestige is one of my favorite movies. With a dark background featuring three main characters in the film, the poster highlights a creepy, mysterious and thrilling atmosphere the film is trying to sell. What impresses me is the women in the middle. Seeing from a distance, it’s hard to tell what the slim and cursive outline in the middle is: is it the woman’s hair, or smoke? Such illusion perfectly resonates with the mysterious tone of the film, and is further highlighted by the line “Are you watching closely?” I also like the all-cap texts on this poster, which make it consistent, serious and exciting.
Looking at this poster, I can instantly tell that this movie will be a mystery. The black background does a great job giving it this mysterious tone, but I personally love how you can see the three actors faces, but not enough to know who they are. Also the, “Are you watching closely?” in small font definitely gives you the feeling that every little detail in the movie will be important to the font. Lastly, I find it visually and stylistically appealing that in the movie title “Prestige” is bolder than “The”. It helps the audience know that that word is important to the plot of the movie.