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Focus Friday – Film Posters and Ads

A film poster is a poster used to advertise a film. There may be several versions for one film, with variations in regards to size, content and country of production of the poster. It usually contains an image with text, though this has evolved over time from image-free bill posters through to the highly visual digital productions of today. The text usually contains the film title in large lettering and often the names of the main actors. It may also include a tag line, the name of the director, names of characters, the release date, etc.

Indiana Jones

'Indiana Jones'
HANCOCK
Will Smith 'Hancock'

'Iron Man'

'Babylon A.D.' Poster
The Incredible Hulk

'True Blood'
The Dark Knight movie sign

Transformers Billboard
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

'The Happening' Poster
National Media Museum ad (Keira Knightley)

Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway
Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"

Pooh and friends
Kung Fu Panda

Ice Age
'Up'

'Enchanted' bilboard
Brüno billboard

'Viva Cuba'
'Ploy' movie poster

'Music and Lyrics' Poster
Bilboard movie advertising in Times Square
'Home Cinema X'