Western

style font
to inform
viewers
that this is
a western

Minimal
use of
colour to
make the
red stand
out more
which
hints at
the violent
and gory
nature of
the film,
this
gratuitous
use of
blood is
one of the
tropes
synonymo
us with
Tarantinos

Image
stylised
to make
it appear
as
though it
was
done
with ink
to make
an
associati
on with
the time
period in
which
the film
is set.

Strapline referring to that this

is a Tarantino film thereby
appealing to the cult appeal
his films have.

Lots of
white
space to
show the
winter
setting
and hint at
the
premise of
the film
and also
as not to
detract
from the
important
details.

Title at the
bottom to
contextualis
e the
seemingly
erroneous
use of the
number
eight at the
top of the
poster and
in several
other pieces
of
marketing
for this film.

Main image of a stagecoach trailing blood hinting at both the

western and violent natures of this film and also establish enigma
codes of why the stagecoach is trailing blood to make viewers of
the poster want to watch the film for answers which is the main
purpose of mystery films.