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| A '''film poster''' is a [[poster]] used to advertise a [[film]]. Use of such posters goes back to the earliest public exhibitions of film, where they began as outside placards listing the programme of (short) films to be shown inside the hall or theater. By the early 1900s, they began to feature [[illustration]]s of a scene from each individual film. | A '''film poster''' is a [[poster]] used to advertise a [[film]]. Use of such posters goes back to the earliest public exhibitions of film, where they began as outside placards listing the programme of (short) films to be shown inside the hall or theater. By the early 1900s, they began to feature [[illustration]]s of a scene from each individual film. | ||
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| ==Notable film-poster artists== | ==Notable film-poster artists== | ||
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| * [[Saul Bass]] | * [[Saul Bass]] | ||
| ::Examples: ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'', ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'' | ::Examples: ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'', ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Tom Beauvais]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[The Wicked Lady]]'', ''[[Mad Max]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Brian Bysouth]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[Ferry to Hong Kong]]'', ''[[The Living Daylights (film)]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Reynold Brown]][http://arglebarglin.blogspot.com/2006/07/reynold-brown-at-work.html] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[Attack of the 50 Foot Woman]]'', ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'', ''[[The Incredible Shrinking Man]]'', ''[[The Time Machine (1960 film)]]''[http://www.americanartarchives.com/brown,reynold.htm] | ||
| + | *[[Renato Casarto]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Tom Chantrell]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[Von Ryan's Express]]'', ''[[Zulu Dawn]]'', ''[[The Land That Time Forgot]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Jack Davis (cartoonist)|Jack Davis]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'', ''[[Viva Max!]]'', ''[[Kelly's Heroes]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Renato Fratini]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[From Russia With Love (film)]]'' (British) ''[[Carry On Up the Jungle]]'' | ||
| * [[Frank Frazetta]] | * [[Frank Frazetta]] | ||
| ::Examples: ''[[What's New Pussycat?]]'' | ::Examples: ''[[What's New Pussycat?]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Bill Gold (artist)]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[The Enforcer (1976 film)]]'', ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Mitchell Hooks]] | ||
| + | :: Examples: ''[[Dr. No (film)]]'', ''[[The Sand Pebbles (film)]]'', and ''[[El Dorado (film)]]''. | ||
| * [[The Brothers Hildebrandt]] | * [[The Brothers Hildebrandt]] | ||
| - | ::Examples: ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'' ("Style B" re-release), ''[[Barbarella]]'' (1979 re-release) | + | ::Examples: ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'' ("Style B" re-release), ''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]'' (1979 re-release) |
| - | * [[Robert McGinnis]] | + | * [[Jock Hinchcliff]] |
| + | ::Examples: | ||
| + | * [[Albert Kallis]] | ||
| + | :: [[American International Pictures]] | ||
| + | * [[Mischa Kallis]] | ||
| + | ;; [[Universal Pictures]] | ||
| + | * [[Sandy Kossin]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[The Devil's Brigade (film)]]'', ''[[Hang 'Em High]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Mort Künstler]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3]]'', ''[[The Hindenburg (film)]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Frank McCarthy (artist)]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[the Ten Commandments (film)]]'', ''[[The Train]]'', ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'', ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Robert McGinnis]] | ||
| ::Examples: ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'', ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' | ::Examples: ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'', ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' | ||
| * [[Bob Peak]] | * [[Bob Peak]] | ||
| - | ::Examples: ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]'', ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' | + | ::Examples: ''[[Our Man Flint]]'', ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]'', ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' |
| + | * [[Arnaldo Putzu]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[Carry On Again, Doctor]]'', ''[[That Riviera Touch]]'', ''[[Up Pompeii (film)]]'' | ||
| + | * [[John Stockle]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[The Virgin Soldiers (film)]]''. ''[[White Mischief (film)]]'' | ||
| * [[Drew Struzan]] | * [[Drew Struzan]] | ||
| ::Examples: ''[[Back to the Future]]'', ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]'' | ::Examples: ''[[Back to the Future]]'', ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Howard Terpning]] | ||
| + | ::Examples: ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)]]'', ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)]]'', ''[[The Sound of Music (film)]]'' | ||
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A film poster is a poster used to advertise a film. Use of such posters goes back to the earliest public exhibitions of film, where they began as outside placards listing the programme of (short) films to be shown inside the hall or theater. By the early 1900s, they began to feature illustrations of a scene from each individual film.
Film posters belong to the paratext of a film.
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Notable film-poster artists
- Examples: Blade Runner, The Lion King, Jurassic Park
- Examples: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Sting
- Examples: Vertigo, The Shining
- Examples: The Wicked Lady, Mad Max
- Examples: Ferry to Hong Kong, The Living Daylights (film)
- Examples: A Fistful of Dollars
- Examples: Von Ryan's Express, Zulu Dawn, The Land That Time Forgot
- Examples: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Viva Max!, Kelly's Heroes
- Examples: From Russia With Love (film) (British) Carry On Up the Jungle
- Examples: What's New Pussycat?
- Examples: Dr. No (film), The Sand Pebbles (film), and El Dorado (film).
- Examples: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope ("Style B" re-release), Barbarella (1979 re-release)
- Examples:
- Examples: The Devil's Brigade (film), Hang 'Em High
- Examples: The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3, The Hindenburg (film)
- Examples: Casino Royale, Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Examples: Our Man Flint, Camelot, Apocalypse Now, The Spy Who Loved Me
- Examples: The Virgin Soldiers (film). White Mischief (film)
- Examples: Back to the Future, The Thing
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