MURTAD – DOCUMENTARY FILM

Mortal is a poetic documentary featuring the collective stories of ex-Muslims in Singapore regarding internal struggles with identity, family and society. 

This is a collaborative project with the graduating students from Puttnam School of Film, LASALLE College of the Arts, (BA)Hons. My task as a graphic designer was to design the film poster as well as the press kit.

Deliverables
  • Film poster
  • DVD Cover
  • DVD Sticker
  • Postcard (4pcs)
  • 4pp Booklet 

Credits
Producer - Li Yushan
Director - Luqman Mohamad
Director of Photography - Ericson Reginald Moe Myint
Editor - Julius Ooi Kai Yang
Sound Post - Abraham Yuen
Publicist and Designer - Lee Jing Lin

This poster amplifies the struggle and pain that the characters are feeling through the design of the blurry and distorted effect of the face, as they feel disconnected when they reveal their true self identity to others. When I was shooting images of the character, the art direction I was going for was to have the motion blur effect because in the film, he mentions that he wants to disappear and runaway.

​The rough textures applied on the image further highlights the tension and chaos, a recurring theme in the film. The character in the design will remain unrecognisable as the film title overlays his eyes, further highlighting that he is still not sure of his identity. The film title is designed to give a raw, warped and messy look which blends well with the theme of despair. The other deliverables such as the press kit takes on the concept of distortion, as seen in the postcard design where when the individual cards are tiled together, it forms a single image.