The Masthead of this move poster is large and bold making it easy to be noticed and read. 'The Hurt Locker' won multiple awards and they have decided to include many of these awards on the poster to attract attention and give people an idea of what to expect from the film. The Masthead is written in red (the colour of blood) this may help to indicate the genre of the film (action/war). The main image is taken from almost a plan view evoking insignificance upon the soldier and showing how their could be somebody watching him with their finger ready to blow up the bombs that are encircling him. You can see from the main image that this part of the film is set in a desert like area suggesting that it may be set in the middle east (based on the on going war at the moment). 'A near perfect movie' one may see this and feel compelled to go and see this and judge the perfection of the film for themselves. This Hurt Locker poster is primarily in black and white except of course the Masthead. The colour Theme (if you look at it in more detail) helps to evoke the fact that this scene (or nearly the whole film one might argue) is set in a dusty and run down city. If you drain something of colour its almost as if it drains it of life (war film) thus establishing this genre.
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