2011 Heartland Film Festival Campaign

by Josh Miles

We’re excited to share some of our design, branding, and advertising work for the 2011 Heartland Film Festival.

We were hired to brand this year’s festival look, language, and advertising vehicles across the entire campaign. Below are a few examples of our design work including television commercials, t-shirts, postcards, and a really great souvenir letterpress poster.

The brand voice and identity were based on the line, “The films you watch can change the way you see.”

Television Commercials
All of the photography and video used in the campaign are shots of “unseen” places in Indianapolis. We sought to find beauty in locations that you might not think of at first glance as “beautiful.”

Heartland Film Festival Postcard Design

Postcards
The postcards are being distributed by all of the event sponsors and partners. You can find these sets of four designs at most Marsh locations, and other participating sponsors.

Heartland Film Festival T-shirts
T-shirt Design
The gray and blue shirts will be offered for sale during the festival.

Heartland Film Festival Poster
Letterpress Poster
This 18×24″ letterpress poster was first imprinted with the four-color logo on a traditional press, then the large “blind” 20th seal and headline were printed via letterpress. These will be autographed by the filmmakers and presented to the sponsors and partners. 110# Pearl White Crane Lettra. Mmmm… letterpress.

Heartland Letterpress Poster - detail
Letterpress Poster (detail)
Check out just how much texture these have up close. The blind emboss of the 20th seal was done on the letterpress as well, minus the ink.

Stay tuned for more Heartland Film Festival Samples…

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Josh Miles

Principal & Founder

Josh Miles is a caffeine and twitter addict, and the author of Bold Brand - The New Rules for Differentiating, Branding, and Marketing Your Professional Services Firm. Josh’s role at Miles Design consists of driving brand strategy, business development, and firm-wide marketing. Josh was honored as one of the Indianapolis Business Journal's 40 Under 40.

  • http://twitter.com/JohnKruse2/status/124093159046254593/ John Kruse (@JohnKruse2)

    Love what Miles Design did with this program 2011 Heartland Film Festival Campaign http://t.co/r19AKAHQ

  • http://twitter.com/heartlandtmp/status/124169690212864001/ Heartland TMP (@heartlandtmp)

    Thanks to @milesdesign for this year’s #2011HFF campaign! In inside look into the creation – http://t.co/9VTxBvoo

  • http://twitter.com/stephenShh/status/124186364978794497/ Stephen Schaf (@stephenShh)

    Smart and inspired work for @heartlandtmp by @MilesDesign http://t.co/z5IiLALA

  • http://twitter.com/milesdesign/status/124204113377492992/ Miles Design (@milesdesign) (@milesdesign)

    Our pleasure @heartlandtmp Thanks to @milesdesign for this year’s #2011HFF campaign! In inside look into the creation – http://t.co/1hoNxIMZ

  • Brian

    Nice work Josh.

  • http://twitter.com/bpenn1/status/124215508374536192/ Brian Pennington (@bpenn1)

    RT @HotbedCreative: Smart and inspired work for @heartlandtmp by @MilesDesign http://t.co/Zdq1j4Vo

  • Bill Miles

    Nice job son. Keep up the great work so that I can retire real soon. Seriously, great job.

  • Katie Pellerin

    Excellent work, Miles Design team. You definitely found a way to really get at what Heartland is about, which isn’t always an easy feat. I can’t wait to see how it all turns out in signage, etc. this week!

  • http://twitter.com/GoThunderlight/status/124527795589230592/ Erikk D. Lee (@GoThunderlight)

    2011 Heartland Film Festival Campaign http://t.co/x4VWpusR

  • http://twitter.com/Starla_West/status/124543556558921728/ Starla West (@Starla_West)

    Check out @MilesDesign’s branding & advertising work for the 2011 Heartland Film Festival. Nicely done! http://t.co/SaI4GM2o

  • Daniel

    Looks like you ripped off Where the Wild Things Are. Nice work.

    http://cdn.videogum.com/files/2009/03/where_the_wild_things_are_poster.jpg

    • http://www.milesdesign.com Josh Miles

      Um, yep. Identical.