You may also have noticed that the small detail that the film has changed its name. Rest assured it’s still the same film, but has been refreshed so that it can be presented in a clearer and more representative form.
So what prompted this change?
Well, for a while now I’d been less than 100% happy with the old artwork that being used for this project as it dated back to the very early days when the film had a different title and a slightly different emphasis. So even before this new title the artwork was a generation behind in some ways. The idea of changing it had been something I’d been looking at for a little while but had yet to really hit on an idea that I felt really worked to convey the huge scope of both the issue and specifically this film, into a single cogent image.
The war on drugs, is so many things in so many places and yet it’s one joined up system. It’s multifaceted and in some ways like a giant puzzle whose pieces don’t fit the way they ‘supposedly’ should. With so many facets to it (and the film covering such a wide range of them) it was hard to create a visual identity that conveyed all this while keeping the image simple and easy to understand at first glance – while also retaining some interest for subsequent glances. The concept of the puzzle eventually arrived however and before long the image and theme you see on this site came into being.
The new artwork was just one aspect of this however as the end goal was to find a way to better and more clearly communicate what this film is and what it’s about. The subject of a shorter, easier title had been raised a few times over the last few months but none of the new ideas really nailed it for me. The answer (as is often the case) was hiding in plain sight, and (while I was initially unsure because it’s just so simple and straightforward) I began to see that these was its main assets. “It says what it is on the tin” as it were. Most of all it’s a title that works well for people new to the issue.
‘Prohibition : A Modern Addiction’ was (like ‘A War On Ourselves’ before it) a strong title that I felt illustrated my increasingly sophisticated understanding of the issue, but it it’s not about me. It became clear that the title was slightly puzzling to many people who were not already knowledgeable about it. While preaching to the converted is fine, one of the primary objectives of this film is to introduce the wider public to this issue ‘from the ground floor’ as it were and take them through it all assuming little to no prior knowledge. So after much brainstorming I came up with what you can see here.
I think it’s strong, it’s simple and I hope that it could prompt questions from people the first time they saw it somewhere as they passed by. “Drug War? What about it? What IS the real story behind it?” “Is there something I don’t know?” etc.
I think it works, what about you?
You may also have noticed that the small detail that the film has changed its name. Rest assured it’s still the same film, but has been refreshed so that it can be presented in a clearer and more representative form.
So what prompted this change?
Well, for a while now I’d been less than 100% happy with the old artwork that being used for this project as it dated back to the very early days when the film had a different title and a slightly different emphasis. So even before this new title the artwork was a generation behind in some ways. The idea of changing it had been something I’d been looking at for a little while but had yet to really hit on an idea that I felt really worked to convey the huge scope of both the issue and specifically this film, into a single cogent image.
The war on drugs, is so many things in so many places and yet it’s one joined up system. It’s multifaceted and in some ways like a giant puzzle whose pieces don’t fit the way they ‘supposedly’ should. With so many facets to it (and the film covering such a wide range of them) it was hard to create a visual identity that conveyed all this while keeping the image simple and easy to understand at first glance – while also retaining some interest for subsequent glances. The concept of the puzzle eventually arrived however and before long the image and theme you see on this site came into being.
The new artwork was just one aspect of this however as the end goal was to find a way to better and more clearly communicate what this film is and what it’s about. The subject of a shorter, easier title had been raised a few times over the last few months but none of the new ideas really nailed it for me. The answer (as is often the case) was hiding in plain sight, and (while I was initially unsure because it’s just so simple and straightforward) I began to see that these was its main assets. “It says what it is on the tin” as it were. Most of all it’s a title that works well for people new to the issue.
‘Prohibition : A Modern Addiction’ was (like ‘A War On Ourselves’ before it) a strong title that I felt illustrated my increasingly sophisticated understanding of the issue, but it it’s not about me. It became clear that the title was slightly puzzling to many people who were not already knowledgeable about it. While preaching to the converted is fine, one of the primary objectives of this film is to introduce the wider public to this issue ‘from the ground floor’ as it were and take them through it all assuming little to no prior knowledge. So after much brainstorming I came up with what you can see here.
I think it’s strong, it’s simple and I hope that it could prompt questions from people the first time they saw it somewhere as they passed by. “Drug War? What about it? What IS the real story behind it?” “Is there something I don’t know?” etc.
I think it works, what about you?
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