Practicing movie poster design is an excellent way to hone your ability to tell a story using only a still image and a carefully chosen font or typeface. (That is, unless you decide to just use Papyrus … cue Ryan Gosling.) And while that audience may not recognize the skill required to create the image and text before them, a designer understands the thought, care, and creativity that go into the final product.
Designing Show-Stopping Posters With Type From major motion pictures to the local high school prom, here’s what you need to know to create your own show-stopping poster.Ī movie poster has one job - to capture and entice an audience with a single image and a few well-placed words.
