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Drift Motion Film

Brief

Drift needed a motion film a culture title could run from the homepage to the festival trailer. We wrote the pacing, type, and color as one file.

Year
2024
Field
Culture
Scope
/ Motion / Stills
Cadence
8 weeks

Drift

01

( Surfaces )

Still to trailer

Drift homepage still
Homepage
Drift motion still
Motion
Drift title still
Title
Drift trailer still
Trailer

02

( The mark )

Three rules

The film had to hold from the homepage to the trailer.

( 01 )

One pace

Homepage, still, and trailer share one rhythm. A cut does not get a second tempo.

( 02 )

Color stays put

Trailer color sits on the ramp. It does not rewrite the title surface.

( 03 )

The next desk

An editor who was not in the room can still cut a trailer on-brand.

03

( In the file )

System

Drift type study
Type
Drift color study
Color
Drift grid study
Grid
Drift lockup still
Lockup
  • Pace notes for homepage and trailer
  • Color and type with jobs, not a moodboard
  • Stills that reuse the same file
  • Edit handoff in the working file

04

( Desk )

Drift

“The homepage and the trailer finally move at the same pace. The title and the festival cut are one film.”

“Norio did not hand us a reel of references. They handed us a file the edit could ship without calling the brand desk.”

“Each cut stopped inventing a new color. The ramp holds, and the pace still reaches the trailer.”

Iris Dane

Editor, Drift

Amara Cole

Design lead, Drift

Jonah Ellis

Director, Drift

Studio note · Drift

05

( What held )

File

11

Design files

6

Surfaces

8wk

Cadence