Movie Poster Design and Typography

Movie Poster Design and Typography

Assessment

Interactive Video

Design

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Lucas Foster

FREE Resource

The video explores how different fonts on movie posters signal the genre of the film, focusing on the Trajan typeface. Trajan, adapted from Roman inscriptions, became popular in the 1990s for epic films but later became overused in B-movies. The shift from hand-painted to digital fonts has made typography more convenient but less unique. Despite nostalgia for older designs, modern typography efficiently communicates film tone and plot.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of movie is typically indicated by a skinny letter typeface on a poster?

Comedy

Action

Sci-fi

Romantic Comedy

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which typeface is known for being one of the most popular in movie posters?

Helvetica

Times New Roman

Arial

Trajan

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who adapted the Trajan typeface into a digital format?

Michael Cera

Yves Peters

Carol Twombly

Héctor Babenco

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which year did Trajan make its movie poster debut?

1994

1993

1991

1989

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What genre of movies did Trajan originally represent?

Romantic Comedies

Epic Movies

Horror Movies

Sci-fi Movies

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What has Trajan become associated with due to its overuse?

Indie Films

Blockbuster Films

Horror and B-movies

Documentaries

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a significant shift in movie poster design with the advent of digital fonts?

Use of 3D effects

Standardization of styles

Increased use of color

Return to hand-painted designs

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