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A derogatory term referring to the tendency in modern Film Posters and DVD cover art to have a black background with the faces of the lead actors above the name of the movie. Ubiquitous once the age of photo editing software came about, since it meant studios no longer had to commission an artist tens of thousands of dollars to paint a poster for them, when they could just take stock photos of the lead actor and have interns run it through Photoshop. A type of Contemptible Cover. When done with the Villain, it is Evil Overlooker. Often overlaps with Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You.

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  • Floating Head Syndrome
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  • A derogatory term referring to the tendency in modern Film Posters and DVD cover art to have a black background with the faces of the lead actors above the name of the movie. Ubiquitous once the age of photo editing software came about, since it meant studios no longer had to commission an artist tens of thousands of dollars to paint a poster for them, when they could just take stock photos of the lead actor and have interns run it through Photoshop. A type of Contemptible Cover. When done with the Villain, it is Evil Overlooker. Often overlaps with Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You.
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  • A derogatory term referring to the tendency in modern Film Posters and DVD cover art to have a black background with the faces of the lead actors above the name of the movie. Ubiquitous once the age of photo editing software came about, since it meant studios no longer had to commission an artist tens of thousands of dollars to paint a poster for them, when they could just take stock photos of the lead actor and have interns run it through Photoshop. Generally felt to be a lazy approach, as it requires little in the way of creativity and imagination, and leads to many DVD releases looking all but indistinguishable on the shelf. It is particularly bad when other publicity materials such as teaser posters have looked different and distinctive, but the final poster is floating heads. Or even the theatrical posters have been distinctive, but the DVD art has the syndrome. A type of Contemptible Cover. When done with the Villain, it is Evil Overlooker. Often overlaps with Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You. Compare Framed Face Opening. Not to be confused with when heads literally float as a magical side effect of Losing Your Head, or Huge Holographic Head. Or, for that matter, exploding head syndrome. Examples of Floating Head Syndrome include:
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