Eavesdropping on underwater signals from the air
This standalone video accompanied a written article on the Princeton Engineering website. Production included two interview setups and two b-roll locations. There were two major challenges on this project: first was balancing scientific accuracy and real-life implications (which could affect security and confidentiality) when filming and editing the interviews. The second challenge was creating animations to demonstrate the technology used in out-of-medium eavesdropping. The client provided existing materials from scholarly presentations that had to be optimized to appeal to general viewers. Sourcing stock footage (on a budget) was also critical for visually enhancing the dialogue from the interviews. Add in a couple ominous techy-sounding music tracks, some sound effects, and the result is a captivating story of technological advancement that will give you a "sinking" feeling.
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My favorite part
The opening seamlessly combines two unrelated stock footage clips to give the appearance of going under the water. This kind of transition is only possible when the person searching for stock footage has a creative eye and is thinking about the edit.
Seamless transition from top clip (the sky) to bottom clip (underwater submarine)
