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28 Weeks Later movie poster
Entertainment Weekly has a first look at the movie poster for 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to the horror film 28 Days Later. The article is a bit underwhelming, but … Read More...
3D Movie Posters
Full Color Hologram One-sheets
XYZ RBG offers high resolution scanning services for film, television, video game, and other media companies. The company has worked on films in The Matrix series, Lord of the Rings, … Read More...
Wikipedia
Help Define the Movie Poster
We often cite Wikipedia.org in our postings about movie posters because it’s such a great online resource of information on most any subject. For those unfamiliar with the site, Wikipedia … Read More...
Super Head Strip
My Super Ex-Girlfriend poster
The weblog Ironic Sans points out that movie posters for the new Ivan Reitman comedy My Super Ex-Girlfriend are using the same Uma Thurman head strip on two different bodies.
“Someone … Read More...
Silence of the Descent
The Descent movie poster
Lionsgate has released the U.S. domestic one-sheet for their latest horror film import called The Descent. The movie, which has been receiving great reviews, is about an all-female caving expedition that … Read More...
Sharon Stone Strips
Basic Instinct 2 foreign movie poster
We’re not really trying to pick on Sharon Stone… (If we were, we might ask, why is she auditioning for American Idol with a microphone in hand?) Nor are … Read More...
Warhol Squared
Andy Warhol style movie posters
Two recent one-sheets have embraced a familiar “Andy Warhol style” of silkscreened artwork. This familiar pop art panel technique created by the legendary artist can be seen in the recent … Read More...
(Re) Touching Bettie Page
The Notorious Bettie Page movie poster
Who is Bettie Page?
Bettie Page is the most photographed model of all-time.
How is this “original supermodel” claim possible? It is a bit dubious, but the statement is … Read More...
No Stone Unturned
Basic Instinct 2 photography
The majority of movie poster artwork is created using elements from two sources: unit photography and special shoots. (And the third source would be various incarnations of stock photography, often combined … Read More...
V for Vintage
Four V for Vendetta teaser movies posters
Four new teaser posters for the upcoming film V for Vendetta have been released. The movie, based on the Alan Moore comic, follows a freedom fighter known only … Read More...
Lining Up Credit
Order of actor of names on movie posters
We sometimes get email with questions about one-sheets. We’re happy to answer any movie poster related questions that we’re fortunate enough to actually know the answer to. … Read More...
No Man is an Island
When in doubt, blame marketing
Let the finger pointing begin. In an interview with the LA Times about the release of his film The Island, director Michael Bay laid some blame of the film’s box … Read More...
One Font to Rule Them All
Most Popular Movie Poster Title Typeface: Trajan
There’s a common saying among movie poster designers and art directors when designing film title logos:
“When in doubt, use Trajan.”
Why such a mantra about using a … Read More...
A Common Bond
The Transporter Invokes 007
Is 007 back? Well, not really, but… Jason Statham returns as a rough and tumble mercenary driver for hire in The Transporter 2. For The Transporter 2 one-sheet, the film’s … Read More...
The Hollywood Reporter’s 34th Annual Key Art Awards
Movie Marketing Awards Ceremony
Each year, the film industry trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter holds it’s awards ceremony for film advertising and marketing, known as The Key Art Awards.
The phrase key art is a … Read More...
Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster and the Skull Orgy
As some of you may know, there is nothing we love more than discussing hidden imagery in movie poster one-sheets. It’s like Hollywood’s version of a hidden 3D poster … Read More...
The Copywriter
“In Hollywood, No One Can Hear the Copywriter Scream.”
A sometimes thankless job in a niche industry, the film advertising copywriter is employed to hone a film’s creative direction into a phrase or sentence, known … Read More...
Killer Shark
The Jaws of Seiniger
With the recent announcement of another Jaws Special Edition DVD release of the Steven Spielberg classic film, Guido Henkel of DVD Review notes the Jaws DVD cover design “features the crappy … Read More...
