BRAND MYSTICISM IN CINEMATIC STORYTELLING: working in the motion picture industry, you see patterning. Imagery above from LionsGate|Summit There are arcs of narrative lines, plot structures—character intercessions, ascensions and descensions of protagonist figures, as...
How do you design for the impending potency of silence? This was a problem presented to GIRVIN when tasked with developing the movie title for John Krasinski’s directorial debut “A Quiet Place.” The process, for us, begins with the script. Located in a secure spot at...
March 24th marks the 416th anniversary of Elizabeth I of England’s death. Because of this, we thought it would be an opportune time to look back on how we researched and developed the title design for Mary Queen of Scots. When working on film branding, we believe it’s...
THE DRAWING OF MOVIE LOGOS AS A STATEMENT IN THE ARTISAN INSIGHT: FROM MIND TO EYE TO HAND AND THE ILLUSTRATION OF LANGUAGE AND IDEALS. When I was in college, I didn’t really study conventional “graphic design,” in fact, I skipped it altogether. The module on...
WHAT I LEARNED FROM STAN LEE. AND OTHER UPSTART BRANDING LESSONS FROM STEVE JOBS AND THE WACHOWSKI SIBLINGS. Isn’t it so that, in any journey forward, you go back, to find the points where your heart first opened? And in any journey to know, you must go— out there,...
THE DESIGN OF THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW. Isn’t it so that there’s a pattern? As a person that’s been writing strategy and designing for just short of a half century, I get around. See things. I see into things as a designer and a professional; and I see things as a...
