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Motion Design

Motion Design

CBC The Fifth Estate

CBC The Fifth Estate

Broadcast identity system.

A complete motion package for CBC's The Fifth Estate, one of Canada's longest-running investigative documentary programs.

Client

CBC News

Services

Creative Direction, Storyboards, Style Frames, Broadcast Package, Motion Design, Compositing, Production

Team Size

A complete motion package for CBC's The Fifth Estate, one of Canada's longest-running investigative documentary programs.

A complete motion package for CBC's The Fifth Estate, one of Canada's longest-running investigative documentary programs.

Client

Client

CBC News

CBC News

Services

Services

Creative Direction, Storyboards, Style Frames, Broadcast Package, Motion Design, Compositing, Production

Creative Direction, Storyboards, Style Frames, Broadcast Package, Motion Design, Compositing, Production

Team Size

Team Size

  • CBC The Fifth Estate opening sequence title lockup
  • CBC The Fifth Estate case-file title frame
  • CBC The Fifth Estate investigation wall with evidence and reporting signals
  • CBC The Fifth Estate editorial map connecting truth, power, controversy, and accountability
  • CBC The Fifth Estate controversy frame with layered investigative interface
  • CBC The Fifth Estate evidence network with archival clips and connecting lines
  • CBC The Fifth Estate research stack with interview footage and document panels
  • CBC The Fifth Estate opening sequence title lockup
  • CBC The Fifth Estate case-file title frame
  • CBC The Fifth Estate investigation wall with evidence and reporting signals
  • CBC The Fifth Estate editorial map connecting truth, power, controversy, and accountability
  • CBC The Fifth Estate controversy frame with layered investigative interface
  • CBC The Fifth Estate evidence network with archival clips and connecting lines
  • CBC The Fifth Estate research stack with interview footage and document panels

My Role

I worked across the complete package from story to final production: concept development, narrative structure, visual language, style frames, animation, compositing, and broadcast delivery.

I worked across the complete package from story to final production: concept development, narrative structure, visual language, style frames, animation, compositing, and broadcast delivery.

Story to Delivery

Story to Delivery

Creative Direction

Creative Direction

Motion Design

Motion Design

Production

Production

Story system

The refresh needed to make investigative journalism feel immediate, layered, and institutional without becoming visually noisy.

The refresh needed to make investigative journalism feel immediate, layered, and institutional without becoming visually noisy.

Visual language

I shaped a dark, evidence-driven interface that connects documents, footage, power structures, and editorial themes into one recognizable broadcast language.

I shaped a dark, evidence-driven interface that connects documents, footage, power structures, and editorial themes into one recognizable broadcast language.

Motion package

The sequence combines case-file graphics, archival footage, tracking lines, dimensional panels, and editorial keywords to move from research fragments into the final identity.

The sequence combines case-file graphics, archival footage, tracking lines, dimensional panels, and editorial keywords to move from research fragments into the final identity.

Production

The final opener and supporting package elements were produced for broadcast delivery, carrying the investigative tone from early story direction through finished motion.

The final opener and supporting package elements were produced for broadcast delivery, carrying the investigative tone from early story direction through finished motion.