Film posters are critical aspects of the movie world since they're used as ads for certain motion pictures. The majority of them are created to relay useful information to potential customers and have info like the movie's opening date, tag line, and photographs of the main actors. Interesting movie posters that look like art exist too, these pieces are famous for favoring eye pleasing images and unique themes over generic photographs and data.
In a lot of cases, the designer or creator of vintage movie posters is not publicly known but there are a couple of artists who happen to be fairly well known among the film industry for their interesting pieces. Reynold Brown was an extremely well known poster illustrator in the mid 40s and 50s. His posters were probably best known for their interesting mix of minimalism and vintage imagery. His ad for the movie The Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, arguably his most popular piece, is one of the most sought after movie posters there is.
The theatrical release poster for the 2005 film Walk the Line is another fan favorite. Designed by the contemporary graphic artist Shepard Fairey, the piece features warm colors and a simple yet iconic image of the movie's subject, Johnny Cash. Even though it prominently features the movie's title, it could still be displayed as art in a home or office and has even been appreciated by those who have never seen the film.
Tarantino's action filled horror drama, Grindhouse was meant to look and feel a lot like a 50s low budget b-movie and its release ads were able to capture this extraordinarily well. The posters are wonderful works of art that featured vintage images and eye-popping letters. A few of them were even created to have the appearance of wrinkles over their surfaces, so that they would give viewers the impression that they had been folded.
Collectors who are looking to obtain new film posters that look more like works of art would most likely be pretty happy with nearly anything created prior to the 1960s. Older posters were often drawn and painted, since computer graphics being largely unavailable.
A poster from this era tends to be good example of minimalism as well, which helps people appreciate it on its own rather than just as an extension of the movie it is advertising.
A great example of this is the promotional ad for Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, The Birds. In it, a big bird feather is featured in the middle with the film's title listed inside it in thick black letters. On either side of the feather is not a thing but a plain deep red backdrop. The director's films were slightly famous for having ads with minimal themes. His late fifties work, Vertigo had a simple spiral design in front of a simple backdrop which was nearly the same color of rich red.
In some cases, the theater in which a movie is showing is permitted to design and use their own version of its poster. This was the case in early 2001 with the remake of Planet of the Apes. When the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas showed the motion picture, it used a now iconic version of the poster designed by the business itself.
In a lot of cases, the designer or creator of vintage movie posters is not publicly known but there are a couple of artists who happen to be fairly well known among the film industry for their interesting pieces. Reynold Brown was an extremely well known poster illustrator in the mid 40s and 50s. His posters were probably best known for their interesting mix of minimalism and vintage imagery. His ad for the movie The Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, arguably his most popular piece, is one of the most sought after movie posters there is.
The theatrical release poster for the 2005 film Walk the Line is another fan favorite. Designed by the contemporary graphic artist Shepard Fairey, the piece features warm colors and a simple yet iconic image of the movie's subject, Johnny Cash. Even though it prominently features the movie's title, it could still be displayed as art in a home or office and has even been appreciated by those who have never seen the film.
Tarantino's action filled horror drama, Grindhouse was meant to look and feel a lot like a 50s low budget b-movie and its release ads were able to capture this extraordinarily well. The posters are wonderful works of art that featured vintage images and eye-popping letters. A few of them were even created to have the appearance of wrinkles over their surfaces, so that they would give viewers the impression that they had been folded.
Collectors who are looking to obtain new film posters that look more like works of art would most likely be pretty happy with nearly anything created prior to the 1960s. Older posters were often drawn and painted, since computer graphics being largely unavailable.
A poster from this era tends to be good example of minimalism as well, which helps people appreciate it on its own rather than just as an extension of the movie it is advertising.
A great example of this is the promotional ad for Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, The Birds. In it, a big bird feather is featured in the middle with the film's title listed inside it in thick black letters. On either side of the feather is not a thing but a plain deep red backdrop. The director's films were slightly famous for having ads with minimal themes. His late fifties work, Vertigo had a simple spiral design in front of a simple backdrop which was nearly the same color of rich red.
In some cases, the theater in which a movie is showing is permitted to design and use their own version of its poster. This was the case in early 2001 with the remake of Planet of the Apes. When the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas showed the motion picture, it used a now iconic version of the poster designed by the business itself.
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