Two layers are merged together and adjusted in opaqueness in order to create the effect of two overlapping images. The bottom layer offers the audience a close up of who we presume to be one of the main characters with medical wires attached to her head/face; this interlinks with the title 'Side Effects' and allows the audience to infer that something fatal will happen as a 'side effect' of something else, therefore hinting towards the nature of the films narrative. The image begins using cool tones of blues, greys and greens which subtly gets warmer as it reaches the bottom of the image as the brown tones of the ground and the white of the clouds appear brighter. The close up of the female character gives very little away to the audience as a source of identity as her eyes are closed and she displays very little facial expression/emotion.
The title is featured central to the frame and the typography appears in sans sarif in order to emphasise the seriousness of the tone, somewhat appearing more masculine; this is reinforced by the use of capital lettering as it also adds harshness to the appearance of the text. The font is rather large and is therefore a key point of audience attention, as well as this it does not obstruct the view of the image as it is positioned in a space of clarity (simple background colour).
Once again, the credits are featured at the bottom of the poster, however, these credits appear to be longer in line length than some of the posters I previously analysed and leave less room for an 'invisible border'. Due to having a lot more text than some of the other posters, I feel it is necessary for the line length to be longer as the only other alternative option would be to increase the amount of lines, therefore meaning the text would obstruct more of the image.
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