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    FILMography
Photographer Christopher Moloney juxtoposes classic movie stills with their modern-day locations.



(above films: Annie Hall (1977), Leon the Professional (1994), via Design Observer)

    FILMography

    Photographer Christopher Moloney juxtoposes classic movie stills with their modern-day locations.

    Leon the Professional

    (above films: Annie Hall (1977), Leon the Professional (1994), via Design Observer)

    movies     film     posters    
    ollymoss:

I worked with the Academy and Gallery 1988 to create the official 85 Years of Oscars poster. 
Click here to see it in detail!
The brief was one of the hardest I’ve ever had; find a way to reference every single Best Picture winner from the last 85 years. 
Thanks to Gallery 1988 for putting my name forward and organising this whole shebang.  

    ollymoss:

    I worked with the Academy and Gallery 1988 to create the official 85 Years of Oscars poster. 

    Click here to see it in detail!

    The brief was one of the hardest I’ve ever had; find a way to reference every single Best Picture winner from the last 85 years. 

    Thanks to Gallery 1988 for putting my name forward and organising this whole shebang.  

    NYC     movies     painting     politics     posters     art    
    Japan     Miyazaki     Studio Ghibli     animation     film     movies     books    
    Forbidden Planet’s review of Studio Ghibli’s The Borrower Arrietty

    Forbidden Planet’s review of Studio Ghibli’s The Borrower Arrietty

    Harry Potter     books     movies     mystery     youtube     owls    
    very curious to know what J.K. Rowling’s announcement is and what’s coming to the parked Pottermore.com site.

    very curious to know what J.K. Rowling’s announcement is and what’s coming to the parked Pottermore.com site.

    video     film     movies     tv     title sequences     design     typography    
    weird     food     Harry Potter     books     movies     art     dessert    
    design     lego     legos     weird     movies     Harry Potter     posters    
    film     movies     characters     NYC     Smurfs     weird    
    “Big Apple will be Smurf turf, in 3-D” (via USA Today)
Is that the Flatiron neighborhood photoshopped to look like Times Square? Someone recently told me that it’s common practice for big Hollywood films to shoot at the intersection in front of the Flatiron building because it has similar angles and is easier.

    “Big Apple will be Smurf turf, in 3-D” (via USA Today)

    Is that the Flatiron neighborhood photoshopped to look like Times Square? Someone recently told me that it’s common practice for big Hollywood films to shoot at the intersection in front of the Flatiron building because it has similar angles and is easier.

    Lego     design     film     movies     weird     characters     toys    
    posters     design     movies     film     animation     Oscars     Academy Awards    
    Pixar     animation     characters     design     movies     Toy Story    
    new Toy Story 3 image of The Daycare(discovered via pixarplanet.com)

    new Toy Story 3 image of The Daycare
    (discovered via pixarplanet.com)

    books     covers     design     film     movies     illustration     lettering    
    “Warner Bros. to give Little Brown’s “Beautiful Creatures” book series the big screen treatment” (article via Examiner)
side note: the above book jacket is designed by David Caplan, hand-lettering by artist Si Scott (the use of silver foil makes this looks extra great in person—can’t get the full effect on screen)
The cover design for Beautiful Creatures is also a nominee for Amazon’s Best Book Covers of 2009.

    “Warner Bros. to give Little Brown’s “Beautiful Creatures” book series the big screen treatment” (article via Examiner)

    side note: the above book jacket is designed by David Caplan, hand-lettering by artist Si Scott (the use of silver foil makes this looks extra great in person—can’t get the full effect on screen)

    The cover design for Beautiful Creatures is also a nominee for Amazon’s Best Book Covers of 2009.

    Alice in Wonderland     Disney     Tim Burton     art     design     movies     posters    
    “Disney Posts Alice in Wonderland Posters on Facebook” (discovered via Mashable)
click here for “The Disloyal Subjects of the Mad Hatter” profile on facebook & larger poster images on Disney Pictures’ flickr page

    “Disney Posts Alice in Wonderland Posters on Facebook” (discovered via Mashable)

    click here for “The Disloyal Subjects of the Mad Hatter” profile on facebook & larger poster images on Disney Pictures’ flickr page