STATE OF THE NATION SERIES

State of the Nation is a series of shows on CNN IBN that investigates the State of urban India and the various issues faced by a rapidly growing economy and a vast and crowded population. These series of shows focus on opinion polls and the changing values and attitudes in the country.
When designing the show packaging, I focused on the Indian element, and used the tricolors of the Indian flag against a rising urban backdrop. I used roadsigns to talk about being at a crossroad of  change, confusion and the road that leads forward. My approach was simple and stark. I did not want to use too many elements or embellishments. I kept the text and font crisp and clean and the dark blue-black backdrop draws the eye to the pop of orange and the green of the tricolor streaks. Designs and the storyboard of the title sequence follow:

PICKLED POLITICS

Special show titles on the melee of Indian elections, the flavours of street food and politician's favourite foods. I used a pickle jar where all the political parties get "pickled" and the label forms the show title of Pickled Politics. Rich earthy Indian color tones gave me a wonderful palette to work with
Designed on Adobe Photoshop and After Effects

SECRET KITCHEN

Secret Kitchen show titles and packaging: CNN IBN's award winning show on food
Designed on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects

SPORTS: LOC series

SPORTS: cricket

SPORTS TITLES: Golden Generation, a documentary of Indian cricketing greats

Golden Generation was a show on cricketing greats of India. Now, it is always tricky give sports a vitage grungy treatment, but here I chose to do something other than "sporty"
Cricket is a sport that superceeds all others in India and these cricketing legends featured on the show were role models and had immense mass followings. I gave the video and images a vintage wash and posterised the shots to further enhance their vintage appeal. I used a gold-burnt brown tone in the background and added grunge like elements as supporting motifs.
I liked how the design for the show turned out. It was simple, earthy, vintage and had soul of these cricketing greats speaking for themselves. Designed and composited on Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.

NOW SHOWING: title sequence

The glossy film show "NOW SHOWING" for CNN IBN was another unique challenge. It had to be glossy yet not overtly filmy. I used simple typography here to showcase the titles. I wanted the feel to be like the movie projection room where there was a beam of dusty light plaing the movie..so I used some flares, created some cool camera angles and viola..! the black background and the gold lettering with just a break of red gave me a plush palette to work with. Designs created on Viz Artist, composited on Adobe After Effects. 

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