Storytelling around the Globe

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.01.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Objectives
  3. Strategies
  4. Additional information about Trailers
  5. Highlights in the History of Filmmaking and Movie Posters
  6. Activities
  7. Lesson Plan 1: Ten Thumbnail Sketches for the Poster
  8. Lesson Plan 2: Demonstration of and Experimentation with Different Media and Techniques
  9. Lesson Plan 3: The Creation of the Movie Poster
  10. Notes
  11. Bibliography for Teachers
  12. Reading List for Students
  13. Materials for Classroom Use
  14. Delaware Sate Art Standards and their Implementation

Movie Posters: Capturing the Essence of a Story

Karen Ruth Sturdy Yarnall

Published September 2009

Tools for this Unit:

Bibliography for Teachers

Barton, Miles D. Hollywood Movie Posters 1914-19900. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer

Publishing Company, 2004. Not only does this book contain great examples, but it

also has a collector's guide/glossary in the back that explains poster sizes, buying,

conditions such as mint, and preservation. It is also a price guide so it includes a

range of selling prices for the posters. The price range listed for the 1925 Phantom of

the Opera one-sheet poster is an astounding $40,000 to 60,000.

Basten, Fred E. The Lost Artwork of Hollywood. New York: Watson-Guptill, 1996. This

volume details the history of posters in the United States and gives a fairly

comprehensive synopsis of each illustrator at the end of the book.

Children of Heaven, DVD. Directed by Majid Majidi, 1997, Iran: Miramax Films.

Children of Heaven trailer. www.miramax.com/children-of-heaven.html/. (accessed 27 7

July 2009).

Children of Heaven posters. www.moviefone.com/movie/children-of- -

heaven/5170/main. (accessed 27 July 2009). Good poster of sister with a bubble.

Children of Heaven posters.

www.movieposter.com/poster/.../Children_Of_Heaven.html/. (accessed 27 July

2009). It has a poster that features a goldfish with a blue sky background.

Color of Paradise, DVD. Directed by Majid Majidi,Sony Pictures Classics, 1999.

Color of Paradise trailer. www.spout.com/films/The_Color_of_Paradise/...default/.aspx.

(accessed 27 July 2009). This site has a trailer and poster.

Color of Paradise posters. www.sonypictures.com/classics/colorofparadise//. (accessed

27 July 2009). Sony's site contains a beautiful image of the father and son characters

as a background screen and has posters plus images from the film.

Constantine, Mildred, and Alan Fern. Revolutionary Soviet Film Posters. Baltimore and

London: the John Hopkins Press, 1974. These striking avant-garde styles

predominantly from the 1920s are like no others.

The Family Game (Kazoku Game), DVD. Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita, 1983, Japan:

New Century Producers, Art Theatre Guild of Japan, Nikkatsu Corporation.

Fanning, Jim, text writer. The Disney Poster- The Animated Film Classics from Mickey

Mouse to Aladdin. New York: Hyperion, 1993. This compilation of Disney animated

films and shorts concentrates more on the older classics.

The Holiday, DVD. Directed by Nancy Meyers, 2006. Universal/Columbia pictures,

Sony Pictures, 2006.

Hopkins, John. Shrek- From the Swamp to the Screen.. New York: Harry N. Abrams,

Inc., Publishers, 2004. This exquisite and colorful book shows mainly stills/scenes

from the film but it does include a page with an interesting sampling of four posters

in different languages and styles from the 51 countries in which Shrek was released.

Into the West, VHS. Directed by Mike Newell. 1993, Ireland: Production Company et al,

Walt Disney Video, 2001.

Into the West trailer, www.allsubs.org/search-trailer/Into%20The%20West/. (accessed

27 July 2009).

Into the West movie posters. www.impawards.com/1993/into_the_west_ver3.html.

(accessed 27 July 2009).

Into the West movie posters. www.imdb.com/title/tt0104522/. (accessed 27 July 2009).

Keita, DVD. Directed by Dani Kouyate, Affix Productions.

The King of Masks, DVD. Directed by Wu Tianming, 1996, China: Shaw Brothers,

Samual Goldwyn Films, 1999.

The King of Masks trailers. movies.nytimes.com/movie/136108/The-King-of-f-

Masks/trailers. (accessed 27 July 2009).

The King of Masks posters. www.imdb.com/title/tt115669/. (accessed 27 July 2009).

This site contains 11 posters and images.

Kirikou and the Sorceress, 1998. Directed by Michael Ocelot, France: Les Armateurs.

Kirikou and the Sorceress posters. http://www.kirikou.net/images/kirikou-56k.mov.

Nobody Knows (Vare Mo Shiranai or Daremo Shiranai). Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda,

2004, Japan: IFC Films.

Nobody Knows trailer. www.nippon.cinema.com/trailers/nobody knows. (accessed 27

July 2009).

Nobody Knows posters. www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp? (accessed 27 July

2009).

Nourman, Tony and Graham Marsh, editors. Film Posters of the 50s- the Essential

Movies of the Decade. Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, 2001. This

volume contains excellent iconic images from different countries.

Nourman, Tony, and Graham Marsh, editors. Film Posters of the 60s- the Essentiall

Movies of the decade. Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, 1998. This is laid

out the same way as the one above. This is a good source.

Nourmand, Tony and Graham Marsh, editors. Horror Poster Art. London: Aurum Press

Limited, 2004. This is a good source for poster styles from different countries of the

same film and it contains great examples coupled with interesting remarks about each.

Salisbury, Mike, introduction writer. Great Movie Graphics. Rockport, Massachusetts:

Rockport Publishers, 1995. The included modern examples are accompanied by

explanations of what type of computer programs like Adobe Photoshop were used.

Santa, Carol M.et al. Project CRISS- Creating Independence Through Student-owneded

Strategies. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1996. This is the

place to go if you are looking for current teaching strategies that work.

The Secret of Roan Inish, DVD. Directed by John Sayers, 1994, Ireland: Skerry Movies

Corporation, Culver City, CA: Sony Home Pictures, 2006.

The Secret of Roan Inish trailer. movies.nytimes.com/movie/133442/...Secret-of-Roanan

Inish/overview. (assessed 27 July 2009).

The Secret of Roan Inish trailer. http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi452591897/.

(accessed 27 July 2009).

The Secret of Roan Inish posters. (accessed 27 July 2009).

www.impawards.com/1995/secret_of_roan_inish_ver4.html.

Where is the Friend's House, VHS. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami, 1986, Iran: Firouzan

Films.

Where is the Friend's House posters. (accessed 27 July 2009).

www.firouzanfilms.com/.../WhereIsTheFriend'sHome/index.html/.

The White Ballon, DVD. Directed by Jafar Panahi, 1995, Iran: October Films.

The White Balloon trailer.

Badkonakesefid/TheWhiteBalloon(1995)www.trailer.com/movie/badkonake_sefid.

(accessed 27 July 2009).

Wiggins, Grant, and Jay McTighe. Understanding by Design. Alexandria, Virginia:

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2005. Also known as

UbD, this is a model for writing curriculum that has been embraced by many schools.

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