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Jeff,
Excellent! If only your post was just a joke instead of what really happens
90% of the time...
Particularly the bit about the black background posters. I've been noticing
that myself for several years -- a totally excessive use of black (or very dark)
backgrounds on far too many posters, with a serious lack of imagination in what
they plop onto those backgrounds. The same old dramatic headshots... or else the
even more dramatic fakey poses of the characters (see the
FANTASTIC FOUR advance for a classic really poor example). Not that you didn't
have similar head shots and poses on older posters, but when they were done as
paintings or drawings, they were done with more talent and soul and worked
better. The almost exclusive use of photo elements these days has lead to as
long string of boring and look-alike posters, at least for my tastes. Every once
in a while we still get a decent poster out of Hollywood, but it's been pretty
slim pickin's for quite a while.
Or, as John Stewart might say: "Damn you, Photoshop!"
-- JR
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005
12:15
Subject: Re: [MOPO] A VERY BIG DEATH IN
HOLLYWOOD
QUOTE - "To everyone: wanna help the film industry? GO
SEE
MOVIES"
I would if they give me something to go
see....
Hey - I have an idea you know that semi original movie we made
two years ago....you know the one with the same plot as that movie made in the
30's, then again in the 50's, yet again in the 70's....yeah that one...well
lets make a sequel, we can get that Roberts girl, maybe even resurrect that
Willis guy, add some CG's, get that Woo person to stretch out the scenes by
showing the same stunts from different angles (that's really cool), add some
more explosions, strike a deal with Nike or Coke even both, Photoshop a poster
for marketing - something all black with just the name of the movie for a
teaser, then plop the headshots of stars on the regular release, run it in
5000 screens the first week, have it go to DVD the next, create a video game
but only for teens (that makes everybody want it) a few action figures with
kongfu grip and g-strings, then put out a director's cut of the DVD two weeks
later, then a special one year anniversary release DVD with one added scene
and an !
audio commentary by the assistant lighting
coordinator. Then, to top it off, take the same plot, tweak it by a
someone right out of high school, add the word Revenge in front of the title
or the new buzz word "Volume" III behind the title, add another famous good
looking actress/actor, who really cares if they can act, along with the
original cast and bingo this thing can go on and on....anybody with
me.
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