Francesco D'Agostino
Digital Designer

Motion Design for title sequence

The future is now

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TL;DR:

Design, storyboard, illustration, and animation of opening credits for the documentary series “Today for Tomorrow”.

Title sequence - full video

Project

Today for Tomorrow

‘Today for Tomorrow’ is a series curated by Alessandro Genitori and Elis Karakaci which aims to showcase Italian companies, universities, institutions and associations that have decided to prioritise sustainable growth in their work. These organisations invest in the environment, infrastructure and innovation.

For the project, I created a one-minute-plus animation that introduces the series’ mood and features the opening credits with the names of the people involved.

Creative process

Concept

The animation follows a city street and shows, in fast motion, the changes in the environment, behaviors, lifestyle, and even colors brought about by the adoption of more sustainable practices. The transition from “today” to “tomorrow” is marked by a small concrete gesture that sets in motion a larger change.

Initial storyboard proposal for Today for Tomorrow title sequence with written notes and arrows indicating movements and direction
Initial storyboard proposal for Today for Tomorrow title sequence

Implementation

Frames from the animation

Frame 1: Today's city is polluted and full of cars, lorries and smog.
Frame 2: Traffic flowing, with the city in the background
Frame 3: A car driver throws a piece of paper out of the car window.
Frame 4: A hand collect the paper scrap
Frame 5: the scrap of paper is thrown into a bin
Frame 6: the scrap of paper gently falls
Frame 7: the scrap of paper lands in the bin
Frame 8: Cut to the city, a girl arrives on a bicycle bringing a new concept of the city. Greenery begins to cover the streets.
Frame 9: a boy on a bicycle joins the scene, trees and solar panels appear in the increasingly green background.
Frame 10: Even more people joined the movement, and the landscape was transformed.

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