http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2008/06/blow-out-those-blockbuster-movies-with-the-tiny-victoria-texas-advocate/ www.visualeditors.com/apple Mon, 21 May 2012 18:23:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2008/06/blow-out-those-blockbuster-movies-with-the-tiny-victoria-texas-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-10928 David Brummer Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:53:37 +0000 http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2008/06/blow-out-those-blockbuster-movies-with-the-tiny-victoria-texas-advocate/#comment-10928 No doubt, these are visually striking packages. But, in the end, they do much, much more to hype the movie than to tell you whether or not the film is actually worth seeing. This sort of "phenomenon" approach to display and content does exactly what movie studios want by recreating the images and style (both in fonts and color) of the films. Yes, it looks great. But it also looks like one great big ad for the movie. That's not what newspapers are supposed to convey. Are they? No doubt, these are visually striking packages. But, in the end, they do much, much more to hype the movie than to tell you whether or not the film is actually worth seeing. This sort of “phenomenon” approach to display and content does exactly what movie studios want by recreating the images and style (both in fonts and color) of the films. Yes, it looks great. But it also looks like one great big ad for the movie. That’s not what newspapers are supposed to convey. Are they?

]]> http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2008/06/blow-out-those-blockbuster-movies-with-the-tiny-victoria-texas-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-10911 Tom Lynch Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:24:05 +0000 http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2008/06/blow-out-those-blockbuster-movies-with-the-tiny-victoria-texas-advocate/#comment-10911 Hmmm, a design staff of seven, huh? So I can decide just how jealous I should be, I'd like to know how big the news staff is overall. Nice work! Hmmm, a design staff of seven, huh? So I can decide just how jealous I should be, I’d like to know how big the news staff is overall. Nice work!

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