Hiya. Just wondering where would one go to have a promotional movie poster made for one's own film? And is it possible to do one yourself? If so, what would I need to make a movie poster legit? I don't think ordinary printers are gonna cut it...
How to create a promotional movie poster?
- Thread starter Sweeney Jet
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Photoshop. learn photoshop and do it yourself unless you wanna pay a lot for someone else to do it, but then you don't learn.
I've done dozens of these. You can have a lot of fun with them! Good luck 
I did mine using Photoshop - I had never used the program and it took
a long time to get what I wanted, but it was worth it. I learned a lot
about the program and got the poster I wanted. Then I went to an ordinary
printer and had several printed.
a long time to get what I wanted, but it was worth it. I learned a lot
about the program and got the poster I wanted. Then I went to an ordinary
printer and had several printed.
If you want experience people at a price you can afford to do it for you, post your budget, a description of what you are looking for and look at the bids of who comes closest to your budget on guru.com.
Arrange your photos with PhotoShop but use Illustrator for everything else such as text. Illustrator is vector based -- not bitmap based.
Persdonally, I hire a graphic artist, lucky enough to have some friends who will work for cheap (like $100 or so cheap), pros usually give pro results, just like every other aspect of filmmaking. However, if you're saavy, and have access to photoshop it can be done DIY. A "Full Sheet" color poster is pretty expensive. My work has a graphics department that prints them for me at "cost" which is about $18 each, if you have it done at a printer expect to pay in the ballpark of $30 to $40 each for full color full shet (27" X 40" I think).
That's nice work Flickr, send me a PM with some ball park rates, I might hire you for the new movie.
Sounds confusing, mind explaining that a bit more?
We typically spend around $1000 on a Stephen Romano piece. Good art work can and will cost you---unless you have a friend that's good. However, most photoshop friends won't cut the mustard. The poster will stand out as being amateur...which is why I recommend a pro if you can afford one.
In terms of printing...there are a ton of sites online that do this and ship you the finished posters.
Good luck. Remember, a good poster or DVD cover can get you sales...even if the movie stinks to high heaven.
Stephen Romano ROCKS. Wish I could illustrate like that guy. Definitely worth the money.
A few more that I put together... one for my screenplay, another two for clients
A few more that I put together... one for my screenplay, another two for clients
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I was just about to link this before I saw you already did. I made a poster for my short film with this, came out great.
Oh, and as for how to make it "legit" you could just get printed out via any number of websites. I like Vistaprint, because you can get a movie poster size poster done for like 15 bucks.. I also ordered my cast's t-shirts from them. I'm sure you could also get a bit higher quality one done at Staples or Kinkos. (The vistaprint ones are like a regular poster material)
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http://www.vistaprint.com/posters/p.../2011+4:15:47+AM&GPS=1613101924&GNF=1&GPLSID=
There's the vistaprint page... you can get a 24'' x 36'' print for 15 bucks.
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