Showing posts with label Poster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poster. Show all posts
Sunday, June 12, 2011
In the 1980s some entrepreneurs in Ghana invested in vhs video equipment and brought movies to Ghana. They toured the country and brought the magic of film to towns and remote villages many of which did not have electric power (a portable generator was used). The movies were shown in restaurants, school houses or outdoors and in many cases introduced movies to people for the first time.
To promote the films local artists were commissioned to do original movie posters. These posters were typical oil paintings that were rolled up and taken from town to town. The artist recalled scenes from memory but in some cases had not seen the film at all.
Each poster was unique and generally no copies were printed. In the 1990s television became widespread in Ghana and the portable theaters faded away. Since then Ghanaian hand painted movie posters have become popular with collectors around the world.
Terminator 2
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To promote the films local artists were commissioned to do original movie posters. These posters were typical oil paintings that were rolled up and taken from town to town. The artist recalled scenes from memory but in some cases had not seen the film at all.
Each poster was unique and generally no copies were printed. In the 1990s television became widespread in Ghana and the portable theaters faded away. Since then Ghanaian hand painted movie posters have become popular with collectors around the world.
Terminator 2
Saturday, May 21, 2011
This was just hilarious!!! Check out this funny conversation about a missing cat!!!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
This is a gallery of this summer's blockbuster movie posters with the characters rendered as LEGO minifigs. Old Red Jalopy did an outstanding job of making them relevant by creating this summer's blockbuster movie posters all in Lego-style. They're so well done, they'll make you wish the movies were actually done in LEGO form!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Awesome combination of pinup and propaganda posters in illustrations by Russian artist Valery Barykin.
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