The Guardian
2021
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I have worked with The Guardian since 2021, originally providing design and animation support to their Media team as they produced six short films to expand on recent Guardian exclusives (of which 'Fukushima', 'Tax havens' and 'Weather apps' are featured below).
↑ The Guardian, Kings Cross, LDN ( 19th April 2022 )
↑ Guardian-Documentaries
Following this I was commissioned for a variety of design tasks in various departments: reviewing the Guardian YouTube channel graphics, designing layouts and infographics for social media, implementing Google Web Stories and perhaps most notably, providing animation and motion graphic assets for Guardian Australia's 2022 General Election coverage.
At this point, I was then introduced to the (Oscar and Bafta-winning) 'Special Projects' team and since then my main contribution has been providing art direction and animations for their film and documentary output.
Lindsay Poulton
Head of Documentaries
— Guardian News & Media
Fukushima
'Since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, more than 1m tonnes of radioactive water has been building up at the power plant in central Japan. Soon the plant will run out of space to store the water, which is a big problem. The plan at the moment is to dump it all in the sea. So how do you go about making 1m tonnes of radioactive water, safe to drink?'
Credits ↓
Josh Toussaint-Straus (Presenter/Producer)
Ali Assaf (Editor)
Nick Hildred (Script)
Andrew Warwick (Motion Design)
Watch 'Fukushima' on YouTube ↗
Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant ( Sept 2021 ) ↑
'The plan is to release the water' ( Sept 2021 ) ↑
'Plant owners warn: running out of space' ( Sept 2021 ) ↑
'Nuclides' / Fukushima ( Sept 2021 ) ↑
'ALPS' / Fukushima ( Sept 2021 ) ↑
Tax havens
'Tax havens cost governments at least $245bn a year in lost revenue – and many of these havens are British. In fact, the country is leading the world in hiding legitimate money and laundering dirty cash. So how did we get here, and how has Britain managed to preside over a third of the world's lost taxes?'
Credits ↓
Josh Toussaint-Straus (Presenter/Producer)
Ali Assaf (Editor)
Nick Hildred (Script)
Andrew Warwick (Motion Design)
'Tax Haves - YouTube Cover Design' ( Oct 2021 ) ↑
'Corporate tax haven index' ( Oct 2021 ) ↑
Weather apps
'Predicting what is going on with the weather is important. It impacts every aspect of our life: from deciding what to wear and when we go outside to predicting natural disasters and managing a public health crisis. In this digital age, we have a vast array of different apps that can predict the weather to a decent level of accuracy. But there is a frustrating anomaly with weather apps: often they cannot seem to agree. Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores why there are regular discrepancies between weather apps and how to get the best out of them.'
Credits ↓
Josh Toussaint-Straus (Presenter/Producer)
Ali Assaf (Editor)
Andrew Warwick (Motion Design)
Watch 'Weather apps' on YouTube ↗
'Weather apps' ( Nov 2021 ) ↑
'8,000 Android apps & 2,400 iPhone apps' ( Nov 2021 ) ↑
'Metrological sources' ( Oct 2021 ) ↑
Australian Election 2022
In Guardian Australia's Voting 101 video series, Matilda Boseley explains everything you need to know about the 2022 federal election.
'Who are we voting for?' ( March 2022 ) ↑
Matilda's jingle for 'Voting 101' — Guardian Australia ( March 2022 ) ↑
Ukraine
'Guardian correspondent Luke Harding chronicles the key historical events that led to the invasion of Ukraine, from the Euromaidan protests to the annexation of Crimea, and explains why Putin's belief that Russians and Ukrainians are 'one people' is rooted in history from a thousand years ago.'
Credits ↓
Laurence Topham (Director/Producer)
Luke Harding (Correspondent)
David Levene (Cinematography)
Andrew Warwick (Motion Design)
Watch 'Ukraine' on YouTube ↗
Russia-Ukraine border ( August 2022 ) ↑
Map of Crimea ( August 2022 ) ↑
NATO Satellite footage, Donbass ( August 2022 ) ↑
Laurence Topham
Special Projects
— Guardian News & Media
Climate carnage
'In a crucial year for the climate, award-winning Guardian environment editor Fiona Harvey reflects on 30 years of Cops and meets the politicians, activists and scientists asking who is responsible for saving the planet.'
Credits ↓
Ekaterina Ochagavia (Director/Producer)
Laurence Topham (Executive Producer)
David Levene (Director of Photography)
Graham Hadfield (Composer)
Andrew Warwick (Motion Design)
Watch 'Climate carnage' on YouTube ↗
Global greenhouse emissions ( November 2022 ) ↑
Atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide ( November 2022 ) ↑
'Dominique / Culture Cop' ( November 2022 ) ↑
Sellafield
'Sellafield's controversial history dates back to the Cold War, when the huge industrial site played a crucial role in the UK’s development of nuclear weapons.'
Credits ↓
Laurence Topham (Director/Producer)
Anna Isaac & Alex Lawson (Reporters)
David Levene (Director of Photography)
Andrew Warwick (Motion Design)
Watch 'Sellafield' on YouTube ↗
Cybersecurity breach ( December 2023 ) ↑
Windscale-radioactive-fallout ( December 2023 ) ↑
Cybersecurity sleeper malware ( December 2023 ) ↑
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