Movie Poster Analysis

Here are two relevant film posters of successful films in the adventure-sport genre.

A large focus of these adventure-sport films is the awe-inspiring emphasis that is created by juxtapositioning man against mountain. The mountains here are presented as omnipotent challenges to somehow overcome. This emphasis is created in these movie posters using multiple techniques:
-Contrast in light, colour or shape between the person and the environment
-Composition of picture consists of lines pointing inwards, towards the main subject: the person
-Main subject completely centered which signifies they are engulfed in a greater force (ie. The mountains)

The titles are fairly centered and, like most movie posters, the title is placed between text. By doing this it helps exaggerate their award and nominations, creating the impression that the film has recieved many awards due to how much space the awards take up on the cover, as opposed to listing the awards which would not consume as much space, thus suggesting they did not have so many.
The titles are both using bold text that is coloured in contrast to the direct background, thus helping the title draw the eye and be easily recognisible for reference.

Due to the nature of 127 Hours, being a somewhat serious and suspensful film, the producers of the poster have decided not to include any critique quotes. By doing so they maintain a serious perception of the film which perfectly fits their intent.
Blindsight however has multiple quotes of its success plastered on the poster. These positive and carefully selected quotes help encourage an audience to convince themselves the film is worth watching.

The large bulk of text at the bottom of most movie posters, including these, contains details of distribution and production staff. It connotes professionalism and implies the film is well polished. This is an especially useful perk for films of the adventure-sport genre as often it is inpractical for professional filming teams with large amounts of equipment to film in these environments, resulting in an expetency for a lower-quality production.