Brief
I was approached by co_ed studios to create the graphics package for NBC's "Time's Person of the Year" awards.
Inspired by William Klein’s Painted Contact Sheet series, we set out to create visuals that echoed the process of selecting photos from a contact sheet—serving as a metaphor for choosing Time’s Person of the Year.
A contact sheet is a collection of thumbnail-sized images arranged in a grid, traditionally used by analogue photographers to review and select the best shots from a photoshoot.
Styleframes
A few elements stood out from the original analogue contact sheet process, such as using loupes to magnify small negatives or marking photos with crosses or circles to indicate selections or discards.
I used these elements to build styleframes, which later served as the foundation for the broader graphics package—including lower thirds, titles, frames, and the opening animation.
