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Home Media Magazine announces The Best in Blu-ray!

Cinephiles, TV fans and home entertainment enthusiasts alike visited HomeMediaMagazine.com to vote for their favorite DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles of 2011. Consumer voting was combined with ballots submitted by a panel of journalist and blogger judges and on April 30 the winners were announced. Warner Home Video’s Ben-Hur: Ultimate Collector’s Edition captured the leader board and top prize of Title of the Year and our very own Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray Collectionranked second in total number of …

Mother’s Day Competitive Set

Mom. Mother. Stepmom. Mother-in-Law. Every May we honor the women who breed life into our world, put a song in our heart and remind us to brush our teeth before bed. In the great stories of film, Mom can personify the superhero as in The Incredibles or be disguised as the villain as in Snow White. She can embody the fearlessness of youth as in Juno or be the one most feared as in Alien. Her journey can be at …

Dirty Dancing and the ART of the Story

One of the most common strategies in Home Entertainment marketing is to blanket the key art in “star sell.” It works well with strong character stories and multiple movie collections. When Lionsgate Home Entertainment asked us to re-imagine a 2 movie collection of Dirty Dancing in a more illustrative manner without star sell, it was music to our ears. We set our toes a-tapping and dived into our illustrative and storytelling mindset. By engaging the talent of artists Cliff Cramp, …

Courageous Spirit Key Art Competitive Set

Courage. It’s found in the stories of our lives and is at the heart of meaningful filmmaking. Courage needs the hero to bring focus, action and personal stakes to a cause. The hero is the change agent, a messenger of courage and hope, inspiring, motivating and transforming his world. Looking at a few of film’s most celebrated heroes Harry Potter, Anakin Skywalker and Katniss Everdeen, we realize these properties connected with audiences and earned their riches because their foundation is …

Memorable Movie Survey. Let Your Voice Be Heard!

Do you know what is the single most powerful gift in filmmaking? It’s the ability to forge memory of character and story from performance and spectacle. What memories have been indelibly burnt into the virtual theater of your mind? What image, snapshot of dialogue, epic event marked your last visit to the movie theater? You know, that movie that moved you, the film you’ve already cleared off a spot for on your Blu-ray shelf? We know you’re a HUGE movie …

An Extra Day to Live in the Green

Okay we know this is a leap, but when we think “Leap Day” the first thing that comes to mind is YES an extra day to catch up! An extra day to see a few of our favorite movies. An extra day to make a difference. Words pop into our heads like jump…frogs…Kermit…green! That’s it…GREEN! So we decided take some time on this “extra day” of 2012 and share with you a collection of some of our favorite key arts …

Romantic Comedies – Could they just be your relationship’s best coach?

Its history goes back as far as Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and although most men loath the thought of sitting through one, women will turn it into “girl’s night out.” Romantic Comedies reveal stories of our most precious and intense emotion – LOVE. In spite of the often off-beat heroes, heroines and outrageous obstacles faced, we’re promised a match is out there for everyone. And best of all, the brilliant filmmakers who share their creative gifts for telling these …

Staging a Dream! A filmmaker’s vision comes to life!

A short time ago a filmmaker friend of mine came to me with a vision – to share with movie lovers everywhere the exceptional life of legendary actress Geraldine Page. Now, for the first time the extraordinary story of the actress, role model and daring trailblazer of theater and film is coming to life in Geraldine Page – Stages of a Dream. It was a privilege to partner one-on-one with filmmakers not only to create the film’s one sheet and …

Creating Story in Key Art – An Interview with Robert McKee

Story. It fills our lives with message, meaning and magic. Brilliant writers invent story with simple pen and ink then weave it through their imagination onto paper. Engaging speakers invite us into story with passionate voice and presence. And innovative filmmakers draw in audiences to fantastic journeys of story through sights, sounds and emotional performances. Words creating worlds. Pictures igniting emotion. Heroes and villains. Resistance and persistence. Truth and conflict. This is story. Many have come before me, writing of …

The Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards Celebrates 40 Years in Style

That’s right! The 40th Anniversary Key Art Awards, presented by The Hollywood Reporter and CLIO Awards, took over the Cinerama Dome October 19th in the heart of Hollywood. With red carpets aligned, the best and brightest in Entertainment Marketing took to the stage and shined in brilliant gold and silver. Over 2,500 works were submitted to this year’s event, each judged by a rigorous standard of excellence set by one of five selective jury panels. Jury chairs included Michael Kahane …