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Author Topic: Online sources for movie stills/synopsis Andy Muirhead Master Film Handler Posts: 323 From: Galashiels, Scotland Registered: Dec 2000 posted 09-03-2007 07:27 PM                     What sites do you use to download hi-res stills for use with in-house advertising? I'm looking for sites that have images with good enough resolution to print A3 size. Also looking for good coherent synopsis I can just copy'n'paste and not spend ages re-writing the rambling ones I usually find. Just wondering what sources everybody else uses! Andy  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-03-2007 07:46 PM                     In the US, the distributors each run their own web sites for marketting materials with hi-rez images. There's not a central source. They require registration, though. --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-03-2007 08:50 PM                        For synopses, I use movies.yahoo.com. They also have a lot of images, but not high-rez.  |  IP: Logged Edwin Schwing Expert Film Handler Posts: 116 From: Las Vegas NV Registered: May 2002 posted 09-03-2007 10:00 PM                     fandango.com is good for a short synopsis, that's what I used to use. E  |  IP: Logged Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 09-03-2007 11:21 PM                        a handy site I found http://www.movieweb.com just search on a title , it will give you a selection of high res movie stills and several choices of poster artwork on some titles, and trailers and a synopsis , quite a good site.  |  IP: Logged Andy Muirhead Master Film Handler Posts: 323 From: Galashiels, Scotland Registered: Dec 2000 posted 09-04-2007 07:15 PM                     Yeah, movieweb.com is probably my first stop already. Mike and Edwin, Thanks, I'll check those out.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-05-2007 01:32 AM                        I download my movie posters for our theatre's website from Internet Movie Poster Awards They have huge resolution files, and many times have posters in languages other than English. Like Mike, I too get my synopsis from movies.yahoo.com  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-05-2007 12:47 PM                        movies.yahoo.com has added a new thing (well at least I never noticed it before) they have the long synopsis, and then farther down the page they have a "Log Line" which is basically a one sentence synopsis. I've used those when the main one is too long winded (or gives away too many spoilers).  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-05-2007 02:03 PM                        While you do have to pay, IME is THE BEST source for this type of stuff. It is well worth it and I recommend these guys TO EVERYONE: Thier main site Thier newsletter page Cheers!  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-05-2007 03:10 PM                        IME is great it's true, but expensive at $259 a year. And all their info is in B&W PDF form, not good for website use. Used to be you could get into their "film frames" information pages, but too many non-payers made them password protect those pages.  |  IP: Logged Tony Ratcliff Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Madison, IN, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 09-06-2007 03:50 PM                     I have used Internet Poster Awards for several years. They recently started putting higher res versions on there of most of the posters as well.  |  IP: Logged

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