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pitch deck for the feature film, shadow.
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trey chapman reached out again after our work on the poster for his short film, rent boy. this time he wanted us to make a rather unusual pitch deck for his feature debut, the supernatural horror film, shadow.

we can't reveal anything more than the cover right now, but rest assured that what is inside the pages of this magazine "breaks the 4th wall" in ways you might not expect. 

trey and caspar broadly discussed the film's narrative and the potential for exploring that with a striking and perhaps unconventional pitch deck. trey then suggested a holiday brochure format and they decided to run with it.

trey eventually presented us with an indesign file based on a template he'd found, including his desired text and a selection of images he felt suitable for the concept. izzy roth-dishy then took care of improving the typography and typesetting and worked on some digital distressing that felt in tune with the film. caspar then took izzy's work to the local printer and had it bound. he then applied further physical distressing to the brochures in the studio, whilst lighting and photographing everything as he went.
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treychapman.com/shadow
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poster
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poster for the short film, rentboy.
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hannah swayze and daniel contaldo of ataria pictures reached out and introduced us to writer / director trey chapman. trey had just finished work on a short film called rent boy, which daniel had also been the cinematographer on.

we dug the movie and talked to trey about his intentions with the work and how he'd like to talk about it in poster form. caspar then sent trey a series of ideas, and trey chose the one you see here.

the film is about a young sex worker who—anxious about not having enough money to persue his career as a concert pianist—violates a client’s privacy, triggering unexpected consequences. 

the poster tries to capture the sexualized surveillance aspect of the film. it's also a nod to certain key lines of dialogue in the film's denouement. caspar made it in berlin using a printer, a sheet of white metal, some water, a sponge, plenty of sunlight and a camera.

the film will have its world premiere at palm springs short fest this month.
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imdb.com/title/tt30875240
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