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                                               GRAPHIC DESIGNER • NOAH CHARNOW

Between One and Two is, at it’s heart, a magical story, a visual story book that captures a moment that is timeless yet modern, and saddening yet uplifting. I knew from the get go that the graphical treatment of this project was going to be an integral piece to its potential success. Which made me nervous as hell because, well, let’s face it, I’m not a graphic designer, at all. Period.

Lucky for me, I have a wonderful core group of working creative professionals in both my personal and professional networks. And right down the street from me, right here in the Inner Richmond of San Francisco, lives the talented and creative graphic designer Noah Charnow.

I’ve admired Noah’s renderings and design choices since I first met him and considered myself to be extremely lucky when he decided to come on board for the project. He has certain sense of design that is both modern yet analog, refined yet gritty and I love it. His style really compliments the style of the film.  So when I decided to make Between One and Two, Noah was the first guy I called.

Noah has just finished designing the film’s typeface and poster, both officially premiered here! Yuh! I’m really happy with them both and I think that they truly capture the essence of Between One and Two.

I recently had a short conversation with Noah about his experience with working on Between One and Two. This is what he had to say:

“When we started this project I think the art direction really hadn’t been set in stone yet. I created a few different concepts in the early stages but after seeing and hearing more about the film I think we both realized we needed something different. Once I saw what Brandon (Moore, Animator) was creating for the animation sequence it just made sense to use those same elements and include them into the poster. Keeping it all consistent is important.
As far as design goes. I really like the gritty looking stuff. I kind of think that imperfection is perfection in a way. I’m not too keen on really clean designs with boring fonts. That’s just stupid shit that anyone can make in a computer. I try to experiment with more hands on techniques to make my designs a little different.”

Here’s a bit more on Noah:

Noah Charnow is a San Francisco based graphic designer
and illustrator. Noah currently spends most of his time
behind the computer working on various freelance projects
and his BFA at Academy of Art University.

To see more of Noah’s work, visit him at http://www.noahcharnow.com

Cheers,

Matthew Rome

Director · Between One and Two