I think it's meant for the consumer, but agree entirely Gordon, it belongs on the back cover, which is where they stick MPAA ratings on discs this side of the pond.Gordon McMurphy wrote:In my opinion, the certificate should only be next to the bar-code on the back cover. That's the only place that the chashier looks at when you buy/order the DVD.
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This hasn't been mentioned yet but I'm curious about other people's opinion on this:
As of yet all MoC's are beatifully put together. And what is maybe even more important is that the sober black spines with only a change of fonts from title to title really work. But the same spine is IMO debased by that huge and obtrusive EUREKA! logo. I think on the main cover it is ok, but on the spine it is far too big and often clashes with the modest typography of the title/director. The fact that it fills the entire width of the spine doesn't help either.
I think there should be some research into a more modest branding, maybe slightly more towards CC. Although just making it smaller/adding a little border would already make it much better.
As of yet all MoC's are beatifully put together. And what is maybe even more important is that the sober black spines with only a change of fonts from title to title really work. But the same spine is IMO debased by that huge and obtrusive EUREKA! logo. I think on the main cover it is ok, but on the spine it is far too big and often clashes with the modest typography of the title/director. The fact that it fills the entire width of the spine doesn't help either.
I think there should be some research into a more modest branding, maybe slightly more towards CC. Although just making it smaller/adding a little border would already make it much better.
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What's wrong?
One -- it doesn't depict one of the two stars of the film.
Two -- it doesn't show a scene that is either significant or visually interesting -- just a random puiblicity still (as far as I can tell)
Three -- the inset mug shots aren't very good in their own right -- and add nothing positive to the overall design
Four -- the copious super-imposed text doesn't accomplish much
Five -- this looks like it is just the bottom half of a two-piece poster set -- witness the incomplete names at the top -- and what looks like a slice of another picture (with red backing) at the top of the column of photo insets
Six -- taken all together, this poster (partial poster) is just plain ugly
One -- it doesn't depict one of the two stars of the film.
Two -- it doesn't show a scene that is either significant or visually interesting -- just a random puiblicity still (as far as I can tell)
Three -- the inset mug shots aren't very good in their own right -- and add nothing positive to the overall design
Four -- the copious super-imposed text doesn't accomplish much
Five -- this looks like it is just the bottom half of a two-piece poster set -- witness the incomplete names at the top -- and what looks like a slice of another picture (with red backing) at the top of the column of photo insets
Six -- taken all together, this poster (partial poster) is just plain ugly
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Toho are sending us a complete poster, so it will do.Michael Kerpan wrote:What's wrong?
One -- it doesn't depict one of the two stars of the film.
If we made a cover up ourselves, it would just be from a random publicity still, and they're all pretty dull, unfortunately.Michael Kerpan wrote:Two -- it doesn't show a scene that is either significant or visually interesting -- just a random puiblicity still (as far as I can tell)
Nevertheless, this was the original Japanese poster and, in our eyes, is important.Michael Kerpan wrote:Three -- the inset mug shots aren't very good in their own right -- and add nothing positive to the overall design
See previous point.Michael Kerpan wrote:Four -- the copious super-imposed text doesn't accomplish much
See my response to your first point.Michael Kerpan wrote:Five -- this looks like it is just the bottom half of a two-piece poster set -- witness the incomplete names at the top -- and what looks like a slice of another picture (with red backing) at the top of the column of photo insets
We disagree, see my reply to your point three.Michael Kerpan wrote:Six -- taken all together, this poster (partial poster) is just plain ugly
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Having said that. We're constantly re-evaluating everything, and it may change.