Explained (2020 – 21)


Client:  Vox / Netflix
Role: Motion designer

I created episode animations for the third season of Vox's documentary Netflix show Explained under the art direction of Caresse Haaser. I worked on the following: Get Rich Quick, Credit Cards, Sugar, Chess*, Plastic Surgery*, Time*, Fairy Tales*, and Personality.

*I’ve starred my favorites.



CREDITS (for these episodes)

Narrators: Tiffany Haddish, Jane Lynch, Kerri Russell, Rainn Wilson, Kim Cattrall, Joseph-Gordon Levitt, Ruth Negga, and Julianne Moore
Producers: Tanya Lukyanova, Marie Cascione
Associate Producers: Tyrice Hester, Shelby Boamah, Youssef Daniel
Art Director: Caresse Haaser
Motion Designer: Marcie LaCerte
Junior Motion Designer: Lynn Hwirin Park
Editors: David Seekamp, Nora Tennessen
Archival Producer: Liam Brooks
Associate Archival Producer: Arsh Harjani
Showrunner: Claire Gordon

“Get Rich Quick”
Money, Explained


“Credit Cards”
Money, Explained

Additional animation by Lynn Hwirin Park and Caresse Haaser.



“Sugar”


“Chess”

Additional animation by Po-Chen Chia.

Fun fact: I was mercilessly cyberbullied for committing a grave sin against the formidable Twitter and Reddit chess fandom.



Mood board

Visual development


“Plastic Surgery”

Additional animation and assets by Lynn Hwirin Park and Caresse Haaser.



“Time”

Additional animation and assets by Lynn Hwirin Park and Caresse Haaser.



Mood board


“Fairy Tales”

Additional assets by Taili Wu and Brian Haimes.



Mood board

Visual development

Lettering

Storyboard


“Personality”The Mind, Explained
Additional animation by Lynn Hwirin Park.




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