Movie Posters, John Henry Alvin

After doing the poster project, I have been doing a lot of thinking about posters in general, and giving them a lot more thought upon seeing them in public. Posters can be anything the creator wants them to be from funny, to cute or stupid, they can relay a really powerful and serious message, or they can relay a quite silly one. Then there are the posters that are meant for advertisement, the ones that are created not only for your visual pleasure, but in hopes that you will buy that product or watch the movie that you see on the poster.

Movie posters are something that have been around since the start of movies, and have always been an integral part in advertising and branding a certain movie. Without even knowing anything about the movie, one can see a movie poster and think that they know weather the movie will be good or not, or certainly if they will see it or not. 

John Henry Alvin is a very famous movie poster designer who has worked on some of the most famous movies and movie posters of all time. John has done poster art for more than 135 films, and is known in the industry as the best, not to mention how long he has been doing poster designing. His first poster was for Mel Brook's Blazing Saddles in 1974!

 John's most famous works of art include, E.T., Blade Runner, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Meramaid, and The Color Purple. John also has made a lot of artwork for Disney and made all of the Star War anniversary posters. To me John really brings the essence of what going to the movies is and puts it into a poster. He brings the fantasy to you when looking at the poster for a certain movie, and really makes you want to see the movie.