UnScene

Pamphlet and logo created for UnScene Film Festival.

Illustrator

InDesign

UnScene is a private film screening series from Gracefully Imagined Entertainment, showcasing South Asian filmmakers missing from the scene — until now. I was asked to design its logo and a pamphlet for the event. My client came in with two directions: a spotlight revealing the "Un," bringing overlooked stories into the light, or the name formed in the negative space of a film reel, clapperboard, or camera aperture, like stories emerging from the margins. She also uses yellow in her own personal logo, so I kept the palette to black, white, and a warm yellow that would complement it. I sketched through both ideas before narrowing down to three concepts, and the final turns the spotlight into a projector beam.

Sketches

Twelve hand-drawn UnScene logo sketches: film reels, eyes, cameras, clapperboards and projector beams
Logo sketches

Rendered logo concepts

Logo concept: a film camera forming the U, with SCENE in a widening yellow projector beam, shown in color, black, and reversed on yellow
Concept A
Logo concept: a film camera forming the U, with SCENE in a solid yellow trapezoid beam, shown in color, black, and reversed on yellow
Concept B
Logo concept: UN on a film reel topped with an eye, beside SCENE on a filmstrip, shown in color, black, and reversed on yellow
Concept C

Finals

Final UnScene logo: a black film camera forming the U, beside SCENE in a yellow projector beam
Final logo
UnScene Film Festival pamphlet mockup: white cover with the logo and tagline, and a black program page with the schedule
Pamphlet
UnScene pamphlet outside: a black program page with the event schedule and a QR code, beside the white cover with the logo and tagline
Pamphlet Cover
UnScene pamphlet inside: a black Inspiration page about South Asian storytelling, beside a Filmmakers page with three portraits and short bios
Pamphlet Interior

At the festival

Four festival guests smiling in front of the UnScene logo backdrop
Attendees
Two festival guests goofing around in front of the UnScene logo backdrop
Attendees