Civil war has displaced many in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and there is no end in sight to their misery. VOA’s Heather Murdock travels to the largely cut-off conflict zone, as well as refugee camps in neighboring Sudan, to bring the story of a complex political situation and the growing humanitarian disaster.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Researched and developed the visual style and color palette for the animations.
  • Worked closely with the reporter to identify scenes in the script that could be animated.
  • Animated a series of vignettes based on first-person accounts of refugees describing their experiences.
  • Created storyboards, rough animatics, and produced the final animations using Procreate.
  • Rotoscoped a series of animated portraits to introduce key people in the documentary.
  • Used Adobe After Effects to edit the final animations and synchronize them with the interview audio.
  • Designed the documentary’s poster and landing page.