Thirteen Movie Poster Trends That Are Here to Stay and What They Say About Their Movies
19th November 2011
Pretty perceptive. But that raises the obvious question of ‘Why?’
Are there just ‘fashions’ in movie poster arrangements? Is it all based on some sort of fad or trend?
Or is it just an indication of the ongoing development of a set of conventions in movie making (note that the author never has to hunt for a ‘tag’ to sum up the sort of films being advertised), like the ‘genre’ tags used in book publishing?
Or is there something deeper going on there, some reflection of universal design principles dictating that, in order to sell a movie of a particular type, the visual elements have to be arranged in a certain way?
I’m sure there’s a film major somewhere working under a government grant to answer these questions. I hope she publishes her results.