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Indeed, how the design can be applied to various formats and mediums is always something the designers will have to take into consideration. I'm sure that there are plenty of great poster drafts/ideas that never see the light of day because they're not easy enough to adjust to all formats – or for other practical reasons can't be used. Even font choices have to be practical, as the title and additional text must be adapted for a number of different languages.
Yeah that was a really weird choice. A photo of Bond in a tux standing in front of a different photo of Bond in a disguise he wears for a minute at the start of the film. My expectations for the posters have got lower and lower over the years but they outdid themselves with that one. Made the SF poster of him in front of the gunbarrel look like the TLD poster in comparison.
Loved the IMAX poster with the skull, I have it framed on the wall. I loved Dia De Muertos' inclusion in the film. To each his own!
I don't know what poster you all were looking at, but this was flat-out badass:
Agreed.
Surely they'll think of something. Some kind of hook.
I think I got the point
Hope the marketing for NTTD really reels me in.
Times to look out for are 2pm UK and 5pm UK...
Keeping an eye on the BBFC and other ratings boards today also...
It isn't coming today. Remember when a certain someone said their sources informed them that we were getting the trailer on 25th September and that very quickly didn't transpire.
It's likely that perhaps a poster drops today - alongside maybe some stills or a BTS reel. But no trailer till next week.
Oh I think the skull being on the poster was pretty cool. Also quite Fleming-y in fact: his book covers always seemed to have skulls on them! :)
I think Richard's idea of the speargun is a great one: Bond looks proper badass in the behind-the-scenes vid holding that.
On that note, if we don't get a trailer tomorrow I would think another BTS vid seems possible.
@PanchitoPistoles you really don't help yourself do you. You complain when members mock of offend you, but then you make posts like the above.
1. Danny Boyle has moved on like everyone else. EON are not going to apologise, and they don't need too. SHUT UP ABOUT DANNY BOYLE, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!
2. When was the last time you posted anything that could be news? You're very quick to judge and comment, when things don't happen as you expect. @ggl007 has provided many news stories for the forum over the years, and is a well respected member of the James Bond community as a whole. Whether he's right or wrong, his contribution is respected. Such behaviour from yourself could be seen as bullying and / or flaming.
Time to stop expecting everything to fall into place, when you think it should.
And if a news source happens to be incorrect, then so be it. That goes for a few other members around here.
It's not a competition!
It's never on the journalist, it's on the source. So, do not shoot the messenger. Or you'll eventually be left on the dark, news wise.
That being said, I do hope it's today. Something for today, I mean. Or at least tomorrow (I'd be shocked if there's nothing tomorrow, not a poster, not a post. Shocked, negatively shocked). Things have been rather quiet as of late. Not that they shouldn't be. But something new would be nice. We'd all appreciate it, that's for sure.
Tomorrow it's the 5th of October: World James Bond Day.
It's also World Smile Day today.
Patience admittedly is a virtue, but I do feel the last month or so of waiting has been a drag. I have faith @ggl007 has great sources, he seems to be a valuable member of this community.
If it's today are we saying 5pm GMT ? The same tomorrow as well?
https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/celebrating-40-years-of-bollinger-amp-007-823302277.html
It's just boring imo, as all the recent posters have been, and becomes really weird when you watch the film and realise that it's just Bond's disguise for one minute at the start.
This is badass
https://images.app.goo.gl/XL9qHWkYwqHXU46Y9
And I don't get why something similar couldn't work as a modern poster on different formats. Baby Driver for example had a cool illustrated poster
https://images.app.goo.gl/z8y1cmkmggGzVKY67
And even if it had to be a photoshop job, they could still be doing better than they have been doing. This poster for Kingsman isn't amazing, probably about Brosnan era quality, but it's still a lot better than the last couple of posters have been imo.
https://images.app.goo.gl/Mq6wCK6jjRMM9AEk7
So I doubt it's anything to do with fitting onto modern formats and sadly think it's probably more due to branding than anything else. That just seems to be what they've decided to stick to now. Bond with a gun in front of a boring (the white ones), misleading (the SF gunbarrel ones) or weird (the SP disguise that's barely in the film) background.
Then again with Bond, Eon and the film's creatives have far more control than any other franchise of its ilk. They could safely do an old school illustrated style poster if they wanted to - just look at the Star Wars ones. So the more likely answer indeed comes down to Barbara/MGW's taste...
To be honest I think the other Daylights one with Tim in the blue gunbarrel and Kara's legs in the foreground is way more striking, memorable and stylish than a big montage of everything. Simplicity is better.
They're making a Moonraker shuttle with a magnum of champagne inside? I shall look forward to seeing that! :)
Ah here it is! Pretty cool actually:
Fitting to formats is a consideration they have to take into account in any marketing campaign, but it's obviously far from a sole reason for the posters looking like they do.
If EON wanted elaborate designs and felt that specific direction to be the best way to present the films, they would have got it. It's worth noting that Empire Design, that's worked on the last five(?) campaigns, including NTTD, do have a lot of minimalistic looking works in their portfolio. examples below:
I also managed to find a few notes from the designer of the NTTD title logo. I wonder if they'll animate it in a cool way in the trailer?
My title style for the new James Bond film. Created at Empire Design. A fitting, nostalgic, throwback to a film series that has increasingly paid tribute to it's roots. For type aficionados this is a subtly tweaked version of Paul Renner's Futura Black (1929).
I have my mentions turned on...
But honestly, I'm not expecting anything... Tomorrow is another thing...
Someone mentioned on the other thread that Universal France said something about 'artwork' coming Saturday?