Challenger Deep Motion Graphics

Project Category | Motion Graphics
Date | Spring 2020
Technical | Adobe After Effects, Audition, Premier Pro, Illustrator, and Photoshop

The young adult novel Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman gives the viewer insight into the experience of someone who develops severe mental illness. Inspired by Pablo Ferro’s film titles for The Thomas Crowne Affair and Bullitt, this video reflects the confusion of the main character. Fifteen-year-old Caden Bosch has a walking compulsion and experiences vivid hallucinations such as being on a pirate ship. Animated geometric shapes containing photography and video depict his worsening condition.

Text "no one understands" over walking feet
A mop sweeps brains as a female ship masthead watches
A pirate talks about obsession
Many shapes filled with photos form a ship