2. The first movie posters
O At this time, the world had a very high illiteracy
rate, therefore, what better to create movie posters with
images to tell people about their films. ‘animated movies’
as they were called in the 1800s were advertised with
stone lithography, In 1896, M. Auzolle designed the first
poster for a specific film, actually containing scenes from
the program, for Lumiere’s film entitled L’Arroseu Arrose.
O The film was actually also considered the first fiction
film.
3. Movie posters in the 19th C
O
By 1909, many companies were producing movies, although
Thomas Edison criticized them for making a profit from his
invention.
O To compete, movie posters were created, and put in small glass
cases, at circuses and movie theaters.
O Strict censorship standards were established by the General
Film Company, and all member companies were required to
meet these rigid standards. In most cases, the photographs
were rather tame in nature, and usually showed the leading
man and lady.
4. Film and music
O An interesting piece of information is that
in the 19th century, The artwork from film
posters influenced the music artists at that
time, which is what lead to the creation of
funky artwork of music albums.
5. O Toward the end of the 19th central we had
photoshop, and although not as good as
today, poster took a turn for the better and
began to rapidly modernize.
However, they still follow the original
conventions of a film poster such as the
main character/s at the front.
