Posters used to advertise a specific movie, usually for its cinema release. Other media have their posters, too.
Compare Cover Tropes.
If you're designing one yourself and need a little guidance, visit Design a Film Poster for some pointers and elements common to posters for films and the various genres they belong to.
Notable film poster artists:
- John Alvin
- Andrew Bannister
- Saul Bass
- Robert Brownjohn
- Steven Chorney
- Claire Curtis
- Bill Gold
- Kyle Lambert
- Robert E. McGinnisnote
- Bob Peak
- Karine Savard
- Jay Shaw
- Tony Seiniger
- Akiko Stehrenberger
- Drew Struzan
- Howard Terpning
- Tomi Ungerer
- James Verdesoto
Tropes:
- Actor IS the Title Character
- Atop a Mountain of Corpses
- Back-to-Back Poster
- "Back to Camera" Pose
- Between My Legs
- "The Breakfast Club" Poster Homage
- Covers Always Lie: Also applies to movie posters.
- Dead-Hand Shot
- Design Student's Orgasm
- Diagonal Billing
- Dreamworks Face
- Earth-Shattering Poster
- Evil Overlooker
- Face on the Cover
- Floating Head Syndrome
- Juxtaposed Halves Shot
- Juxtaposed Reflection Poster
- Leg Cling
- Mirrored Confrontation Shot
- Misplaced-Names Poster
- Orange/Blue Contrast
- Pistol Pose
- Red-and-White Comedy Poster
- Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You
- Stab the Sky
- Stacked Characters Poster
- Touch of the Monster
- Thematic Sequel Logo Change
- Trend Covers
