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In the second instalment with Alexander Payne’s longtime 'secret weapon' graphic designer Nate Carlson, we discuss their latest multiple award-winning collaboration The Holdovers’ stained glass windows and memorial inscriptions in the school chapel, a running theme of pharmacies and prescription bottles, the mastery of punctuation humour from Election to Marcus Aurelius, the art of combining the pre-existing with the new, and the family polaroid.
Nate Carlson on Alexander Payne: “He always likes to put those little hidden gems in there and I am certainly open to accommodate.”
The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson), stars Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti, Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA winner Da'Vine Joy Randolph and BAFTA Best Supporting Actor nominee Dominic Sessa and has a terrific supporting cast led by Carrie Preston with Brady Hepner,...
In the second instalment with Alexander Payne’s longtime 'secret weapon' graphic designer Nate Carlson, we discuss their latest multiple award-winning collaboration The Holdovers’ stained glass windows and memorial inscriptions in the school chapel, a running theme of pharmacies and prescription bottles, the mastery of punctuation humour from Election to Marcus Aurelius, the art of combining the pre-existing with the new, and the family polaroid.
Nate Carlson on Alexander Payne: “He always likes to put those little hidden gems in there and I am certainly open to accommodate.”
The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson), stars Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti, Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA winner Da'Vine Joy Randolph and BAFTA Best Supporting Actor nominee Dominic Sessa and has a terrific supporting cast led by Carrie Preston with Brady Hepner,...
- 4/21/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Director Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers” roots itself in 1970s nostalgia, right down to the main title design and the studio logos.
However, neither company existed at the time. Distributor Focus Features was founded in 2002, while the film production company Miramax got started in 1979. Payne called on his go-to graphic designer Nate Carlson to develop ideas.
Having worked together dating back to 1999’s “Election,” Carlson was used to Payne’s requests. “He likes to do things that are very clean and simple,” Carlson says. When they looked at the current logos for both companies, the modern aesthetic didn’t quite work for the film’s period vibe. “So, I dialed it back,” he says.
Carlson dug into resources that chronicled the maturation of the animated movie logo. “They were quirky, clunky and out of focus,” Carlson says of the older logos.
He began by tackling the Miramax logo first choosing...
However, neither company existed at the time. Distributor Focus Features was founded in 2002, while the film production company Miramax got started in 1979. Payne called on his go-to graphic designer Nate Carlson to develop ideas.
Having worked together dating back to 1999’s “Election,” Carlson was used to Payne’s requests. “He likes to do things that are very clean and simple,” Carlson says. When they looked at the current logos for both companies, the modern aesthetic didn’t quite work for the film’s period vibe. “So, I dialed it back,” he says.
Carlson dug into resources that chronicled the maturation of the animated movie logo. “They were quirky, clunky and out of focus,” Carlson says of the older logos.
He began by tackling the Miramax logo first choosing...
- 11/10/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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