CONCEPTION
I LOST MY DAUGHTER TO HEROIN, CAN I START OVER WITH HER CHILD?
THE NEW YORK TIMES VIDEO
In 2018, I was approached by the NYTimes Video team to design and direct the animation of an episode of their award winning series ‘CONCEPTION’.
Through a powerful and emotional voice-over narration, Lori talks about her daughter Lindsay and the events that led to Linsday’s addiction to heroin. Now that her daughter has passed away, Lori struggles with the fear that she won’t be able to protect Lindsay’s daughter Lilah from the same perils.
This challenging short was produced by Margaret Cheatham Williams, and was a finalist for the Livingston Award for Journalism in National Reporting in 2019.
©2018 Angela Stempel / Margaret Cheatham Williams
CREDITS
Series Producer: Margaret Cheatham Williams
Animation Director: Angela Stempel
Animation Assistants: Amanda Bonaiuto, Samuel Palmer
Music: Pierre O'Reilly
Sound Design & Audio Mixing: Fraser McCulloch
Title Sound Design: Eli Epstein
Title Animation: Maya Edelman
Title Graphics: Aaron Byrd
Audio Engineer: Doug Pagano, Rocky Mountain Audio/Video Productions, Inc.
Executive Producers: Liz O. Baylen, Kaylee King-Balentine
CONCEPT ART
As the project began with an existing voice over narration, our challenge at the start was to find the right design style for the animation to suit the material. A couple styles were explored before we landed on the final look.
