Suicide Squad (2016) Teaser Poster Analysis

The teaser poster for suicide squad has been set out in a cartoon fashion and whilst being basic, the appearance of the characters on the poster are distinctive and allow us to imagine a similar and realistic picture in our minds. Especially with the Joker- despite there being no conformation of it of him being one of the characters on this poster, we are made to assume this given the green hair (a textbook characteristic of his appearance) as well as his red mouth.

Otherwise we are left trying to conjure any relations for the other characters on the poster, but taking into consideration that the Joker is a formidable villain and that he shares a similar appearance to the other characters- once again we are made to believe that these characters are all villains

Another evident feature of the poster is the colour red- it is seen on  6 out of the 10 characters- this further encourages the idea of evil amongst these characters as the colour red is reinforcing evil.


The title is bold / intimidating and it even carries a sense worry, given that the letters of the word "suicide" are unbalanced. This effect is emulated with the word "squad" as the "Q" is instead made to be a scar face, perhaps another hidden character within the film. But more likely (given the cartoon layout) it may be a representation of death, which is possible, seeing as during the marvel comics a character who dies is often shown having crossed out eyes or "X" in order to show the death.

The secondary title, is smaller than the main film title but it carries a message of importance, this being the films release date. This piece of information it specifically  underlined in black to reiterate its importance which also deliberately draws the attention of the audience as the colour contrasts against the pale colour of the background.

I really like the "simple yet effective" approach used within this poster, as it identifies its target audience through characters and font. This style of poster is something I may attempt to recreate as I am convinced having seen a few teaser posters so far that it is the right type of poster for my film.