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Looking for Some of the Best Classic Movie Posters? Buy Online.

Movie posters should be created by devoting a lot of time and with tremendous imagination. However, most of the poster designers and marketing consultants depend on Photoshop today to generate movie posters. These posters are way different from the classic Hollywood movie posters of the earlier times.

According to Forbes, movie enthusiasts are always looking for novelty. However, they are obsessed with only those films that match with the conventional genres they seem to be used to and comfortable with. They would like to enjoy something new, fresh and original within the same genre. Movie buffs love original stories that present unique visceral experiences, visuals, and viewpoints. Over the years, many Hollywood movies have won the hearts of millions of viewers. Let us explore some of the classic film posters that are still in huge demand among movie buffs, auctioneers, and collectors. If you are thinking of adding to your collection of classic movie posters, buy online for an amazing selection.


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This poster seems to be an amazing instance of a color scheme which is extending from a movie to its marketing. You could see bright yellow is emanating from this pleasing Sundance blockbuster, seen on the T-shirt of Paul Dano. This color scheme is consistent across the trailer, film, and the poster. Here an important element of the movie is depicted. The van refuses to start hence, the family is compelled to run and spontaneously jump into it. It depicts a picture in motion; however, it does not lose its sense of humor and family.


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The Graduate

This poster has been immortalized as the most infamous seduction in the history of cinema. The poster highlights Anne Bancroft’s leg that is partially covered with stocking but the very sight of her leg is quite seductive for the onlookers. The poster made history and Anne Bancroft won phenomenal popularity and countless fans across the globe. The funny part is that 46 years after the film was released, Linda Gray, Dallas star and model disclosed to the world that the hot leg in the film’s poster belonged to her since Anne Bancroft could not be present for the poster shoot. Linda Gray got $25 as a payment for the hotshot.


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Mean Streets

Mean Streets by Martin Scorsese was a path-breaking film and the film’s poster was groundbreaking too. The poster complemented the movie very well. It was a stunning depiction of Little Italy’s negative or the darker side along with the physical features of the neighborhood in New York-stoops, fire escapes, rooftop water towers merging into graded-colored graphics. 


Conclusion

Certain visual tricks would always attract your attention such as the contrasting colors, symmetry, beautiful women, etc. However, a movie expert has gone a step beyond all this by exposing the secret trick to attract audiences to the movie theaters. He believes that film posters must speak just enough. They should not convey a word more. There should be no scope for extra word. Film posters have the responsibility of compelling, inspiring, and exciting potential movie viewers. It could be a pretty challenging and complicated effort but one that could be highly rewarding to the distributors and the studios.

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