OK. I get the Mondo connection. I didn’t really think about that aspect of it, or know that Mondo posters were 24 x36, I guess.
As to why 24x36 was adopted as a size for repros — dunno! Kirby > On Aug 10, 2016, at 5:12 AM, Marcel Elsener <[email protected]> wrote: > > 24x36 is today's standard size for repro movie posters, I'm selling tons of > them (from Casablanca to Breakfast at Tiffany's to Suicide Squad and so on). > Only a tiny fraction of 24x36 is produced by studios like Mondo. By the way, > does anyone have any idea why they choose exactly that size for reprint > posters? Is 24x36 any standard size for something else? > > Anyway, a movie about movieposters with 24x36 in its title is a bit > disappointing as the real and most common size remains the 27x41 one sheet. > One would hope that the content is much better. > > Marcel > www.movieart.ch <http://www.movieart.ch/> > > > Von: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Dominique > BESSON > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. August 2016 11:36 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [MOPO] 24x36/ A Movie About Movie Posters > > > Not repro kirby, “alternative” posters like Mondo prints > > Dominique > > > DOMINIQUE BESSON AFFICHES > 7 rue Choron > 75009 Paris > France > > Phone : 33.613.451.355 > > http://www.dominiquebesson.com <http://www.dominiquebesson.com/> > http://www.mondographics.net <http://www.mondographics.net/> > http://www.affichesdecinema.com <http://www.affichesdecinema.com/> > http://www.chagall-posters.net <http://www.chagall-posters.net/> > > From: Kirby McDaniel <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 2:06 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] 24x36/ A Movie About Movie Posters > > I really dislike those effects on the posters. The posters should and do > speak for themselves. They don’t need cgi “help.” Also, 24x36? Really? > One of the most common sizes for a repro? Really? > > > > > Ha! > > > Kirby McDaniel > www.movieart.com <http://www.movieart.com/> > >> On Aug 9, 2016, at 2:20 AM, Phillip Ayling <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Perhaps this trailer for the film “24x36: A MOVIE ABOUT MOVIE POSTERS” will >> be of interest: >> >> https://vimeo.com/177418331 <https://vimeo.com/177418331> >> >> The film itself will be at Fantastic Fest in Austin at the end of September. >> Distribution is not yet set. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> > > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
