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Movie posters are a very important aspect of the film industry because it is used as an advertisement for a certain movie. A standard one is designed to provide the public with helpful information about a movie such as its tag line, lead actors, and release date. Awesome movie posters that look like art, though they are sometimes far less common than the type mentioned above, are known for favoring unique layouts and aesthetically pleasing pictures over information and generic pictures.
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 poster which was released for the film Walk the Line in 2005 is an example of another favorite among fans. It was designed by Shepard Fairey, the contemporary graphic artist behind President Obama's iconic campaign posters, and featured a simple image, flushed with warm colors of Johnny Cash, the subject of the movie. It could be mistaken for a piece of art and can easily be appreciated by someone who has never even seen the film.
Grindhouse, the action-packed horror flick from Quentin Tarantino, was meant to feel and look like an old low budget picture from the fifties and its poster was able to perfectly capture that. The piece is a genuine work of art, featuring eye popping text and vintage graphics. One of them was made with fake creases over it, so it would give off the impression that it had recently been unfolded.
Anyone who is interested in obtaining an awesome movie poster that looks like art would probably be pleased with almost any of them that were designed before the mid 60s. An older poster tends to be either hand painted or drawn, since computer graphics had yet to be a mainstay.
They also tend to wonderful examples of minimalism, which helps allow them to be appreciated on their own rather than as extensions of the movies they are advertising.
An example of this is the theatrical poster for The Birds. It depicts a deep red background with nothing but a large featureless feather in the center, with the title of the movie written in it. All of Alfred Hitchcock's films were known for having to the point and minimalist posters. The ad for Vertigo, his 1958 masterpiece, simply featured white spiral designs in front of a rich red background as well.
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 poster which was released for the film Walk the Line in 2005 is an example of another favorite among fans. It was designed by Shepard Fairey, the contemporary graphic artist behind President Obama's iconic campaign posters, and featured a simple image, flushed with warm colors of Johnny Cash, the subject of the movie. It could be mistaken for a piece of art and can easily be appreciated by someone who has never even seen the film.
Grindhouse, the action-packed horror flick from Quentin Tarantino, was meant to feel and look like an old low budget picture from the fifties and its poster was able to perfectly capture that. The piece is a genuine work of art, featuring eye popping text and vintage graphics. One of them was made with fake creases over it, so it would give off the impression that it had recently been unfolded.
Anyone who is interested in obtaining an awesome movie poster that looks like art would probably be pleased with almost any of them that were designed before the mid 60s. An older poster tends to be either hand painted or drawn, since computer graphics had yet to be a mainstay.
They also tend to wonderful examples of minimalism, which helps allow them to be appreciated on their own rather than as extensions of the movies they are advertising.
An example of this is the theatrical poster for The Birds. It depicts a deep red background with nothing but a large featureless feather in the center, with the title of the movie written in it. All of Alfred Hitchcock's films were known for having to the point and minimalist posters. The ad for Vertigo, his 1958 masterpiece, simply featured white spiral designs in front of a rich red background as well.
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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