The Beanie Bubble

2022 • Motion Design, Visual Development

The documentary explores the rise of Beanie Babies in the 1990s and the cultural phenomenon behind their extraordinary popularity. Motion design brings archival photographs, newspapers, and magazines to life, recreating the visual culture of the era.

The video above highlights selected motion design sequences created for the documentary.

Archival Motion Design & Compositing

Archival materials were treated and composited to create a cohesive visual language for the documentary. Each piece was crafted to preserve the character of the original material while enhancing its texture, color, and on-screen legibility.

Reconstructed a low-resolution archival newspaper for high-definition presentation..

Lower Thirds & Location Graphics

Colorful, magazine-cutout-inspired typography and graphics designed to extend the handmade visual language of the archival photo treatments, which feature layered construction paper and craft materials.

Visual Development

Styleframes exploring different visual directions for the opening title sequence.
Motion test exploring a stop-motion-inspired treatment for archival photographs.

ROLE

MOTION DESIGNER
Sole motion designer for documentary graphics, shaping the visual treatment of archival imagery under the creative lead’s guidance.

Archival motion design and compositing
Lower thirds and location graphics
Opening title typography
Styleframes

CREDITS

CLIENT: The Nacelle Company
STUDIO: Design Syndicate
CREATIVE LEAD: Matthew Brunson-Cline

Luna Wei

MOTION DESIGN • ART DIRECTION • VFX