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A movie poster brief

Problems:

Is there any honestly in a movie poster?

Does it communicate truly about the movie?

Communication objectives:

To bring out movie poster true nature to audience.

Creative execution:

A series of works that disclosure what movie poster is trying to communicate.

abstract book cover of movies

http://spacesick.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-can-read-movies-series.html

FAQ about movie poster

everything you need to know about a movie poster:

http://www.motionpictureart.com/store/pages.php?pageid=8

Serious thought about honestly?

i think is a known fact that most movie poster dun sell movie as they are. Movie poster became a celebrity endorsement product. We admit as consumer we sometime choose movies because certain celebrity acting. 

Like adv , i believe every movie poster sell you a single idea. Be it you are hook by the idea, depend how effective the poster communication . Sadly we beginning to see less unique ideas portray in a movie poster and more superficial ideas.

A movie poster become a fabricated lies that mislead people.

I start to dig out movie poster that is guilty of such misleading people. 

The challenging is how do I turn it into a honest poster and still communicate effective.

I challenge myself to do a series of poster of a particular genre and remake it into what i believe to be honest.

Movie poster originals vs remakes.

I love the artice by alexander charchar regarding movie poster. He make a good comparsion between orgiinals and remake movie poster. Here a few sample. look into http://retinart.net/graphic-design/50remakes-ag

If Movie Posters Were Honest

By the group of people call holy Taco. They show you what movie poster are really saying.