William Bergeron-Mirsky

No Tomorrow

This documentary, by Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth, looks at the multiple-homicide trial of Juan Chavez and contrasts his life with that of one of his victims, herself the recent subject of a documentary video by Roth.
The film makes extensive use of crime scene and morgue photography due to the violent nature of the crimes involved. The creative challenge was to execute the graphics in keeping with that harsh realism but with an obvious artistry and sense of design. I did so by utilizing hand-crafted elements, rack focus and depth of field effects and repurposing of the courtroom sketches wherever possible.
The package I created included title design, typography, packaging and over a 100 animated elements, including a number of illustrated multi-plane courtroom scenes, and extensive Photoshop work.

TITLE

Like the film it announces, the title makes use of archival, crime scene and personal photos of the victim in a photo-realistic tableau. The type was lifted from the victim's personal diary but reconfigured for the film. The photo-realism and hand-craft plays throughout the graphics and effects. Click here to open a movie of the Title in a new tab.(8.1Mb)
COURTROOM SKETCH
Little courtroom footage was available so an illustrator, Sven Johnson, was hired to create faux courtroom sketches. To get the viewer deep into the action I used the illustrations to create these parallax camera effects, sometime called multi-plane. Click here to open a sample sketch movie in a new tab.(3.8Mb)
COURTROOM SKETCH
Another sample of the courtroom sketch work.
Click here to open a sample sketch movie in a new tab.(2Mb)
CourtRoom and PowerPoint

Due to a lack of courtroom footage, I recreated and composited many scenes such as this one. The screen and Powerpoint are recreations, the crime scene photo is the real thing.
COURTROOM VIDEO

Another recreated scene this one showing the prosecution's use of a documentary to make the case for capital punishment. This entire wall of Judge Ito's courtroom had to be created in Photoshop.
Type Treatments

Sample of the typography guidelines and templates from the entire film.
Faux News Clip
Mock headlines, from real news articles, were created to illustrate incidents of wrongful convictions in capital punishment cases in recent years.
Click here to open a sample headline movie in a new tab.(3.1Mb)
Tabletop
More photorealistic effects, a few tabletops such as this were created using only images and After Effects 3D camera and effects.
Click here to open a sample tabletop movie in a new tab.(3.1Mb)
Credits

The overall branding of the film was a balance of gritty realism and artistic intent. The credits reprise the courtroom sketches but a simple 2D backgrounds.
Packaging

This jury box illustration became the standard bearer for most of the packaging created for the film which included; one sheet, DVD box and disc, mailers and a poster.