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New poster trend alert: Just add motion blur
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Matt
10th May 2013
Following on from posters with sparks, posters with diagonals and 16 poster traditions that need to die in a fire, here are some... wait, do we do this too much?
The reason for the vitriol is that I would argue any kind of blur does not have a place on a film poster. They are supposed to be a slick, defined representations; a single frame picture. Any kind of blur has been artificially added to imply speed, which is something that just shouldn't matter to help sell the film. Take the many recent posters below for example - in every single case, the poster would be immeasuably classier if the designers had just gone for the straight-up image instead of trying to trick us into thinking these things are actually moving.
Forget the astronaut that has just been cut loose and left abandoned, floating in space, look how quickly that big round ship thing is moving!
Yes sure, he's Superman and he's invulnerable and can fly and shoot heat rays out his eyes, but people will only care about this film if they know that he's also really, really fast.
Let's be honest, this poster just wouldn't look real without the added illusion of acceleration due to gravity.
Wait, which one is the Enterprise? If only we could read the name on the side of the ship.
Seriously, did nothing stay still in this film?
Most annoyingly of all, Ken Jeong would only be floating to the ground. HE WOULDN'T EVEN BE GOING THAT FAST.
Imagine how slowly Denzel and Marky Mark must be moving for all of those drifting banknotes to seem like they are zipping by.
Good thing those rotor blades are definitely moving, otherwise those helicopters would look like they were just falling out of the sky.
Admittedly, this might just be bad Photoshop.
About the only thing in The Dark Knight Rises that did move quickly.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is going so quickly, he's about to overtake two taxis at once. On a bicycle.
Nope. Missed a trick there, guys.
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