22/4/2020

Cash and Crises series

Six animated films for CashEssentials on the role of cash in crises. Art direction and a reusable 3D asset library kept the series consistent, around 110,000 views.

CashEssentials · Art Direction & 3D · 2020

Six films on why cash still matters in a crisis.

Challenge. Explain complex payment topics, from central banks in disaster management to disease transmission, in six films of 5 to 10 minutes each.

Idea. One reusable library of animated assets, built in Cinema 4D with a 2D cel-shaded look, so six long films could share one visual language and be produced efficiently.

Execution. I built the assets and scene setups, set the art direction and guided a junior animator through the series. Compositing in After Effects.

Result. Six films delivered, around 110,000 views across the series.

Episode I · Digital money

Episode II · The role of central banks in disaster management

Episode III · Multiplier effects

Episode IV · Pre-paid card payments & settlements

Episode V · The cash cycle in disasters

Episode VI · Cash and disease transmission