Art Direction & CGI
Betrayal of Trust
/// Overview
Graphic sequences for ABC Four Corners' investigation into Australia's childcare crisis. Cracked porcelain children under a single hard light: a look that tells abuse without ever showing it.
/// The Challenge
The testimonies were about the abuse and neglect of small children. The visuals had to carry that weight without being literal or sensational, stay true to what the families described, and land on a broadcast deadline.
/// The System
Three rules held every sequence together. The children are porcelain, never skin, and the cracks carry the harm. Each shot has one hard light and the rest falls to black. The camera stays at a child's height, so adults appear only as legs or shadow.
/// The Process
I explored three looks in the first week, and the porcelain route became the series. Working from Alejandra Tilano's storyboards, I built the children from base bodies, sculpted them into one material in Cinema 4D, modelled the nursery once and lit every shot in Octane.