Modern Movie Posters

Die hard s theatrical release poster sells hard as well putting an 80 s action adventure twist on classic film noir style the tagline emblazoned across the top promises a riveting experience with a tie in to the central drama of the film.

Modern movie posters. The modern film poster then is the victim of a desperate tug of war and the result of a murky cocktail of contractual obligations lead actor s name must be at certain font size commercial. Where some do less than impress others shine. For while the movie is forgettable 50s schlock the poster is an enduring icon of a bygone era with a gigantified allison hayes terrorising a freeway and the sexual fantasies of teenage boys.

19 animal house universal 1978 sold for 1 314. Since trailers really only ran in front of films posters had to draw in your eye and get you to care. A rare advance one sheet poster for national lampoon s first movie outing considered one of the greatest and most influential comedies of all time.

The former image embodies the spielbergian modern urban fantasy but the latter is the more interesting. This seminal design for the first film by the king of iconic movie posters drew struzan was cleverly recycled for the next two with the doc standing behind marty for ii and then joined by his love interest clara for iii. A modern interactive digital movie poster service.

Help your clients showcase all of their favorite movie artwork through a personalized digital display and access to more than half a million posters. Many of the best modern film posters use pictures that put the viewer in the middle of a scene from the film creating tension and a major incentive. Personalized access to 500k posters.

We recently rounded up some of the worst movie posters of all time to show you what not to do when you tackle a design project. We look for a reason. Why don t modern movie posters seem as cool as they did in the olden days.

Move beyond paper posters. Last week we talked about how amazing saul bass posters used to be. The incentive is that in order to resolve the situation the person looking at the poster needs to see the film and find out what happens.

But movie posters are just like any other print design.