New Zealand Censorship 1916-1990s
 
Approximately 10 years ago I heard through the movie poster grapevine that a huge collection of original movie posters was being sold off in New Zealand after the closure of a distributer. I had been aware that this holy grail of posters existed for some time and when they finally came up for sale I flew to New Zealand immediately and was fortunate to be able to purchase them all. The enormous and daunting task of getting them all back to Australia for sorting and cataloguing is another story that I wont go into here.
 
The inventory included posters from the 50s to the 90s with the majority unused. New Zealand rarely printed movie posters of their own and used American, British and Australian posters and lobby cards. Consequently, the majority had New Zealand censorhip stamps or stickers added. These labels had often been painstakingly applied to every poster and lobby card.

In many cases the US or Australian distribution and censor details were blacked out by hand along with any other imagery or text that was considered inappropriate.
 
Censorship of films and posters began in New Zealand around 1911 when lobby groups started to pressure the government to exercise some control over some of the risque or controversial films that had begun to appear along with some graphically lurid posters. As a result, the Cinematograph Film Censorship Act of 1916 was introduced for the censorship of films. Its amendment in 1926 allowed for the censorship of posters. The various regulations were consolidated in the Cinematograph Films Act of 1928.
In 1956 the Censorship Regulations were revised on the advice of the Film Censor, Gordon Mirams, to provide for five classes of certificate:
(G) Approved for general exhibition.
(Y) Recommended as suitable for persons aged 13 and over.
(A) Recommended as suitable for adults only (persons aged 16 and over).
(R) Screening restricted to persons over a specified age or to a specified class of audience.
(S) Recommended as suitable or unsuitable for a specified class of audience.
(R16) was introduced in the 1950s. 16 year olds were considered for practical purposes to be adults although this was not always the case in other legislation. This system was considered to be somewhat goundbreaking through its focus on parental control rather than cutting films. Despite this Mirams was more willing to cut films than his predecessors.

Censorship of movie posters was used either in the form of stamps or stickers. Whilst the stickers can generally be removed by a competant restorer, the stamps can be more difficult and are often accompanied by large blackout areas where ink has been used. Two of the best examples of original daybills that have been heavily censored are with Goldfinger and Marnie.
 
This system that had been introduced by Gordon Mirams lasted until 1976 when the single "A" and "S" certificates were dropped and a "Y" certificate was introduced - (Approved for general exhibition: recommended as more suitable for persons 13 years of age and over). Another change resulted in a "GA" and a "GY" classification to indicate that they were restrictions and not recommendations.
 
The Films, Videos and Publications Act of 1993 has produced a revised system that draws on the historical traditions of censorship with its current system of ratings and classifications. Instead of "Indecent" it now uses "Objectionable" and the current "M" (Suitable for mature audiences 16 and over) rating has replaced the older "A" or "Special A" ratings. Posters in New Zealand now use neat stickers for censorship.
The Chief Censors:
William Jolliffe 1916-1927
W.A.Tanner 1927-1937
W.A.Von Kiesenberg 1938-1949
Gordon Mirams 1949-1959
Douglas McIntosh 1960-1976
Bernard Tunnicliffe 1976-1983
Arthur Everard 1983-1990
Jane Wrightson 1991-1993
Kathryn Paterson 1993-1998
Bill Hastings 1999- present day

Censorship and the Value of posters

In the cases of Goldfinger and Marnie, the censorship with the heavily blacked out areas which severely detract from the image can significantly devalue a poster. Others that have a neat sticker are less affected particularly as most stickers can easily be removed by a restorer. The stamps can also be removed in many cases but many collectors are quite happy to retain the unique aspect of the posters history.

As part of the New Orleans Film Society's 2011 Film-O-Rama festival, which was held at the Prytania Theatre, Ed Poole gave a presentation on film accessories (posters, one-sheets, lobby cards, etc.) and their conservation. He also offered a brief history of filmmaking in Louisiana and displayed some vintage posters of Louisiana films.
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Custom Bollywood Poster Art brand Indian Hippy (www.hippy.in) featured in NDTV's Great Indian Bazaar. This video covers Indian Hippy's popular custom painted, bollywood film poster styled portraits that allow people to star in their favorite indian film. Indian Hippy's talented team of film & billboard artists paint people into a film poster of their choice. In the video, NDTV interviews TV actor Amit Sarin who surprises his wife Vineesha Arora-Sarin ahead of Valentine's Day with a customized film poster of the epic Indian/Bollywood film Mughal-e-Azam custom painted by Indian Hippy. The Mughal-e-Azam film poster has been custom painted with their own faces superimposing Dilip Kumar and Madhubala respectively. The beautiful film poster styled painting has been done by Indian Hippy's film poster artists on a wooden chair instead of canvas, making this a functional gift rather than just a decorative piece of art. This video clip also features an interview of Indian Hippy founder Hinesh Jethwani, who talks about how people are searching for the lost art of film posters and billboards in India and are going absolutely crazy over custom painted Bollywood posters in which they can get their own portraits painted into. Indian Hippy ships these custom painted bollywood posters worldwide, and here's some information from their website: Have you ever imagined what a film poster would look like with the faces of the actors replaced with your own? Indian Hippy now offers custom ...

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Movie poster plays an important role in advertising a new film. A new upcoming movie may be known and promoted through movie posters, helping audiences worldwide get to know the background of the movie. Nowadays, movie posters are usually displayed inside and outside movie theaters, in shops, on websites, newspapers and magazines. According to differences in size, content, movie posters varies with some versions. In particular, a movie poster often contains an image with text above or below developed from text-only posters to highly visual digital ones of today. The text ever contains the movie title and the names of main actors and actresses, even the name of director, the names of other characters and the release date to theaters. Movie industry is getting more and more developed with a number of history-making movies. There are some movie obtaining successes thanks to impressive advertising from movie posters.

The poster of "Metropolis" contributed to the promotion of science fiction masterpiece in 1927. "Metropolis" was the most successful silent movie ever directed by Fritz Lang. In 2005, one of the 4 remaining copies of  its movie posters displayed on a California auction broke the world's records of the most expensive movie poster ever at 0,000.

Metropolis (1927)

There is only one movie poster of "The Bride of Frankenstein" displayed at their Beverly Hills Signature Movie Poster Auction in November, 2010. The movie poster is estimated at 0,000 for the auction price. The masterpiece, created by an unknown artist, comes from the Collection of Todd Feiertag, the most famous collection of horror movie posters of all time.

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Dracula (1931) is an horror film directed by Tod Browning and based on the stage play "Dracula" by Bram Stoker of the same name by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston in 1931. The movie poster set the world's record of the most expensive movie poster at the price of 0,700 in 2009.

Dracula (1931)

King Kong (1993), released in 1933 marked the first application of cinematic techniques in movie industry. The movie depicts the relationship between a giant monkey with the main actress Fay Wray. King Kong's movie poster was sold for 4,500 in 1999.

King Kong (1993)

The Mummy (1932) is an horror film produced by Universal Pictures. Its movie poster reached 5,000 at Sotheby's auction in 1997 and  was the most expensive movie poster until the release of Metropolis (1927). The poster of the Mummy (1932) was designed by Karoly Grosz, one of the top artists of Universal Pictures.

The Mummy (1932)

"Flying Down to Rio", a musical film directed by Thornton Freeland, was produced by Merian C. Cooper and Lou Brock in 1933. The movie hit  theater at the time to release by the excellent roles of the co-stars Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The movie poster of "Flying Down to Rio" was sold for 9,000 in 2008.

Flying Down to Rio (1933)

"The Black Cat" is a short horror film directed by Edgar Allan Poe and produced by Universal Pictures. The movie was first released on The Saturday Evening Post in 1843. Its movie poster reached 4,600 in an auction of the most expensive movie posters last year, and 8,800 in 2007.

The Black Cat (1843)

"Frankenstein" (1931) is one of the most influential horror films released in 1931 for the first time. The movie, directed by James Whale, was based on the novel by Mary Shelley. Its movie poster was sold for 8,000 in 1993.

Frankenstein (1931)

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Article by Victor Epand

Die hard lovers of the cinema are known to collect framed movie posters as celebrity collectibles. This is very true of collectors who collect items related to a specific actor or actress. For instance, if a collector only collects items related to the actor Johnny Depp, they will no doubt want to acquire posters from all the films in which this actor appeared. They will then frame these posters and place them on the walls of their celebrity collectibles viewing room.

When adding framed movie posters to your celebrity collection you will first want to start by making a list of all the films in which the actor or actress has taken part; or you will want to make a list of the films that they appeared in that you wish to acquire posters of. However, avid and seasoned collectors will seek out posters from every movie in which their celebrity appeared in whether they liked the movie or not. They do this in order to capture and document and the entire life and career of the celebrity they collect items of.

Once they have a list of all the movies which they hope to acquire posters of they will then need to figure out what type of posters they wish to add to their collection. Do they only want first print posters that were sent to the theaters when the movie opened? Or are they fine with replicas of the original movie poster.

According to who the actor is and what movie you are seeking a poster of, you may not always be able to acquire an original poster. Many movie studios require that theaters return the posters after the film leaves their theater. However, there are many movie theaters that have no problem in giving away their posters after a movie has had its run. You simply will need to ask the manager of the location to see what their specific theater does with the posters.

If a film is very old it may be nearly impossible for you to obtain a first print poster. This is in regards from older films such as the likes of "Gone With The Wind," "Platoon," "Patton", and older film posters that they may not have been reprinted during our modern day.

However, the majority of movie poster can be found as replications. Many poster companies that can be found exclusively on the Internet specialize in hard to find replications of original posters. They generally carry a huge stock of movie related posters, however, if they don't have what you are looking for you can generally contact the company via email and ask them if they can inquire the poster from their various sources.

Most collectors will also frame the poster in order to protect the poster from being ripped or getting crumpled. They will also do this in order to protect it from water or other elements that may cause the poster damage.

Above all, be sure to protect any and all posters that are part of your collection in order to maintain their worth and appeal.

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Victor Epand is an expert consultant for autographed celebrity photos, celebrity collectibles, and autographed art. You will find it all at these sites for autographed celebrity photos, framed movie posters celebrity collectibles, and autographed art.

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Film Posters are printed or made for the purpose of marketing the Movie that is set to release or has been released in the local theatres or cinema halls. There can be large variety of sizes a Movie Poster since it sole intent is to meet up with the advertising needs of the Film Producers or Distributors. There have been several versions of movie posters in regards to the content, film, scenes, country and size of the Poster. It usually contains Pictures or Images along with text such as Title of the film, tag line, names of the producers and other familiar cast and crew of the film that is considered to attract the audiences into watching the film. With time Posters have advanced from a Hand Painted to digitally created Banner that is printed in large volumes using digital printers in the desired sizes and colours

In India movie posters are displayed inside and outside of the Movie theatre, Cinema Hall, Multiplexes and also on streets and shops with the sole intent to attract audiences for the Movie. It has always been seen that the same style of Image is used in the distributor's Press book, Newspaper Press Releases, DVD covers, VHS covers and website of the film.

Use of Posters in Film promotion has been since a long time as these where initially used as placards to be displayed outside the theatre to announce the onlookers about the timing and schedules of the films running inside the theatre.  By the year 1900 the industry began to print images of scenes from the film which where a series of images depicting the array of images from the film as a preview to the prospective audiences.

Originally Film Posters where printed for the sole use of Theatre owner displaying them in their galleries as a means to let the audiences know about the schedule of the films. In the United States they were usually returned after the particular movie's run was stopped as the paper of each poster was recycled by National Screen service so they could re-produce it in an eco-friendly manner. The NSS had a nationwide operation. It was during these times they were not thrown away and thus went into the hands of avid poster collectors which gave birth to a very famous hobby and enthusiasm to collect them. The fact that some collectors did keep them safe from being spoilt and fading, gave a trend where everyone saw a rise in the value and demand with passage of time and thus this craze always grew rather than declining.

During 1980's the American Film Studio began to undertake printing of Posters, its distribution all In-house made them overtake the job from NSS and thereby made it widely spread industry. There is an Annual key Award that is sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter which also has an Award for the best movie posters, under several genre of films such as Horror, Comedy, Drama, Action, Romance and adventure film posters. They also recognize the key art as a very important means to help distributors promote a film and thus attribute to its success. The Silence of Lamb Film poster was declared the best poster in India for the past Thirty years.

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Article by Patrick Arden

The magic of movies mark a strong impact on people. No one can elope the attraction of a stripe of films moving with speed in a film camera. Movies showing sacrifice, love, compassion, inspiration and hatred are very famous among common people, all over the world. It is because of this magic that, nowadays people are buying film posters to decorate in their place. Be it a home, restaurant or a hotel. You can find these posters almost everywhere.

Generally, a film poster is a piece of artwork which is utilized to advertise a movie. These posters usually contain an image with text mentioning the movie title and names of the main actors. These days it also include a tag line, the name of the director and names of the characters. This is about a general movie poster which you see in the movie halls and in streets also. You can also see these posters on websites, DVD-packaging, advertisements in newspapers and in magazines. The motive of these posters is to make people know about the movie and to attract them to watch it. They do advertising and promotion in a very nice way.These posters feature illustrations of a scene from a movie or they show an array of overlaid images from several scenes. Some film posters also use artistic interpretations of a scene or even the theme of the film which are represented in a very wide variety of artistic styles. These posters are produced in a large number of sizes to meet various advertising needs. Nowadays, due to their mass appeal and beauty, these posters have become the choice of individuals also. Many people are buying these artworks from various places to decorate them in their house.

Be it 2 Fast 2 Furious, A life less ordinary, Ben Hur, Akira, Alfie, Alien vs Predator, Alphaville, American Pie, Roman Holiday, Austin Power, Back To The Future, Batman And Robin, Batman Dark Night, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and friend, Bullet in the Head, Casablanca or Casino Royale, every famous movie in the form of film posters are available. If you want to buy them, then you can visit some of the poster websites. On these websites you can select, compare and buy. So, being the movie magic in your house.

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Patrick Arden is a professional writer, presently he is writing articles on nature posters, drugs posters, cartoon posters, educational posters, architecture posters, children posters and many more.

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Saw 6 - Official Motion Poster - Teaser

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Article by Patrick Arden

The field of advertising and marketing are making use of every applicable tool to advertise a good/service. Film industry is making use of films posters since years to promote a particular film. Films posters are designed and promoted after a good research work with the aim to encourage people to view a particular movie after release.

Large size films posters are used more in film industry to promote a movie because big posters help to attract big lots of targeted audience. Films posters mainly aim at promoting films by depicting the characters performing in the movie to make the public aware about the star cast. Attractive posters even help to provoke viewers to view movie soon after it is released.

These days every step is well planned at the time of the release of movie and advertisers believe in advertising the movie before and after release through the concept of movie posters. Films posters these days are not only a part of magazines, newspapers, outdoors/hoardings and cinema halls but they have become an integral part of online poster companies as well. Movies are even promoted through online posters to make the people browsing net aware about the new movie releases.

No doubt that film posters help to attract a large number of people and this can be traced through the sale of posters and the demand of the movie tickets. Posters depict the best scenes of the movie and performing artists in the most artistic styles to capture the attention of people. These days the total budget required for production of a movie even includes the expense for production of films posters along with the expenditure required for promoting the movie through posters.

Each and every expense is noted but the real aim is to promote the movie among people for which films posters are one of the best options.

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Indian Hippy featured in CNBC Smart Shopping. CNBC Anchor Ishleen Kaur interviews Hinesh Jethwani, Founder, Indian Hippy. Indian Hippy offers a range of exclusive hand painted accessories and hand painted furniture available in limited edition formats that combine art and function. Painstakingly hand painted to perfection by acclaimed bollywood/hindi film poster artists from India, Indian Hippy strives to revive the traditional art of hand painted hindi film posters, which has now been replaced by the digital age, and support indian film poster artists through this unique venture. Indian Hippys designs are a kaleidoscopic attempt to capture the beauty and magic of blockbuster Bollywood Indian films of both the past as well as the present age. Founded in 2009, Indian Hippy is the brainchild of Mumbai-based entrepreneur Hinesh Jethwani. Indian Hippy presents exclusive products hand painted by award winning Indian film (bollywood) poster artists, which include hand painted wallets, hand painted chairs, hand painted bags, hand painted purses, hand painted belts & hand painted furniture featuring Hindi film poster designs in Mumbai, India.
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