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poster for the short film, hercules the insane.
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midnight marauder put us in touch with writer / director sam fayed. sam was completing work on a new short film, and wanted us to create a poster and titles for it. we loved the film and leapt at the chance.

the film follows an idealistic film director as he clashes on set with his volatile star over how the mythological character of hercules should be portrayed. their creative disagreement quickly becomes a battle for control. as tensions erupt. both men are forced to question what strength, power and virtue truly mean. inspired by real experiences behind the scenes of a hollywood production, the film explores what happens when artistic ideals collide with ego, populism and the desire for control.

we presented sam with a range of directions the poster could take, and he chose the one you see here. inspired by a still image from kyoshi kurosawa's film the excitement of the do-re-mi-fa girl (bumpkin soup), caspar made the poster in the berlin studio using a still image from the film, a photograph of a roman statue of a young hercules, a laptop, paper, a printer, natural light and a camera.
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website for the british painter, thomas newbolt.
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giles and caspar have been casually working on a new, v2 website for the artist thomas newbolt for some time now. a few years back a beta version of the site was launched, and now after plenty of idle tinkering the site feels like it's as complete as it will ever be.

an exercise in minimalism, compatibility and search engine optimization, the site functions simply and intuitively on mobile and desktop. furthermore it provides access to as near a complete works by the painter as there has yet been available.

the site would be nothing of course without the incredible fine art photography of the ipswich-based, douglas atfield. doug has visited thomas's studio on regular occasions and lit, photographed and elegantly cropped almost every single one of thomas's works to date.
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thomasnewbolt.com
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poster for the short film, the grandfather puzzle.
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writer / director ora dekornfeld reached out and asked that we might make a poster for her award winning short film, the grandfather puzzle. dissatisfied with the poster she already had she was keen to see what we could do to rectify the situation.

the film follows ora as she tries to solve the mystery of her 100 year old hungarian grandfather's life — a holocaust survivor, he never wants to do anything except jigsaw puzzles. seeking to bridge a silence that has defined their relationship, ora journeys to hungary to photograph locations from his past and transform them into puzzles we can solve together. arriving at her grandfather's extraordinary childhood home ora is unprepared for how the locals receive her. what began as a simple quest to connect with her grandfather transforms into a darkly comedic exploration of identity, belonging, and the stubborn untidiness of historical memory.

we took a shine to the film for various reasons and jumped on a call with ora. after some discussion we presented her with a range of directions the poster could take. ora chose the one you see here. it was inspired by the piece selfie 20230107 by patrick thomas and by the cover artwork of the rolling stones greatest hit compilation hot rocks 1964-1971. ora sent us a photograph of her own profile and with that and other bits and pieces from the film, caspar laid the poster out, hand painted it and scanned it all in for finishing in the berlin studio.
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ora.film/the-grandfather-puzzle
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