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AOP Goes to the Movies

Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly

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Movie Marketing - The Movie Trailer

The first movie poster ever designed to promote an individual film, many say, was for the movie larosur aros. Historians say this 18 95 film holds the distinction of being the first to depict a fictional story and the first known instance of a comedy. The poster shows an audience in the foreground watching the film projected against a screen. They're laughing as they see a gardener being splashed in the face with water from a hose. Thus it was also the first poster to depict an actual scene from a filmas. Movies became incredibly popular at the turn of the century. Exhibitors began building elaborate palace like theatres to accommodate the enthusiastic crowds. Because films were so new

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