07 November, 2012

Convergent Design in Film Posters… the Sequel!

Originally posted on Tumblr on 30th Oct 2012

A while back I posted an article about the similarity between the posters for Christopher Nolan's Inception and the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, which I illustrated by combining the two.

While I know there is bound to be similarity between film posters in a similar genre (posters in the romantic comedy vein seem to be almost interchangeable), I occasionally come across two posters that I confuse with each other.

Two recent ones are The Perks of Being a Wallflower...



...and Seven Psychopaths...



As if you needed the similarities pointed out, both posters have their principle cast lined up at the bottom of the page, with black type of a strong shade of green.

Coincidence, or the start of a new trend in poster design?

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