KYLIE

WE RECENTLY COMPLETED GRAPHICS FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES KYLIE, PRODUCED BY VENTUREAND. WORKING WITH PRODUCERS JOHN BATTSEK AND GARETH DODD AND DIRECTOR/EDITOR MICHAEL HARTE, OUR CONTRIBUTION INCLUDED THE STYLISING OF ARCHIVE IMAGES, CONTACT SHEETS, MAGAZINE PAGES, FRAMED GOLD RECORDS, AND MORE. BUT THE MAIN THRUST OF OUR WORK WAS THE “REBUILDING” OF HUNDREDS OF NEWSPAPER “DETAILS”.

MICHAEL HARTE BUILT LOTS OF WONDERFUL SEQUENCES USING MACRO CLOSE-UPS OF WORDS WITHIN NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES AND ARTICLES, BUT BECAUSE MOST ARCHIVE NEWSPAPER ASSETS ARE FAR TO LOW-RES OR LOW QUALITY FOR CLOSE-UP USE, THEY NEEDED TO BE “REBUILT” ONE BY ONE.

SO OUR FOCUS WAS CAREFULLY CRAFTING THE LOVELY IMPERFECTIONS AND PAPERY TACTILITY OF INK ON NEWSPRINT (UP CLOSE), AS WELL AS CAREFUL FONT MATCHING BEFORE, THEN DETERIORATING THOSE LETTERFORMS AFTER. OUR GOAL BEING THAT ‘NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL’ THEY WERE NOT THE ORIGINALS. HOW’D WE DO?