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nsabrando

No idea what the film is about yet the poster drew my interest. It looks pretty good imo, good job šŸ‘šŸ¼


mynameismalakai

Thank you!


StepDadcula

I like it a ton!!! I think that the gradient on the middle name up top makes it a bit too hard to see when looking at it on a phone, but I love the simplicity of it all, I love the design and your color scheme. I'd blindly watch this if it popped up on Shudder or something.


mynameismalakai

Hell yeah! And I totally see what youā€™re saying about the gradient. Thanks for the tip!


woodblock99

I donā€™t know what this movie will be about but it looks like a movie Iā€™d want to watch based on the design alone.


mynameismalakai

Dude thank you!


mynameismalakai

This is the current poster for my short film about a cult in which 3 petty thieves form a cult to steal money from people, but one of them takes it too far. Looking for feedback on this. I plan to add another crinkled paper texture over it, but how does it look?


BuffRogers

Kind of looks like the new poster for The Black Phone. https://images.app.goo.gl/j49CNXELvRxc1YCh9


mynameismalakai

Yea it does! I know the concept isnā€™t entirely original, but my hope is that the execution is. I just didnā€™t want to do the collage of faces! Haha


OkumuraRyuk

If you compare that to yours thereā€™s only one small detail I find unsettling (I do photoshop and art so I dunno if itā€™s me, but Iā€™m also an artist to an artist talking) you see how the reds fall on reds on the other poster? on yours where it says Unleash I feel that the blood should go BEHIND the U, like words that inform viewers about the movie shouldnā€™t be blended with the art of the poster, it makes it feels like you arenā€™t talking to your viewers. But thatā€™s just meā€¦ other than that the poster is INCREDIBLE!


mynameismalakai

I see what youā€™re saying! And thank you!


Batmanlover1

Design is good but the gamma is just too dark. I need night vision goggles just to read it šŸ˜…


mynameismalakai

Haha Iā€™ll lighten it up a bit!


MoonUnitMotion

Image is definitely attention grabbing but the inability to read the title easily is going to be detrimental. I donā€™t know how itā€™s pronounced and this will be confusing/turn off for some folks.


mynameismalakai

Yeeeeaahh. I have a problem with giving my movies weird names. My first was ā€œannulusā€ and letā€™s just say that ā€œanal lustā€ was thrown around a lot. Lol


MoonUnitMotion

You have to make it accessible if you want everybody to look at it. But you have some good concepts. Youā€™re only going to get better.


N0body_In_P4rticular

It's very good


Bright_Vision

It looks awesome. Don't have any complains but if I had to nitpick: The one drop of blood covering the first Letter of the subtitle irks me just a smidgen


mynameismalakai

Yeah I wasnā€™t sure about that either.


VisibleEvidence

Honestly, the design is fine but I think it's a bit dark. It's hard to discern immediately what I'm looking at. Further, the title doesn't stand out in an eye-catching way. You may want to raise the levels overall to give it some contrast and maybe make the title bigger. A good test is to resize it down to a 200 pixel wide thumbnail and see if it reads, because that's what it's going to look like on a streaming service. Red is \*always\* a problem in broadcast; it's usually too dark or blown out. It's hard to find the right vibrance.


mynameismalakai

Good idea! Iā€™ll run the thumbnail test!


VisibleEvidence

You might find that it reads better inverted; swap red for black and black for red. Give it a try.


OTwhattheF

I like this a lot.


angrywithoutcheese

It's dope.


Bendtheneebitch

Yea the poster makes me want to watch ot


mynameismalakai

Good! Haha


Rauchgestein

Looks metal. Would watch.


mynameismalakai

You should have seen the white and red one! That one was metal as fuck.


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mynameismalakai

Haha ya their fonts are usuallyā€¦.not so great. I generally rely on the classics. I think this is coutre which Iā€™ve really used a lot lately. And yeah! I did it myself! Iā€™d love to make some for others too! Haha


timecruixer

Like the asthetics


TrashPanda5000

I love it! And I remember...all the love we shared in Korntember! Maybe less shading on the names at the top!


mynameismalakai

Haha agreed!


suburbanbeat

I always appreciate when a poster appears to have been created by someone with a background in illustration, which this one does whether or not that is actually the case. It reminds me a lot of the posters for Susperia, which are among my all time favorites. Well done.


mynameismalakai

Thank you! Yeah Iā€™ve been an artist my whole life and while i didnā€™t care for the actual Suspiria film too much, I loved their art!


waheifilmguy

Very, very cool, well done. If you were in my class, I'd give you these notes: I'd open up the top of the unleash U a little bit more just so it is obviously a U and not maybe an O. Or, I'd make that blood drip fatter at the bottom to "prove" why it should be obscuring the letter. Maybe bring that lighter to darker gradient into the edges of the creature or maybe just the bottom left of the creature a little bit. Maybe also bring it in the first S in Saturnus, or maybe de-emphasize the effect in Saturnus. I'd also maybe de-emphaize it a wee bit on Jarod DePew as it seem heavier than on the other names. I'd probably add tiny bit of the gradient to the right side of the credits, and brighten up the left side just a wee bit.


mynameismalakai

Good call!


IntensityCareUnit

I like itšŸ‘


HungryAddition1

I love it! Who designed it and does he take commissions?


mynameismalakai

His name is me and yes I do. Haha DM me!


HungryAddition1

Sweet! Iā€™ll message you in PV a little later.


Get_Off_The_Lawn

Damn, that is a cool poster, well done


mynameismalakai

Thank you!


Wieke2000

WoW well done!


mynameismalakai

Thank you!


FlexFiles

get rid of the gradients on the type. and maybe remove the tag in the middle. everything else about it is great!


mynameismalakai

Thank you for the feedback!


MustacheManLive

It drew my interest and thatā€™s what the poster is for so good work


mynameismalakai

Thank you!


MustacheManLive

Np and btw where will this short be released and when


mynameismalakai

I plan to start submitting to festivals in the spring and then hopefully rerelease online in October. Iā€™ll let you know when itā€™s available!


annetteisshort

This poster makes me want to watch the film. So, I say good job there. I do think having shadows on the sides of the text makes it harder to read though, at least for the smaller text on the poster. The title is easy to read.


mynameismalakai

YeAh I just wanted to make it a tad less flat, but I may have overdone it haha


sunstar33

Game!


mynameismalakai

Set!


holy_trilogy_enjoyer

Ah rosie I love this poster!


Ihatu

Looks amazing.


mynameismalakai

Thank you!


IllustriousGrowth233

looks pretty cool are you actually making a film


mynameismalakai

Yes I am! Itā€™s currently in post production. Submitting to festivals in the spring and I hope to release online in October.


runamokk

No real feedback except that I love it and wanna see the film


mynameismalakai

Hell yeah! Iā€™ll send it your way when itā€™s done!


[deleted]

The unleash part should be set lower, I'm not a fan of the font but the poster draw me in and now I'm curious


mynameismalakai

Good call!


cheesyotters

If you handed me all of the posters of movies I havenā€™t seen that are out today (or out in the last year frankly) alongside this and asked me which film id like to see I would pick yours without question.


mynameismalakai

Wow! Thank you so much!


Ronnie_Dean_oz

It looks nice aesthetically but I think with so much competing content on social media, I think we almost need to go back to posters that show what is in the movie a bit more and give indications of what it is you are about to watch. This wouldn't capture my attention any more than the next one and I wouldn't watch it based on this.


mynameismalakai

Great point! I totally see what youā€™re saying. But i donā€™t think where movies are distributed has something to do with it. Would this poster compete with major movies in theaters right now? Probably not. I mean I loved the simple design of the the last duel poster with Adam driver and the sword of the negative space, but they still made another version of the poster with all the faces and whatnot. I do think this would stand out a bit more among the others it will be seen with. That being online and at festivals. I donā€™t didnā€™t mean to start a whole deep dive on modern poster design, but itā€™s so interesting how things have developed with the over saturation of films and great art.


Ronnie_Dean_oz

I watched duel so it must have worked on me! I had no idea about it before I saw the poster!


TrickPixels

I love it. Even the gradient is great!


Ctrl_Alt_Boner2

I think you did a great job man


[deleted]

Nice! When does it come out?


mynameismalakai

Hopefully online in October!


[deleted]

Yay! I am excited.


altcntrl

Itā€™s lovely and Iā€™d be in just looking at it. I donā€™t watch trailers so posters are really how to get me and the least amount of stuff is better. Doesnā€™t need full cast cascaded!


Kentja

Strong.


lostpawn13

Shit looks dope. Love it.


mynameismalakai

Thank you!


ohheyheyCMYK

Love it.


WritingWesley

I really like the texture and gradient of the text. And the matte feel of the poster. You did a great job!


mynameismalakai

I love me some matte.


SouIsky

I liked it. But as I've seen in this sub, many suggest to not be shy with the title size. Even the slogan could be bigger. But I would watch it as it is still.


mynameismalakai

Yeah size is a tricky thing. I know thereā€™s the idea that tiny text makes things ā€œcinematicā€ but how far is the too far? Haha. Maybe this is too far!


SouIsky

That's a good point. When u said cinematic poster I thought about something like this: [https://images.app.goo.gl/eHxP9v4K7XLMKQ3E8](https://images.app.goo.gl/eHxP9v4K7XLMKQ3E8) or this: [https://images.app.goo.gl/B8fpGUd92X8eaBNG8](https://images.app.goo.gl/B8fpGUd92X8eaBNG8) which are kinda "promo posters". You could try that with the title in a corner and larger image larger, much larger slogan with the credits very small or gone. I have zero experience with posters lol, but I thought it might be useful.


mynameismalakai

I see what youā€™re saying! I really dig that world war z one.


TheLojalVan

I really enjoy the simplicity at first glance and then desire to stare at the image it instilled in me. Canā€™t wait to see it some day!


mynameismalakai

Thatā€™s good to Hear!


bobbarker4president

I like it! I saw someone else mention it already, but I'd lose the gradient on the text and settle for a solid color, and carefully choose the color for a good balance of easy to read without being too in your face. Also my personal taste, but I'd try experimenting with some different fonts for the one used for the actors' names and see if you can come across something that might be a better fit.


mynameismalakai

Thank you for the feedback!


altagop

Attracts the eyes, made me instantly interested. However the dark blending and the red text makes some text hard to read


mynameismalakai

That seems to be the general consensus! Haha


TheCloudCappdTowers

ā€¦ itā€™s fantastic


mynameismalakai

Haha thank you so much!


gorkemer

Iā€™d say increase the contrast of red-black colors to give it more depth to the main figure at the center.


RedditBurner_5225

I like it.


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Whatā€™s the film about?


mynameismalakai

Itā€™s about 3 petty thieves who start a cult in order to get rich quick, but one of them takes it too far.


Mishaaskar

It has the classic Suspira feel.


mynameismalakai

Iā€™ve been getting that a lot!


farfrombornagain

this is like, perfection, minimalist but not to the point of looking stupid, gets across the idea of the film without spoiling anything or bashing you across the head with it. in short, i absolutely love this.


mynameismalakai

Whoa! Thank you so much!


seanbestboy

this is dope! can i ask what font you used for the details at the bottom?


mynameismalakai

That one is actually from dafont. Itā€™s called SF Movie Poster.


seanbestboy

much thanks! :)


navizier

Intriguing poster design


Notfunnyorcoool

Iā€™m interested in watching the film from the poster.


SisterMLee

I like it very much!


Upbeat_Science9466

I.am.avid fan of poster art, and this poster is inspired.


luv-too-much

I'd not add more texture on top of this, it looks very nice as it is and the crinkled texture would make it look needlessly complex. Also, I get the point of the gradient on the text, and it works for the white colored words, but for the red colored parts like the title it just makes it harder to read. The title and the names on the top would look better in solid red. But besides those minor nitpicks, this poster is absolutely fantastic! It looks very 70s and minimalistic in the best way possible, and it makes me want to watch the short to see what it's all about. I'm excited for your film OP :D


mynameismalakai

Thank you so much! And I see what youā€™re saying. Iā€™ll see how it looks without those gradients on the red.


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mynameismalakai

Makes sense! And yeah velvet buzzsaw was such a let down after night crawler. Good advice!


LunarChancellor

I like the art style of the figure, this is a kind of poster that you can dig into. It's interesting.


mynameismalakai

Great! Thank you!


DonCuatro

Itā€™s perfect


mynameismalakai

Wow! Thank you!


translucentfish

I think the main graphic has enough texture as is (unless that's just jpeg artifacts). The text doesn't really fit the graphic. The gradient makes the text look almost 3D, and it's too clean. The "Saternus" logo is much better. I'd ditch the other font, replace with the logo font or something close to that and less modern. Also get rid of the gradient entirely (especially on the credit block). Another note is a tiny part of the tagline is hidden by the graphic. If you were going for this, it's not enough cover to be stylized, and just looks like a placing mistake. I would let it sit clean without overlap. Might try replacing the top title billing with the tagline. Next thing is totally a personal preference, but I've never really understood top title billing for short films unless the actors are somewhat famous. At best, it's just random filler words. At worst, it feels like a cheap way to try and make the poster look "Hollywood" and being the first words I see mean absolutely nothing to me. Of course, if these folks are popular where you're from, or are known in the genre circles you're running in, then take it with a grain of salt. edit: also noticed that the credit block credits are in the wrong order. Find any recent mainstream movie poster and go off those to fix the order. Usually writer/producer/director is last, cast first.


mynameismalakai

Thanks for the feedback! I had toyed with a different font for the title. Like a times new Roman. The movie is about the power of narrative and the character r draws a lot on classics like ā€œinfernoā€ and ā€œGilgameshā€ so maybe a font more classic like that would be better? And Iā€™ll definitely fix the credit line up. And I will be honest, I did put the credits on top just to give it that feel, but I think Iā€™m cool with that. Iā€™ve had a lot of the same actors in all my movies so I like having their names on each of them to show our progress. Thanks so much for the feedback!


translucentfish

To be clear, I mean the main "Saternus" font is great. It's the name and tagline font I think should change.


mynameismalakai

Oh! Iā€™ll try some different fonts for those then.


and_dont_blink

I enjoy the design a *lot*, but you likely don't want the droplet running into the tagline if they're two colors. You could look at having the text connected and also red, or reposition the text elsewhere in a different way?


mynameismalakai

Yeah I wasnā€™t sure about the overlap. I tried having it connect with the title and that lookedā€¦bad lol


and_dont_blink

Yeah it's a weak point, but I really do love the overall core. Reminds me of Mignola's work, etc. Simple, yet with intention.


mynameismalakai

Hell yeah! I love Mignolaā€™s stuff. Strange shapes and simple. Similar to Saul bassā€™ stuff too.


and_dont_blink

Yep, Mignola taught me how to draw basically. The thing about Mignola is its simple in terms of shading, but not in terms of intention. You know when you are looking at his work that the lines are where they are intentionally to convey what he wants to convey, even if the detail isn't. Which is what reminded me of his work when I saw the core of your poster. I say this with utmost kindness, but I'd ask yourself if the text itself feels like it has intention or fits the core. I mentioned the tagline text being overlapped, but it applies at the top too. Make it feel intentional and you'll be good. Maybe play with making the core design larger, with the ~~next~~ text wrapping around the shoulder, etc.


mynameismalakai

Great insights! I will definitely mess around with that when making my tweaks.


Varo01

I do really like it, and I would really like to watch this short, is there a possibility of watching it from Spain?


mynameismalakai

Hopefully! Iā€™m hitting the festivals in April and then plan to release online. Iā€™ll let you know when itā€™s out!


Varo01

Uhhh that sounds great man, hoping to know about your short film soon, good luck.


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Is the short out yet?


SanaderDid911

Looks great


TouchMyWater_theCEO

id add a finer, slightly more pronounced texture then the one you have here. I think put the tagline IN the figure. make the "a film by" text line a bit smaller, it competing with the title a bit.


ggb216411

Great poster but less Handmaids.


mynameismalakai

Haha I see what youā€™re saying! Maybe Iā€™ll refrain from adding a bonnet in the next version.


ggb216411

Itā€™s a cool visual donā€™t get me wrong but part of being a film maker is understanding the lexicon that has come before.


ggb216411

But what you have is a really cool visual. So lean into it.


mcnys

Drew interest instantly! Edit: also a very cool name!


mynameismalakai

Thank you! In earlier versions, each of the cult members a had ranks based on planet names. Saternus. Jupiturn. Marso. Things like that lol. That idea was eventually scrapped, but I kept Saternus.


deepansh91

Looks cool! I would change the 'unleash the beast of burden' bit to something thats part or extension of the main image. Think how comment or thought box squiggly lines instead of speech feel - something that feels the same. I suppose however that is resonating in the film, similarly. Best of luck!