Movie poster design FAQ.

First concepts typically arrive in 24–48 hours. A locked print file still needs your feedback cycle on top of that. Rush festival dates are quoted separately when they require jumping the queue.

Revision support is unlimited until you approve the final artwork. A new brief — new lead, new genre, new film — is a new scope, not a polish round.

Both. Drix Agency designs movie posters and key art for independent producers, directors, marketing teams and larger campaigns. There is no minimum budget to start a conversation.

Organized print and digital files: typically a layered master, a 27×40 inch print PDF at 300 DPI, a 1920×1080 streaming image, and social crops (1080×1080 and 1080×1920) when the campaign needs them.

Key art is the master campaign image. A movie poster is one finished size — usually a theatrical one-sheet — built from that key art. Campaigns need the system; a festival wall may only need the poster.

Independent films often plan $400–$2,500 for a single custom poster and $1,500–$6,000+ for a key art campaign. These are planning ranges, not a public rate card. Drix quotes per project.

Logline, genre, deadline with timezone, stills you can legally use, three reference posters, and the sizes you must deliver. If a festival or distributor sent a spec PDF, attach it.

Yes. A layered master (PSD or equivalent) is part of a standard package so titles, laurels and crops can be edited later without starting over.

You must have rights to photography and likenesses you send. Finished artwork is licensed for the film’s marketing as agreed in the quote. We do not clear stock, union stills or studio IP for you unless that is scoped.

Drix Agency is a human-designed poster and key art studio. Photo manipulation, compositing and typography are directed by designers. We do not sell unedited AI one-sheets as finished campaign art.

Yes. Festival posters are designed as print-accurate one-sheets with a clean zone for laurels, plus the digital size your portal asks for. Confirm the festival’s current file limits in your brief.

The standard US theatrical poster is 27×40 inches (686×1016 mm) at 300 DPI. Deliver as PDF/X or TIFF/PSD with bleed if the printer requires it.

Major platforms commonly use 1920×1080 px (16:9) title art. Some distributors also request 1400×2100 px portraits. Confirm with your distributor before lock.

We design with space for laurels from the first lock, then place official selection artwork when you have the files. Last-minute wreaths on a busy one-sheet usually mean a redesign.

The first round typically includes distinctive directions so you can pick a lane. We then refine the chosen direction until approval rather than generating unlimited unrelated movies.

The highest-resolution stills you have, with cleared talent. A sharp close-up beats a compressed trailer screenshot. If you have no stills yet, say so — we can concept from type, illustration or licensed imagery.

Yes, for the film’s marketing as quoted: theatrical, festival, streaming and social. Merchandise or third-party brand use needs to be in the brief.

A title treatment is the custom typography system for the film’s name — weight, tracking, texture — that must survive a 200-pixel thumbnail and a 27×40 print. It is part of key art, not a free font on top.

We leave hierarchy for billing, quotes and legal when you need them. Send the copy and the union/legal requirements. Crowded billing should not kill the faces on a streaming tile — we often make a print version and a cleaner digital crop.

Yes. The studio is remote and works in English with filmmakers worldwide. Email info@drix.agency or use the contact form — include a callback number so we can follow up on the brief. There is no requirement to be in a specific city.

Yes, when a festival or release date cannot move. Rush is quoted on top of the base scope because it reorders the calendar. Put the real deadline and timezone in the first email.

Discover, concept, refine, deliver. We review the film and platforms, present directions, sharpen with your notes, and hand over named, sorted print and digital files.

Redesign when the current art fails at thumbnail size, the tone no longer matches the cut, or a distributor needs a campaign system. Do not redesign only because you are tired of the image.

Audience, the feeling the image must sell in one second, platforms, deadline, cleared stills, and three reference posters. That paragraph is enough to start concepts at Drix Agency.