Research on film posters

Another task we have to do is create a poster advertising the film we've created. Above are some samples of film advertisements...There are many different ways posters can be displayed and advertised. For example; billboards, buses, magazines,phoneboxes...etc. We have started to research other films ways of advertising in order to get ideas to create our own and make it as effective as possible.

Research on film posters

Cinema and film posters are the physical incarnation of the special movies we have enjoyed through the years. Although there is a big market for collecting film posters, they were never intended or created to be sold to the public. They were merely meant to promote and entice viewers to come to the local theatres that were screening the films. Today these rare original movie posters are in great demand. They are the tangible souvenirs of favourite films and stars whose characters we fell in love withEarly DaysIronically in the early days of movie making actors were not usually depicted on the film posters. The title of the film and the producer and directors names were usually the attraction until Hollywood realized that it was the actors who brought in the viewers. It was at that time that the stars of movies were then plastered on each poster giving life to a new era in the film industry.Bellow are two examples of film posters traditionally created for advertising which are now rare and expensive collectors items, you can see that these posters are very different to 20thC posters...