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Recent Work

joyland_film poster

film poster
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poster for the feature film, joyland.
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producer apoorva charan reached out and asked that we might create a poster for joyland, a film co-written and directed by saim sadiq. the film, set in pakistan, is a beautifully crafted and emotionally complex drama that explores inner family politics with a notable level of realism and nuance. 

we presented a range of ideas and saim and apoorva asked us to the explore the one you see here. making the poster involved hand-drawing the floor tiles from the family home's inner courtyard, and then removing lotus flowers from this design to reveal the three main characters seemingly witnessing each other's indiscretions.

as a final touch, the blood of an animal slaughtered in their courtyard is smeared across a few of the remaining lotus flowers to provide a suggestive balance to the otherwise cheery name of the film.
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imdb.com/title/tt19719976
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nearly never_film posters

poster 1
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posters for the short film, nearly never.
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writer / director peter franklyn banks got in touch after he saw our poster for the act of coming out. he sent us a copy of his debut short film, nearly never, and we leapt at the chance to work with him. the film is elegantly crafted and smart.

we presented a few ideas and peter chose the one you see here. the decision to make two posters that seem to be looking at each other came during the design process. caspar made the two posters by scanning in various card folders from a local stationery shop, and then inserting photographs laura mccluskey had taken on the film's set inside them.
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franklynbanks.com/nearly-never
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caverna_film poster

poster
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poster for the feature film, caverna.
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directors hannah swayze and daniel contaldo asked that we might make the poster and titles for their debut feature film, caverna. the film follows two students of an experimental theater workshop in italy, as they are encouraged to blur the line between their nightmares and reality. 

we presented a series of ideas for the poster and after much discussion hannah and daniel went with the one you see here. charlotte gosch and caspar photographed their own hands in various poses in order to re-create a more demonic cat's cradle than the one seen in the film. charlotte then did all the caligraphy using a pen and ink, and ripped the black hole in the middle of the poster. caspar then drew the cyclops.

the title design took a direct lead from the poster design. you can see a small sample of that the film's trailer here. 
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imdb.com/title/tt15513248
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