Santa Barbara International Film Festival Poster

12 Responses to Santa Barbara International Film Festival Poster

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   Biff January 8, 2013 at 12:52 pm #

   OMG. Helene Schneider was right. Global warming has now put SB underwater.

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     Anonymous January 8, 2013 at 2:05 pm #

     Now that’s funny!

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   SBGirl January 8, 2013 at 1:01 pm #

   It’s cute. They should include which students colored it however. I’m sure the parents of the 5th graders who drew it would appreciate some credit!

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   Roger Durling January 8, 2013 at 3:37 pm #

   Dear SB GIrl -
   The poster is a tribute to Mike DeGruy who was one of my best friends and collaborators at SBIFF. He was one of the most famous ocean cinematographers, and loved sharing his love and passion of film with young kids. He was the force behind FIELD TRIP TO THE MOVIES – a program at the Festival – where close to 5,000 kids from Title 1 schools get to experience for free how movies are made. Some of these kids have never seen a movie in their life. So I’m glad you caught the fact that the poster should playfully remind the viewer of the innocence and open mind of a 5th grader. Tragically, Mike died last year and the poster is a salute to his passion for nature films and underwater exploration.
   Respectfully,
   Roger Durling

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   Biff January 8, 2013 at 5:05 pm #

   Thank you for the explanation, Roger. I am sorry there was not a small notice so we all could have shared the inspirational symbolism.

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   Anonymous January 8, 2013 at 5:12 pm #

   Like it. Acquarium like. Very Santa Barbara. Great job as usual Barbara

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   Bob January 8, 2013 at 6:49 pm #

   I didn’t get that Roger so now that I do… Good job!
   Still the underwater life isn’t from our waters. Our lobsters don’t have claws, the coral doesn’t grow here either, sea turtles are rare… so maybe some guidance would made this poster feel more like Santa Barbara… in my opinion…

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   SBGirl January 8, 2013 at 7:09 pm #

   Dear Roger,
   I could not claim to be an SB Girl if I didn’t know the extraordinary Mike DeGruy. While I can’t claim him as one of my best friends, I, like many others, cried the day he died.

   I am aware of how well he cared for our community and our oceans and respect him immensely. But as Biff said, it’s unfortunate that the poster artist did not make it more apparent that this was a tribute to Mike. Personally, I would have liked to be reminded of him in a more obvious way. Now that you have explained it, it stings a little that this was not my first impression. That said, I certainly enjoy it much more.

   I have a new and better appreciation of the poster now that you’ve put in context and highlighted the inspiration behind it.

   Mike was a great man and I look forward to hearing you tell the story of the poster’s inspiration many times over – as I plan to do the same.
   Best wishes for a successful SBIFF.
   SBGirl

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   DuckButter January 9, 2013 at 7:42 am #

   What does it matter who it`s a tribute to?
   If a viewer sees infantile art & sea life not condusive to these waters…that`s what they see & may freely comment so.

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   el_smurfo January 9, 2013 at 9:18 am #

   I would think the posters would “grow up” along with Roger’s new adult image (though I miss the yearly “guess the hair color” game). This looks like the splash screen to a kid’s game I have for my toddler.

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    Anon Designer January 16, 2013 at 11:30 am #

    This poster is terrible. For an event touting itself as “high class” they should have their poster/flyers equally as classy, this is childish and amateurish at best.

    Grunge background (searchable in google less than 1 minute to find)
    Photoshop Brushes for Sea life (searchable in google less than 5 minutes to find)
    Stamp the brushes on the poster & change colors (10 minutes max)
    Crappy text treatment (10 minutes max)

    In total, this could be done in less than 30 minutes and if you want to be kind you could say an hour. Clearly SBIFF did not have a much of a marketing budget this year.

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    Christine Fancher January 16, 2013 at 12:24 pm #

    Beautiful again, Barbara! I love it and will hang this one. I miss Mike badly and this is such a sweet tribute. And I love ocean-everything related, so it works great for me. Gorgeous coloration as well. Kudos to everyone involved. (Mike worked in oceans all over the world, DickButter.)

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