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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. | ||
+ | ==Notable film-poster artists== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[John Alvin]] | ||
+ | ::Examples: ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[The Lion King]]'', ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' | ||
+ | * [[Richard Amsel]] | ||
+ | ::Examples: ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[The Sting]]'' | ||
+ | * [[Saul Bass]] | ||
+ | ::Examples: ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'', ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'' | ||
+ | * [[Frank Frazetta]] | ||
+ | ::Examples: ''[[What's New Pussycat?]]'' | ||
+ | * [[The Brothers Hildebrandt]] | ||
+ | ::Examples: ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'' ("Style B"<ref>http://blogs.citypages.com/canderson/corpus_obscura/index.asp</ref> re-release), ''[[Barbarella]]'' (1979 re-release) | ||
+ | * [[Robert McGinnis]] | ||
+ | ::Examples: ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'', ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' | ||
+ | * [[Bob Peak]] | ||
+ | ::Examples: ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]'', ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' | ||
+ | * [[Drew Struzan]] | ||
+ | ::Examples: ''[[Back to the Future]]'', ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]'' | ||
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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.
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: What's New Pussycat?
- Examples: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope ("Style B"<ref>http://blogs.citypages.com/canderson/corpus_obscura/index.asp</ref> re-release), Barbarella (1979 re-release)
- Examples: Casino Royale, Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Examples: Camelot, Apocalypse Now
- Examples: Back to the Future, The Thing
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