Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Thematic Ideas for Collecting Movie Posters
Collecting movie posters can be an enjoyable pastime. But, regardless if you are a serious collector or just interested in putting together a few posters it’s a reasonable premise that having a thematic consistency in your poster collection can make your collection efforts a little easier or at least a little more enjoyable. Many movie genres exist so let us begin by examining some of the possibilities.
1. Science fiction posters. Science fiction movies are probably one of the most popular genres for movie poster collecting. Classic science fiction and older serial posters are a possibility. Also, an idea is to collect by decade focusing on sci-fi movie posters that are the most representative of that particular era.
2. Horror movie posters. A good idea here is that you could focus on just a certain sub-genre such as vampire movies, or monster movies. Again, it’s possible to focus your collection on a particular era of horror movie production or even of a certain movie studio such as the Hammer studio horror films of the 1960s.
3. Action film posters. Action movies are a very large genre of movies posters from which to choose from. Besides settling on an era of production or studio you may simply focus on a particular director or actor.
4. Romance movie posters. Early classic romance films, date movies, romance and romantic comedy are just a few of the choices for building a movie poster collection in this genre.
5. Humor movie posters. There are many comedy genre avenues to discover including classic comedies, slapstick, dark humor and horror comedies.
6. Musicals. Early 1940s musicals would make for an interesting poster collection. Broadway films, singers and bands new and old are other possibilities. To even narrow your choices a bit you could create a collecting on a style of music such as rock, jazz, classical and so on, and build your collection around a certain era of each style such as rock music featured in 1960s musicals.
7. Mystery and suspense film posters. Film noir could be included here. Narrow your choices by era, decade, studio, director or actor.
8. Television movie posters. There are many television shows that were launched from movies or spin offs of made for TV movies. Focus your collection on a favorite show or television star.
9. Westerns. There are many classic westerns in which to choose from. Early John Wayne westerns would make for an interesting collection. Italian or spaghetti westerns are another good idea for a poster collection.
10. Animated movies. An idea here is for a poster collection around a specific animated character or characters. Also, animated comic book movie characters are very popular and make for a good theme for poster collecting.
Summary:
When all’s said and done, there are seemingly infinite possibilities for building your movie poster collection. It is important to begin with a specific thematic idea for your collection and go from there. Hopefully these basic ideas here will help you find a more creative inspiration for your movie poster collecting experience.
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