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a cover for American Pie: Ultimate Edition is now up on my site (available for both single and double sized cases)
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American Beauty
is anyone interested in producing an alternate cover for this film? I would love the cover image to be mena suvari covered in roses. Y'know the dream sequence image. is anyone interested in this?
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I'm going to attempt to make some of my own DVD covers, and the links above are most helpful. Thanks!
However, there is one link that is not on the list, which I need the most. Does anybody know where I could find hi-res images of poster art? This might not be available anywhere, so I might have to change my strategy a bit...but maybe I will be surprised. |
Originally posted by ToddSm66 Does anybody know where I could find hi-res images of poster art? I hope someone has a better answer, but I don't think there is one, other than buy the poster and scan it yourself. |
Originally posted by ToddSm66 Does anybody know where I could find hi-res images of poster art? |
Originally posted by ToddSm66 I'm going to attempt to make some of my own DVD covers, and the links above are most helpful. Thanks! However, there is one link that is not on the list, which I need the most. Does anybody know where I could find hi-res images of poster art? This might not be available anywhere, so I might have to change my strategy a bit...but maybe I will be surprised. Another place to find scans of poster art is http://www.hundland.com/posters/main.htm. Look for the titles with a PIA beside them, these are their best quality scans. I will add a poster art and logo catagory next update. -Matt |
Thanks! I went out to Borders tonight and picked a few books with full page reproductions of poster art that I can scan in as well. Hopefully I can find everything I need.
What I am going to attempt to do (if anybody really cares) is to make an AFI Top 100 DVD Cover set - complete with spine numbers (Citizen Kane = #1, Casablanca = #2, The Godfather = #3, etc) and original poster art on the front covers. If the set turns out halfway decent, I'll post them up on a site and share them with everyone. |
Two year old tore-up my Young Guns II case. Can anyone help? Thanks....
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How are those BMW Films covers coming along? :D
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Nice work, RMan360!
after a long breather, i've started to work on another jacket, this one for PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE.
i've never been happy with the image they've used on the video boxes, ever since they first released it on tape back in '86. i've been hoping to run across some form of the original neon-style illustration art and finally found something a couple weeks ago while out of state for my job. not perfect, but |
Looking for a cover of Moulin Rouge. I've searched here and the web in general, but found only what must be an R2 on a French site. Please help!
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BMW Films DVD and the always requested OPERA please!
Anyone? Please? Andrew |
OK, I need a little advice from all the expert cover designers in here. Like I said above, I'm going to try and design a set for the Top 100 AFI films using the original poster art for each film.
I just threw one together real fast to try and get an idea of how it will look. Keep in mind, I threw this together pretty fast, so it's obviously not my final version. http://members.cox.net/toddsm66/TaxiDriverSample.JPG Now, what all would you suggest to make this look better? I don't claim to be an expert graphic designer, thus I need some creative ideas. I think I'm pretty much happy with the front cover - that was the easy part. What should I do with the spine to make it stand out a little better? It just looks a little plain the way it is. Keep in mind, I will be creating 100 of these, and I would like the look to stay consistant throughout -- and I would like to keep the spine numbers. For the back cover, I just took the current back from the DVD and used it for now. I will most likely customize this part later on with my own screen shots and text...but I just wanted to get a sample out now. Thanks for any and all suggestions! Todd |
Hi guys,
I'm really looking for the following covers, but I have had no luck:
If anyone can provide a link, I would GREATLY appreciate it! Thanks |
Toddsm66,
just a few suggestions...take 'em for what their worth...or not. -if you are going to be doing, concievably, 100 titles which will all shar the same basic spine-layout, 1) make sure you save a template with the elements tht will be used over and over again, pasted in place, so you can just slip the other new, elements more or less into place. like regularly saving your work, something everybodys usually knows, but have to get in the practicing of doing at first. 2) i would make a logo for AFI..., this can be something as simple as choosing the proper font and sizes to use, or you can do vector work, if your really industrious. just think simple, but distinctive, in either case . a simple block style like helvetica or whatever just will look unprofessional. you'll probably have to kern the letters a bit for whatever you choose to give it a really pro look. also you can add a ™ symbol to the final logo, to make it look supremely kosher. i, personally, wouldn't use a color like the red your using for thoses elements either, or at least at the intensity it is. it's a good idea to tie all the spine elements together thru hue or intensity, if hue: i would choose either a much more washed out shade of red to harmonize with the white letters of the logo, or change the hue of the afi & # to something else, as long as its fairly low-key , unless you also change the color of the title and any other element with a similar color... intesity means that since the Taxi Driver title was in white ( if i remember), then the other elements will need to be closer to the white end of the greyscale...etc. right now the red of the afi/# tries to call equal attention to spine, competeing with the movie logo. really, that should be the first thing you see with the other elements after. if Taxi Driver were in that shade of red, then the other bits could be in off-white, washed out red, etc... color sensibilities are very personal, and a great opportunity to express your creativity. so i would never hand suggestions off with the implication that "THIS is what you HAVE to do" these are mearly things i thought about when i looked at your cover. other than that, it looks GREAT so far! can't wait to see how the rest come out. yes those Herschenson catlogs and history of cinema thru poster books are a great reference to use...thats how i got a lot of my images. |
Originally posted by ckolchak i would make a logo for AFI..., this can be something as simple as choosing the proper font and sizes to use, or you can do vector work, if your really industrious. just think simple, but distinctive, in either case |
Originally posted by new2theplace AFI has a logo, and it looks like he's using it. i would, at the very least make it 3 lines AFI TOP 100 and, if it were me, i would probably drop the word "top" and try to integrate the "100" with AFI in some way (maybe like having a rectangular translucent box and having AFI (the logo your using) 100 etched out, beveled, etc. in any case, still keeping it very simple, so it will read easy at such a small size. if i could just find a free easy image hosting site i would post an example. i'm not good at explaining things again, this is just my opinion. its not a commandment. |
I have an AFI 100 question(that will relate to this, so bear with me). So, Will there ever be other movies in the top 100? I understand the need to number the top 100 movies, but that would mean you would have to re-number/re-print the covers in case of new additions, subtractions to the list. I understand that the bulk of the list will not change much, but I'm wondering why the number is such an important thing. Of course, maybe the films will never change(which at that point, would make the list a little less useful to me).
I think I would prefer a case that indicates that the movie has been, or is in the top 100 according to the AFI, and leave it at that. Then, I could put up a nice display sign that goes next to the dvd's stating what the current order is. That's just me, though(for what it's worth, I don't care about criterions being numbered, either.) Anyway, nice job. robyn |
The main reason I'm doing this is because I'm trying to collect all 100 of the AFI films. The way my collection is now, they are all scattered around my collection, so it's hard for me to see which ones I still need. If I had all of them lined up in order by spine number, it would be easier for me to see the holes I need to fill in -- kinda of the way people collect Criterions. One quick glance down the shelf, and you can see you need #52, #56, #58, etc...
It's nothing extremely important, just an idea I've had. I've been wanting to create some custom covers for a while, and I finally have some spare time at work to mess with it. Thanks for the suggestions, ckolchak. I'll play around with the AFI logo a bit more. I'm thinking I might move the title all the way to the top of the spine and put the AFI logo and spine number together at the bottom. Something like this: http://members.cox.net/toddsm66/spinesample.JPG |
Need a little help. I'm not sure this is the right forum, so if it is not be gentle. In my exuberance to open JPIII, I tore off the plastic that holds the cover on. Any suggestions on what I can do?
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ToddSm66:
i played around with your sunset blvd spine a little and did up an example of an afi logo for you to use or maybe just to spark you off in another direction. since i can't post any images, if you want to drop me an email at [email protected] i'll send you some basic examples of what i was talking about. nickster: i'm not sure exactly what your talking about, but it sounds like you just need a replacement amaray case. they should sell em at suncoast, best buy, media play, etc. |
anyone know where I can find a good usable scan for the original poster of "Murder by Death"? the cover for the current release stinks..
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OK. I resent The BMW Hire DVD cover to Mdx in the format that I think he requested. I hope everything works out fine and that it'll be up on his site in a few days.
Also, does anyone have the cover scan for Rushmore Criterion. I got one but the top is kind of cut off. |
Re: Official DVD Replacement Cover & Case Thread - Part 4
Originally posted by RMan360 [B Feel free to post cover requests and links to other covers in this thread. [/B] Thanks Again, ctyankee |
Originally posted by ToddSm66 Thanks! I went out to Borders tonight and picked a few books with full page reproductions of poster art that I can scan in as well. Hopefully I can find everything I need. What I am going to attempt to do (if anybody really cares) is to make an AFI Top 100 DVD Cover set - complete with spine numbers (Citizen Kane = #1, Casablanca = #2, The Godfather = #3, etc) and original poster art on the front covers. If the set turns out halfway decent, I'll post them up on a site and share them with everyone. Btw, I still do the Manchester Road Race every Thanksgiving Day - done it for years. I also echo ckolchak comment on perhaps a more washed out color selection for the AFI/Spine #. White would look pretty classy too and would not distract from the title. Another approach would be to use the same color as the title. I personally would drop the spine number. As someone mentioned, when the AFI adds another film to the list, everything below it shifts down one and where does that leave you? I also have about 35 Criterion DVDs and about 325 total in my collection. I don't keep my Criterion's separate and put them in number order because when I want to find a movie I want to search by title. Your point about wanting to know that you still need AFI move ranked ## or more importantly the corresponding title (say Schindler's List could be much more easily solved by just putting them in an Excel file. The gaps will show just as well and it is a lot easier to update. |
Originally posted by ctyankee That would be more than interesting. Todd, were you the guy that did the North by Northwest cover in the style of the other Hitchcock films. The link had a problem with it (no larger image available, just the smaller one). If you could repost it that would be great. Perhaps I'm thinking of someone else. Yeah, I took it down to save some space. I'll throw it back up for a couple weeks again. Let me know when you've got it downloaded, thanks! http://members.cox.net/toddsm66/northbynwthumb.JPG Hi Res version: http://members.cox.net/toddsm66/northbynw.JPG |
Originally posted by Londo anyone know where I can find a good usable scan for the original poster of "Murder by Death"? the cover for the current release stinks.. |
Does anybody know what happened to the webmaster of the Reality Crash site? He seems to have disappeared.
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american beauty alternate
Is anyone interested in making an alternate cover for american beauty using the mena suvari covered in roses image?
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Well, another thread, another request by yours truely for scans of the first 5 Twilight Zone DVD covers. I bought the gift pack that comes in jewel cases and would really like to put them in keepcases.
TIA, -Videophile |
Originally posted by ToddSm66 Yeah, I took it down to save some space. I'll throw it back up for a couple weeks again. Let me know when you've got it downloaded, thanks! Hi Res version: http://members.cox.net/toddsm66/nxnw_hires.jpg Thanks. Of course for those that want the original cover ... the link above works fine. |
Whoops! sorry about that, I got my URLs crossed. :) I edited my original message, here is the link you requested:
http://members.cox.net/toddsm66/northbynw.JPG |
Looking for double disc thin keepcase style cover for Patch Adams: Ultimate Edition. Feel free to email me if you can help. :)
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Todd,
I downloaded it. Much thanks and nice cover. ctyankee |
Hitchcock
I'm interested in possibly (emphasis on the possibly) doing a series of covers for Hitchock's films that have been released on DVD that use the film's original poster art for the cover.
Why would I want to do such a thing? Basically, it comes down to Saul Bass. It's a shame that Universal ditched the original cover for Vertigo that used his design - it's truly a thing of beauty. I'd like to create a series that would work with that original release of Vertigo as a template (or at least as the inspiration), but would also work well as a set. To do this, I'd more than likely change the color of the spine (possibly to black?) so that the set would visiually go together on the shelf. I'd also thought about numbering the series since that seems to be what all the cool kids are doing these days. Question - does anyone know of a definitive, chronological list of the finished films that Hitch directed? I'd rather not include the ones that he simply wrote or produced, just the ones that he directed. Thanks, Keith Finch |
Re: Hitchcock
Originally posted by Mr.Finch Question - does anyone know of a definitive, chronological list of the finished films that Hitch directed? I'd rather not include the ones that he simply wrote or produced, just the ones that he directed. Thanks, Keith Finch http://us.imdb.com/Name?Hitchcock,+Alfred If a title is unfinished it says so if uncredited it says so ..... I would guess that if it was wrong some Hitchcock lover would have already smacked them around for it by now ... |
Re: Hitchcock
Originally posted by Mr.Finch I'm interested in possibly (emphasis on the possibly) doing a series of covers for Hitchock's films that have been released on DVD that use the film's original poster art for the cover. Why would I want to do such a thing? Basically, it comes down to Saul Bass. It's a shame that Universal ditched the original cover for Vertigo that used his design - it's truly a thing of beauty. I'd like to create a series that would work with that original release of Vertigo as a template (or at least as the inspiration), but would also work well as a set. ... i'm not a great fan of the design universal came up with for the Hitchcock line (and all these 'star' themed collections in general) i agree with you. the art work from this era , especially work done by Bass, usually blows away anything the art directors in the video division are bound to cobble together in photoshop. all you really need for a collection theme is some marker/logo/banner on the spine ( for which the line profile of hitch would be a great place to put it) and *maybe* a minor banner on the top of the cover of the dvd. as much as i hate snapper cases, warner seems to be the only one who has enough respect for the original art to use it on the dvd's. as a source for scans- i believe there is a softcover book available that is only reproductions of Hitchcock poster art. don't remember who good the repros were, but for anybody wanting to do this, it shouldn't be hard to dig up goo material to work with. |
OPERA
And the BMW Series please Andre |
Jungle Book cover scan?
Anyone have a scan of the full cover art for Disney's 1967 version of The Jungle Book suitable for printing? I'm getting a used copy that has a tear in the cover and would like to replace it.
Thanks. Jim |
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