Among my favorite projects to work on are videos that need to explain difficult topics like scientific research, a fundraising campaign, or even the significant work of a famous artist. Motion graphics can be such a versatile medium to use to demonstrate how things function, show what people have done and illustrate how we want people to behave.
The Trippy History of Magic Mushrooms
Motion Graphics, Creative/Art Direction, Sound Design, Voice Talent
For Ohio State's research aggregate website, Insights, I created this motion graphic to illustrate how mushrooms affect a persons brain to cause a "trippy" reaction. Working with a staff writer, I put together a storyboard to map out the visuals for the animation. In the next step, a "scratch track" and "animatic" was created to further demonstrate how the visuals and script would work in a linear timeline. Once the script and storyboard are approved, the work on the illustrations and animations begin, resulting in a final content piece.
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Unicorn Black Holes
Producer, Motion Graphics, Creative/Art Direction, Sound Design, Voice Talent
Researchers at Ohio State have discovered the closest black hole to our solar system. This video explains the method they used and how that can change astrophysics in the future of space exploration.
Stress and Memory
Motion Graphics, Creative/Art Direction, Sound Design
Ohio State researchers have shown that repeated, sustained stress triggers the immune system, causing brain inflammation which messes with spatial memory.
Getting to the Core of Climate Change
Motion Graphics, Creative/Art Direction, Sound Design, Voice Talent
Lonnie Thompson, a distinguished university professor at Ohio State, has spent his career uncovering clear evidence of global warming. This video explains his work of traveling to distance places to gather ice core samples for examination and study.
James Thurber at 125
Producer, Editor, Motion Graphics, Creative/Art Direction, Sound Design
It’s been 125 years since author, humorist and cartoonist James Thurber was born in Columbus, so younger generations can be forgiven for not immediately recognizing his as a household name. Yet the author of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and New Yorker writer and artist was widely considered the most influential and singular comedic voice of his time.
