Rip-offs, re-uses, and visual idiocy: The art of how not to package a movie

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

[Mark C. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark C.]

Wow shes on more packaging than aunt Jemima.

[Robin Bougie Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Robin Bougie]

Haha SOOOO LAZY!!

How hard is it to take your own photo, or pay a photographer to take one for you? You would think it would be worth the tiny effort that would take, simply to not have the same chick on your cover as a dozen other movies and books.

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[Dom D Spoon! Find all posts View Profile Close Dom D]

How hard is it to take your own photo, or pay a photographer to take one for you? You would think it would be worth the tiny effort that would take, simply to not have the same chick on your cover as a dozen other movies and books.

It's one of the most fun parts of the process. Though expensive. Top find. I can't believe people are doing this. I use stock images all the time for show posters, bar adverts etc and always felt dirty for it but I can honestly say that despite using these regularly it never even occurred to me that I could do it for a film.

BTW Robin I was surprised the other day to come across a copy of Cinema Sewer in a Melbourne bookstore the other day. Congrats on the distribution.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

We use stock images all the time at work for product packaging - lifestyle shots, goofy stuff like that. I'd never want to do it to represent something creative that I'd had a part in, however.

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They used the same fucking image for the Blu-ray art too.

[Ryan K Brock Landers Find all posts View Profile Close Ryan K]

I'm not sure if this thread is limited to re-uses of that Absentia stock photo, but I found these yesterday while digging through the Canadian Tire movie bins.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

I don't think there's any reason to limit it to the Absentia stock image.

Nice find, Ryan.

[Tom Clark Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tom Clark]

[Ignatius Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ignatius]

You'd have to try pretty damn hard to come up with a more misleading title and image for Borowczyk's The Beast than that.

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

You'd have to try pretty damn hard to come up with a more misleading title and image for Borowczyk's The Beast than that.

LOL...The would be quite a few shocked faces after purchasing that and then taking it home and watching it!!!!

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[Dom D Spoon! Find all posts View Profile Close Dom D]

I'm not sure if this thread is limited to re-uses of that Absentia stock photo, but I found these yesterday while digging through the Canadian Tire movie bins.

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I've been looking at this image for the last few minutes and can't quite work it out. It's the same photo isn't it it's just that on the Chick Magnet one they've photoshopped new heads onto the bodies and sneakily changed the colour of the guys shirt. Wierd thing to do but good skills.