I was designing poster for one of my short film. For references, I was checking some posters. I noticed that in many old movie posters, graphic art images were used instead of the still images from the film or the photos that is normally taken during the shoot.
Some samples:
Gone with the Wind (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/)
Lawrence of Arabia (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/)
The 400 Blows (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053198/)
I see this pattern from 1920's till 1960's, both US and Foreign movies. Is there any reason why they used the graphic art images instead of the actual images? Or it's just purely a style?
Some samples:
Gone with the Wind (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/)
Lawrence of Arabia (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/)
The 400 Blows (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053198/)
I see this pattern from 1920's till 1960's, both US and Foreign movies. Is there any reason why they used the graphic art images instead of the actual images? Or it's just purely a style?
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