BAFTA 2015 Movie Posters

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February 26, 2015

BAFTA 2015 Movie Posters

Illustrator Malika Favre, together with the British creative agency Human After All, created an illustrative campaign for the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) 2015 Awards. This coherent series of posters showcases the main movies appearing in the competition: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Boyhood, The Imitation Game, Birdman and The Theory of Everything. The shadows help to tell us a part of the movie’s story – this is a very creative way to mix the concept of the spotlight with an interesting and mysterious kind of movie teaser.

What do you think about these posters?

Campaign, Film, illustration, Movie, poster

Letterpress in progress – poster printing

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February 22, 2015

Letterpress in progress – poster printing

Sometimes the best designs start offline—where there’s no Cmd+Z – This is the view of Dirk Flower, graphic designer, professor and poster maker who invites us to his studio in this short film, allowing us an opportunity to see the work of letterpress machines, the handcrafting process and the life of posters that begins outside the computer. Enjoy this film and let it inspire you!

via: Lynda.com

Film, letterpress, Movie, poster, printing, process

Plakiat: Alternate movie posters

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January 30, 2015

Plakiat: Alternate movie posters

Movie posters are a popular and important branch of poster design. On the Web we can find lists of best contemporary posters as well as pages with older, classic posters. And finally, from time to time, we find series of alternative designs that people have created for their favourite films. In the past we’ve shown you some of these projects on our site and we’re always on the hunt for new and exciting examples to share with you.

Our latest movie poster discovery is Plakiat – series of alternate movie posters created by Maks Bereski. For him posters are a form of visual stories about movies watched by him, and good excuse to talk about cinema. His collection grows constantly, as new movies appear on the screen. You can check complete poster series on Plakiat Facebook page and on his blog.

Why do you think creating of alternate movie posters is becoming more and more popular? Is it a kind of visual commentary for the movie created by poster designers? Or maybe some longing for minimal / old fashion / artistic movie posters, in opposition to the contemporary movie posters we see on the streets? Let us know what you think in comment below!

Cinema, Film, Movie, poster, series

Movie posters in neon GIF versions

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January 3, 2015

Movie posters in neon GIF versions

Simple, well recognized motives from iconic movies were used to create neon posters. They’re prepared as GIF-s and they blink just as old neon signs on the walls. The whole series was prepared by MR Whaite, who likes to play with symbols of popculture and turn them into funny GIFs. His neons would definitely look great as a part of the Vegas cityscape!

Cinema, Film, Movie

Collection of posters for the Best Films of the Last 100 Years

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December 7, 2014

Collection of posters for the Best Films of the Last 100 Years

This engaging collection of movie posters was created by Tony Stella for Criterion. His watercolor and inky illustrated works perfectly reflect the mood of the films directed by masters of cinema such as Sergio Leone, Woody Allen, George Lucas or Werner Herzog.

For more posters from this set check out Tony’s blog.

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2014 Key Art Awards

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October 26, 2014

2014 Key Art Awards

Last Thursday, the winners of the 2014 Key Art Awards were announced. Today we want to share with you some of the posters that received a price in the Print Category of this competition. “Key Art” refers to an illustration, photograph, graphic or title treatment on which a film’s marketing materials are based, taking center stage on the film’s poster, newspaper ads, and lobby displays.

The Key Art Awards are presented in a variety of categories covering marketing for theatrical films, television and video games. You can consult all winners and finalist in the Key Art Awards page.

via Design You Trust

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Poster for Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Hateful Eight’

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September 26, 2014

Poster for Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Hateful Eight’

The poster for the new controversial Quentin Tarantino’s post-Civil War western, The Hateful Eight made its debut last month on the pages of Empire Magazine. All along the film has been followed by controversy: When pages from the script were leaked back in January, Tarantino filed a lawsuit against Gawker and announced that he was no longer going to make the film. Then in April, Tarantino told a crowd that he was in fact working on a new draft of the script. And most recently at Comic-Con Tarantino said that the film was moving forward. According to the poster, the film will be shot in 70-millimeter Super Cinemascope and will hit theatres in 2015.

What do you think about the poster design? Will you go watch the movie?

Via. Insidemovies

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The Art of John Alvin – Poster book

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August 17, 2014

The Art of John Alvin – Poster book

On the 22nd August is the release of the book ´The Art of John Alvin´. John Alvin’s movie poster art is among the most iconic of the last 40 years, from Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast and Pinocchio, to Empire of the Sun, Gremlins, Blazing Saddles, Predator, and Star Wars 30th anniversary posters. This book not only collects some of Alvin’s finest work, but also includes previously unseen comprehensives and in progress sketches.

You can get your copy of the book here

Book, Movie

Controversial Orgasm Posters

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May 27, 2014

Controversial Orgasm Posters

The enticing posters for Lars von Trier’s newest film Nymphomaniac portray casts members in the throes of ecstasy, experiencing an orgasm. The minds behind the campaign, husband-and-wife team Philip Lipskiand Maria Biilmann, also known as the Einstein Couple explained that their approach was governed by von Trier’s decision to keep quiet, after having been banned from Cannes in 2011, while he was promoting his previous film Melancholia.

Philip Lipski explained: “[Lars] has always done his own campaigns before, he always knew exactly what he was doing … But this time he told us he’s not going to say a word. He said he wanted a campaign that can speak for the movie so he can keep his mouth shut, so he can keep his promise not to speak to the press.” Von Trier took a “vow of silence” after the 2011 controversy, refusing to speak to the media again. Therefore, the objective of the campaign was to make it be accessible to everyone, “except nuns, monks and children”.

What do you think about the posters? Which one is your favourite?

Via The Guardian

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Grid Movie Posters

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May 10, 2014

Grid Movie Posters

In recent years we have seen plenty of minimalistic poster series for film enthusiasts. What is so interesting about Michal Krasnopolski´s contribution to the subject? His 30 posters are all based on a very simple grid template: a circle and two diagonals inscribed in a square. Therefore, we could say these are the most minimal of minimalist film posters designed recently. In Michal´s words:

“It surprised me how many posters I could create based on this very simple approach. There´s an enormous strenght in simplicity; the fewer elements, the more we engage our imagination”

Check out a grid comparison video and more of his poster and design work here.

Via Fast company

films, Minimalism, Movie, posters, Star Wars