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“Why is Johnny Depp and not Christian Bale on those Public Enemies posters all over town?”
E! exposes the inner secrets of movie marketing here.
Not to worry, Christianphiles. If you’re like us, you’re average Los Angeles driving speed allows you ample time to read the entire billing block on most bus shelter art.
One of our readers sent us this Adweak link announcing Orbitz has moved its creative biz to Trailer Park, calling it a less expensive alternative to Mullen.
Dear Edwina,
I stumbled upon this image from a photographer's website and thought you may find it interesting. Looks like plagiarism works both ways... we take from them, they take from us... whatever. I know I'm going way back, but no doubt this is The Rocketeer (1991). Of course, if the original poster were referenced in some way, it would be a different story. Even a simple little "thanks to", or "apologies to" line somewhere would work for me.
Signed, Abe Vigoda
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Illustrator John Mattos has this to say about his Rocketeer art: “I did 3 pieces of art for this project, the art director said ‘Relax and keep it simple; they’ll never use any of this anyway.
As always, the art director goes unnamed.
Film.com has named it's pick for the worst modern movie posters.
We don't agree with their inclusion of The Proposal. The poster is good, it's just that it's for a movie that they simply do not wish to see.
Granted, no two individuals would ever agree on which client-induced atrocities belong on the short list, but how in the world did they manage to overlook this one?
We here at MonKeyArtAwards are asking our readers to rate
the entertainment advertising agencies, past and present. Not by their creative
work (we leave that to the prestigious Key Art Awards) but by their company
culture.
Which is/was the best and the worst environment to nurture that high-strung, self-absorbed, overly sensitive inner child that it is the molten core of your creative being?
Post a comment below telling us your pick for the Best Shop (“It’s a workers’ paradise!”) and for the Worst Shop (“It’s a soul crushing pit of despair!”)
Dear Edwina,I just read the Wałkuski/Perry post about Ignition Print and it reminded me of a deja vu i had lately - 4 weeks after my one-sheet for Kopf Oder Zahl (Head Or Tails) was featured on www.impawards.com, the quite similar Expendables poster came out. I assumed it to be a coincidence and didn't think about it again until today when i read the comments about Ignition Print happily plundering throughout the entire movie poster history.Greetings from Berlin,Marcel Weisheit
Click on image to enlarge. And who among us has not, on occasion, happily plundered a
concept here or there in our checkered careers? Clearly the most crowded collection on
this blog is our Monkey see. Monkey do category. For, verily we say unto thee:
“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at Ignition.”
"The Expendables poster also copied my Get Rich or Die Tryin' poster" Comment posted by 50 Cent.
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And then our reader goes on to say: "Will someone pick a freakin' one sheet already!"
One of the many high strung creative types we count among our readers sent us this handy link along with the message: “Hey – I found a great source for upcoming theatrical movie campaigns!
Some are so good I just need to put a studio logo on them.”
Meanwhile, another reader sent us this piece of inspired key art along with its inspirations. It looks like Cold Souls has heated up a few comments on impawards, such as the classic: “wow, you can't fart nowadays without someone saying it smells like some else's.”
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Imagine our surprise when we received four separate submissions from four different readers as to the origins of the I Can Do Bad All By Myself teaser -- each with a different Wiesław Wałkuski poster submitted as evidence of its inspiration.
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If you’re like us, you dropped your Key Art catalog somewhere along Central Ave. on your way to Little Tokyo for some hot saké and a heaping plate of pufferfish sashimi.
Luckily, you can see a complete list of winners in the 38th annual Pointy Thingies here.
Friday night's show was a vast improvement over last year's bloated event; but come on, Sandwich Shop -- you must know the names of some of your employees.
If you're like us, you never thought you'd be caught dead east of the 110 Freeway, but a team of wild horses' patooties couldn't keep us from attending tonight's ultra fabulous 38th Annual Key Arts Show!
After all, according to their advertising it's "a chance for creatives to declare the recession a myth and ask for a big, fat raise."
And we all know advertising never makes a promise it can't keep.
