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Poster Presentation – Framing, Mounting and Light Boxes
Poster presentation is a most important aspect that should be taken into consideration when hanging a poster of your favorite movie on a wall. Appropriate presentation that matches with the rest of the room decor can help bring about the movie experience, but not only.
Presenting your newly acquired movie poster by framing or mounting will result in a more attractive finished product in any room. In particular, framed movie posters are most appropriate in a ‘shared’ room home theater e.g. a living room or a bedroom home theater.
However, mounting and in particular framing a poster, offers a further important advantage – it also represents an important step towards helping your posters stay nice for much longer.
While both frames and mounts offer a great way of presenting a more attractive finish in any room, yet in the case of a dedicated home theater room, the ultimate in movie poster presentation is the backlit poster light box. The use of a backlit box will better help bring about the cinematic ‘feeling’ into your home.
Movie poster light boxes add a unique finishing touch to your home theater, or in that case, anywhere you want to display your favorite poster.
The Poster Light Box:
The classical way to illuminate movie posters for display is from behind. Most poster light boxes operate in this manner by having a light source mounted on the rear side of a box frame. A diffuser plate is used to help eliminate the formation of possible hot spots of light over the movie poster area.
These poster light boxes are also referred to as ‘backlit poster boxes’ and are normally designed to take 1 Sheet posters. The latter are typically 27 inches in width by 40 to 41 inches in height, depending on whether the poster is a pre 1983/1985 or otherwise. (More information on movie poster sizes is available at http://www.practical-home-theater-guide.com/poster-sizes.html).
Take care, however! Not all one-sheet size movie posters are best suited for display in a backlit poster light box. Why?
One sheet comes in either single-sided or double-sided prints, with the latter being designated as ‘DS’ 1-Sheet. While it is possible to mount either type in a poster light box, yet the best posters to use in a backlit poster light box are double-sided posters.
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At The DiscountMoviePosters Store you will find that collecting posters is easy with tons of movie posters on the market. Our great selection of movie posters range from 1916 copies to about to be released movie posters. You can’t be frusterated with our discounted prices.
In the event you are eager to be the 1st amongst your friends to hang the science fiction movie posters, now is the perfect moment to add a poster to your collection since the prices are so affordable! These movie posters could be regarded as classic movie posters and raise ten to twelve times in cost, just as the first Star Wars movie poster.
The collection of movie posters by film star is very fashionable. Do you need
Hollywood movie posters of popular actors like Clint Eastwood, Clark Gable, Paul Newman, Sylvester Stallone or George Clooney? Or do you prefer movie star posters of actresses – Nicole Kidman, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Jennifer Aniston, or Reese Witherspoon?
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A work of art is a timeless treasure and an eternal source of joy. While the functional utility of posters has been exploited for ages, the aesthetic appeal of posters has elevated their status and transformed them into a unique form of art. Poster production is done by lithographic printing on paper, which is a relatively inexpensive form of printing. However, poster art has found its own class of collectors and admirers. Moulin Rouge made history when it sold for a record-breaking $200,000 at a fine art poster exhibition. After the success and popularity of the 1970s vintage poster market in France, posters have caught on among the masses across various countries.
A piece of poster art is not just a visual treat; it speaks out and conveys a message. An individual piece is conceived by an artist through the creative execution of his/her insight, but these are not necessarily decoded by another. The message varies depending on individual perception. Art posters are used as unique pieces of decor. They create a particular mood, define the ambience of the room and reflect the possessor’s personality. Apart from personal purchases, it can be purchased as a special gift item. Both the online and offline market provides numerous options to a lover of poster art.
Many poster exhibitions, auctions and museums showcase art posters. Collectors can get information from various collector’s magazines like Jon Warren’s price guide, Movie Poster Price Almanac, and many more. Online guides give a good idea about the pricing of various posters and collectibles, and how to get a good deal. The collectible value of a piece can be determined to some extent by some standard parameters, like the demand for the poster, its condition (weather damaged, stained or not), and what issue the poster is. However, the decision about the collectible value of an art poster is subjective.
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