The Rule

Rollo

Three flat inks and one message, said in four languages.

Cine móvil La Habana 1967

ROLLO

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Reducing inks forces compositional decisions

ROLLO

35mm · La Habana

Brand Guidelines

Maximum three flat inks. No gradients, no photography, no blends. The constraint of silkscreen is the discipline. Every colour must earn its place — remove one ink and the composition must still work.

ALEX
MITCHELL

Art DirectorNueva York

What breaks it

A CMYK full-colour gradient photograph of a film scene as the background — exactly what the silkscreen method was a reaction against. Unlimited colour destroys the urgency, directness, and political clarity of the three-ink rule.

Film Title

Unlimited colour · No discipline