BORDERS
The area located around,
but not a part of, the artwork of a poster is generally considered its border.
Most often the border is white, but in some cases black strips are present
around the outer edge of the poster. Sometimes, there are only top or bottom
borders, or borders just on the sides. In other cases, a poster will have
no obvious border whatsoever. All movie paper sizes include the area considered
the border. For example, the older one-sheet
is normally sized 27" x 41", which includes the border area. If the border
is trimmed from the poster, it is no longer 27" x 41".
Since the mid-1980's,
a growing number of studios are opting to bleed the picture artwork
all the way to the edge of the paper on the one sheet, thus eliminating
the border. To do this, printers have to shorten the poster, so most newer
one sheets now measure 27" x 40" and do not have a visible border. Before
this time, the majority of all one sheets were 27" x 41". Most one-sheets
released today measure 27" x 40" WITHOUT A BORDER.
DOES IT AFFECT THE VALUE
OF A POSTER?
Since the border of a
poster is NOT considered to be part of the artwork, common blemishes generally
do not have a negative impact on the value of a poster. However, when these
blemishes continue beyond the border and into the artwork, the value of
the poster is affected. The degree to which the artwork is affected determines
just how significantly the posters value is affected.
Trimming the border also
has a negative affect on the poster's value. Border damage should be repaired
and/or framed out. Trimming is never recommended.