Evolution Of Movie Posters
Designers have had 90 years to figure out what works and as each decade passes the changes become more evolutionary than revolutionary.
Evolution of movie posters. This new infographic takes a look back at. Directed by ivan reitman. By jay 12th july 2015 10 23 pm 85 3k views 35 comments.
The 1970s was a decade when movie posters changed toward placing more emphasis on the actual picture itself and less emphasis on the words. Vijay pandurangan downloaded 35 000 poster thumbnails from a movie site counted the color pixels. The earliest movie posters created in the 1910s consist of mostly scene depictions accompanied by significantly smaller and simple block text resembling magazine covers.
As a movie poster collector i love movie posters. These examples of movie posters from the last 50 years are both iconic and reflect the evolution of graphic design over the decades. The movie poster is still the state of the art for advertising film and some of today s posters offer the finest in color art and graphic detail.
Through the 1980s and 1990s we see the evolution of movie posters slow down as designers hit on a series of winning layouts. Evolution of movie poster colors. The evolution of movie posters demonstrates a common theme in the development of new fields.
In the 2000s we see incremental improvements to keep up with trends in typography and photography but the layout often remains the same. The movie poster has been a perfect example of how art advertising and design has evolved over the last 100 years. The evolution of movie poster designs over 100 years in this collection we have over 50 amazing movie posters.
Despite movie posters being used for advertisement to gain more viewers for the movie itself it adapts to the audience of the era it was entertaining. Official theatrical movie poster 1 of 3 for evolution 2001. The best ones will make you want to see the film.
Movie posters created from the 1920s onwards include stronger and bolder exploration in poster design. Some of the posters might even be better than the film. June 13 2012 topic statistical visualization color movies.
We ve seen a number of looks at movie poster cliches but this is the first time i ve seen how the color of movie posters have changed over time. As the field gets older its participants more experienced the rate of change slows down. From technicolor to musicals to the sexy trend to minimalism posters make sure to evoke emotions and feelings that the audience could identify with which helps boost the allure for movie buffs to come and view the movie.
