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Art and Design in Movies!!! Evaluating Movie Trailers!

Posted in art, design, inspiration, movies, picture, update by gee12345 on March 4, 2009

I know this isnt a Design post as such but I just wanted to feature some of the awesome trailers for some Blockbuster movies that are coming out. When I say ‘design post’ I mean I am not posting inspirational pictures etc. but it is still relevant as these sorts of movies can inspire pictures to create and the detail placed into movies now-a-days is remarkable. Special Effects have blasted off and are so realistic it makes you think that there is a chance that some of things could be real. The special effects in movies are the same principal as when creating a surreal picture. You still want the picture to be photo-realistic BUT you want to convey your creativity and personal touch. It all ends up relying on how much time you are willing to spend on each picture and whether you want t0 whip a picture and pay no attention to detail or if you want to create a piece of art that really makes the viewer feel like they are there. Here are some trailers that take art to another level. Watchmen, that is coming out in a couple of days is a classic example of taking art and making into a blockbuster movie that really takes the viewer to another world. Trailers inside >>>> (more…)