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Walk the Line teaser posters
20th Century Fox has released three character teaser posters for the film Walk the Line. The bio-pic features Joaquin Phoenix as legendary musician Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter.
- Walk the Line teaser movie poster
- Walk the Line teaser movie poster
- Walk the Line teaser movie poster
The three Walk the Line teaser posters make for an interesting (and somewhat different in tone) follow-up to the “woodcut” style illustration by Shepard Fairey for the first Walk the Line teaser poster. While these three new posters may invoke a “captured moment” effect via the grainy black and white treatment, they are definitely more conventional than the previous illustrated teaser.
On a somewhat unrelated note, these three Walk the Line teaser posters remind us of one of our favorite film studio executive client quotes about movie poster design:
“You can’t design a [movie] poster that’s black and white — people will think the movie is also in black and white.” — Film Advertising Executive
Yes, that makes perfect sense. [cough] (For the record, there are several black and white and otherwise monochromatic one-sheets released from time to time, despite that particular executive’s color blindness.)
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Tagged Photography, Teasers, walk the line
JamesOctober 5, 2005 at 2:57 AM
Black and white or no black and white (I have no problem with it), I find these new posters less effective than the teaser because they serve as strong reminders of how much Joaquin Phoenix doesn’t look like Johnny Cash. Sure, if/when I see the movie I’ll have to comes to terms with that, but at least then I’ll have a total performance to win me over. Just looking at the photographs kind of turns me off.
steveoOctober 19, 2005 at 8:37 AM
Great site!