Mr Munnings the Printer, Trumpton.

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Mr Munnings the Printer, Trumpton.

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Mr Munnings always was one of my favorite characters in Trumpton. It is only now as I am older that I realize it is because he owns a rather quaint looking printing press.

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“He prints everything and anything, but particularly the posters for the Trumpton band concert”

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“The Printer”

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“I line up all the with spaces in between,

and clamp them in the printing press a wonderful machine.

Posters are in capitals, bold and fat and tall,

but the printing in the daily news is often rather small.

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Now the inky roller comes down the type and back,

and makes the letters ready to be printed clear and black.

I check the pile of paper for every single sheet,

will be printed by the inky type with letters clear and neat.

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When they have a flag day I print the little flags,

notices and labels and even paper bags.

I make the letters stand up straight and keep the paper clean,

then the job will be as good as anyone has seen.”

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Man with the Movie Camera

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Man with the Movie Camera poster by Stenberg Bros.

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Man with the Movie Camera is is a experimental silent documentary art film with no story or actors directed by Russian director Dziga Vertov.

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Vertov was a member of the Kinoks ( meaning cinema-eyes ) movement and an early pioneer in documentary film-making during the 1920’s. The Kinoks mission was to abolish all non-documentary styles of film-making, which made Vertov and his films highly controversial and the Kinoks movement despised by many filmmakers of the time.

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Filmed in 1929 Man with the Movie Camera depicts dawn to dusk modern life in Odessa and other Soviet cities.

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Man with the Movie Camera is particularly famous for the range of cinematic techniques Vertov invented, deployed and developed during filming. These include double exposure, fast motion, slow motion, freeze frames, split screens, tracking shots, close-ups and footage played backwards etc…

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The film emphasizes how film can go anywhere. For instance Vertov used scenes shot from under and alongside moving trains, cars and carriages, roofs of buildings and in factories capturing working life, marriage, divorce, death and birth.

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Filed under: Uncategorized , 1929, Art, Camera, Cinema-eyes, Cinematic., Controversial, Documentary, Dziga Vertov, Film, Kinoks, Man with the Movie Camera, Movie, Pioneer, Poster, Russia, Silent, Soviet, Stenberg Bros, Vertov

Do Not Litter

The Tidyman symbol shows a person throwing rubbish in a bin. Not exactly what you would consider glamorous or particularly interesting.

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However recently I have noticed the once boring and generic symbol has begun a face lift that differs from brand and product a like. The Tidyman symbol still carries  the original message, only now it does it with humor and brand relevance that often relate to the products own history and marketing campaigns.

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Below are some examples that I have found:

Lilt: The Tidyman symbol shows a person laying in a hammock.

Sprite: The Tidyman symbol is of a sprite ( goblin ).

Fanta: The Tidyman symbol shows one of the Fanta characters.

Milky Bar: The Tidyman symbol shows the Milky Bar Kid.

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A Brief History of The Tidyman symbol

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The Tidyman symbol appears on most beverage and confectionary packaging as a reminder to the consumer to dispose of their rubbish in a careful, thoughtful and appropriate manner.

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The symbol was originally created by Anheuser Busch ( 1950’s ) for its beer packaging and has since become a generic symbol recognized for responsible litter disposal worldwide.

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In Britain the Tidyman symbol was used alongside the ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ campaign.

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I will leave you now with a statement from one of the Keep Britain Tidy campaigns shown in 1975.

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“Britain is a beautiful country not a litter bin.”

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If you find or know of any others please let me know. Thanks.

Filed under: Uncategorized , Branding, Do Not Litter, Packaging, Tidyman