Movies are an amazing source of inspiration, so it’s no surprise that a lot of designers enjoy unleashing their creativity on designing beautiful film posters. It’s extremely challenging to condense an entire film – it’s plot, it’s central characters, it’s theme and visual style – into one image, but when it’s done well, it can be astonishing.

Designing movie posters is an art form in itself, and if 100 designers each created a design, you could easily end up with 100 completely different posters. But while each poster can be wildly different, there are still visual styles that can be used, and some of the most beautifully designed, cleverly constructed posters are those that have a vintage and retro look. You will find that a lot of people will buy a DVD solely based off of the cover. This makes it extremely important to have a good design.

We’ve brought together a collection of movie posters that have that beautiful retro look – either because that’s how they were originally designed (in the case of Vertigo, for example) or because they have been redesigned by talented designers, like Olly Moss or Brandon Schaefer. We hope these designs will inspire you with your next vintage design.

[box] Ghostbusters By Brandon Schaefer[/box]

[box] 2001: A Space Odyssey By Brandon Schaefer[/box]

[box] Vertigo By Saul Bass[/box]

[box] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban By Adam Rabalais[/box]

[box] Up By Adam Rabalais[/box]

[box] An Education By Tavis Coburn[/box]

[box] Cowboys & Aliens By Tom Whalen[/box]

[box] The Invisible Man By Tom Whalen[/box]

[box] Lost By Ty Mattson[/box]

[box] Jackie Brown By Olly Moss[/box]

[box] The Blues Brothers By Olly Moss[/box]

[box] Breaking Bad By Matt Needle[/box]

[box] An American Werewolf in London By Olly Moss[/box]

[box] Captain America By Kevin Howdeshell[/box]

[box] V for Vendetta By Concepts Arts[/box]

Are there any vintage style movie posters that you’ve found that deserve a mention? Let us know in the comments.

HTML5 is the latest generation of the HTML standard. It has well improved language standards and a big take-off from its predecessor HTML4. It has more advanced features using technologies that will enable us to improve web contents while at the same time making it readable and understood by search engines and other internet devises. Most importantly, if it’s coded correctly, it will dramatically scale up the speed. A metric that will benefit everyone from end-users to search engines.

Will this be the Adobe Flash killer? maybe .. I’m for one won’t bet on it as of yet. But I have to admit, it’s a pretty awesome upgrade!

So, I looked around and here are twelve of the latest HTML5 Web apps for your enjoyment. Each has its own particular application and the potentials for each is simply awesome.

[box] This is called Twimbow. It has a very color rich presentation and is great color-coding your different tags. twimbow.com [/box]

[box] This is a Photo editor powered by HTML5. aviary.com[/box]

[box] This HTML5 app is suitable for browsing photos. gabereiser.com[/box]

[box] For the professional as well as the academe, Google body browser that uses HTML5. bodybrowser.googlelabs.com[/box]

[box] An organizer using HTML5. coolendar.com[/box]

[box] An innovative way to create texts using HTML5. csswarp.eleqtriq.com[/box]

[box] Great for the socially inclined internet savvy honcho. hootsuite.com[/box]

[box] CSS 3.0 maker is a must have for serious and professional developers. css3maker.com[/box]

[box] A more advanced sketchpad tp maximize your creativity. mugtug.com[/box]

[box] Both Flash and HTML5 based, it provides a wide latitude in accessing all sorts of data and information. scribd.com[/box]

[box] Called Citicles, it provides information about a chosen city. citicles.com[/box]

[box] Similar to Photo shop but with more angst and is very user friendly. colorzilla.com[/box]