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“Close Your Eyes And Picture This: Pantone 167”

Dear Edwina,

I thought you might appreciate this item from McSweeney’s billed as "the world's first and only completely honest resume of a graphic designer."

 

Focus Groups Testing Reveals Tom Stoppard Puts More Asses In Seats Than Leo Tolstoy

One of our readers sent us this AK poster along with the breathless announcement, “I can't wait to see this screenplay!”

A Reader Asks: Is Narcolepsy the New Action Poster Cliché?

Dear Edwina,

Taken 2, Lockout, and The Dark Knight Rises all have posters where the protagonist appears to have fallen asleep while standing. Colin Farrell is so close to nodding off in the Total Recall teaser that I couldn't resist adding a few pixels to help him get forty winks with his finger on the trigger.

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 Maybe marketing departments are conveying the message that by napping on the poster, these heroes will be well rested for the movie? Maybe designers have worked so many late nights that their desire to sleep has permeated their work? Or maybe this is just a natural progression after a handful of posters where people appeared to fall asleep on their guns.

Ask Not Who Flung Poo, Ask Where We're Ordering Lunch From Today

If you haven’t already, please be sure to catch Edwina Trout in a state of fully-inflated pomposity in an interview with Greenlight Creative’s Darryl Shelly on IMPAward’s  Peer 2 Peer Articles.

7 Essentials Of A Great Movie Poster Design Plus 7 Rounds Of Revisions And Another 7 Rounds Of Re-revisions

The Smashing Hub lets the cat out of the bag with these 7 Essentials Of A Great Movie Poster Design

 “Movie posters are a great way to flaunt your creativity ... Movie marketing is a huge business and if you are successful in making one great movie poster, you will be flooded with offers.”

And Now, A Few Words On Pixel Pushing From Henry David Thoreau

"All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one characteristic we must possess if we are to face the future as finishers."  

A Helpful Hint For All You High-Strung Creative Types In The Workplace

Whenever you see yourself like this:

Chances are, everyone else is seeing you like this:

Hook, Line And Sinker

Dear Edwina,

I got bamboozled by my own industry! There I was feeling smug that I am not fooled by one sheets trailers and day to day PR. But, there I was ticket in hand last Sunday feeling completely duped by our industry. I should demand my money back, but who is to blame?

I know BLT did the one sheets, so fist shake at them, yes I thought that head would pay off to something in the movie! And who do I owe begrudging props to for that series of trailers? I hope you are satisfied with yourselves!

You bastards! 

 BitterLemon

No Mo Mojo?

Dear Edwina,

I noticed "Last to know" posted the question "What happened to Mojo?" on your blog last week. Has anyone replied?

No. And it's a question we have been asked on more than one occassion, which we suppose qualifies it for Ye Olde Rumor Mill. We did pick up some chatter about the print group reforming under another name. 

A Sampling of Readers' Comparisons

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45 Degrees of Kevin Bacon

One of our vigilant readers spotted these vessels in distress, listing heavily and about to sink:

We’re guessing they were done using some tool (other than the art director) that mechanically deconstructs a one-sheet then reassembles it at congruent adjacent angles. 

Another Cosmic Coincidence? We Don’t Think So!

Tuesday, June 5, 2012: Entries open for the 2012 Key Art Awards. Tuesday, June 5, 2012: The transit of Venus across the sun.

The "coincidences" continue to pile up: note the transit of Venus vis-à-vis the transit bus wrap for The Hangover 2.

We Cropped The Crap Out Of That Miserable Little Guttersnipe

This original Les Misérables key art is based on the original Broadway poster which was based on an original illustration by French artist Émile Bayard.

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