Iconik — Making the Invisible Move

Category

MOTION

TIMELINE

2024

CLIENT

Backlight

Iconik is invisible. It's media management infrastructure, which means there's nothing to film and no hero shot to fall back on. I directed a product explainer that sells an abstract workflow through motion alone, with no screen recordings and no generic UI walkthrough. The whole production ran remotely, which is the collaboration Iconik exists to make possible.

Phase 1

Storyboarding

With nothing physical to shoot, the script and board had to carry the entire idea before a single frame moved. We tested the visuals as branded stills first, so the argument was approved before we spent the animation budget.




Phase 2

Styleframing

Lock alignment before you spend a dollar on motion.
Approved boards became styleframes and a motion plan. By the time production started, nobody was interpreting. Everybody was executing.




Phase 3

Animation

Making abstract workflows feel tangible through motion alone.
Fluid tracking, vector motion, transitions that carry information instead of filling time. Every frame is a decision. There isn't one stock UI pan in it. Fittingly, the whole project was produced entirely remotely, a working demo of the exact collaboration Iconik sells.







Credits

Creative Direction - Pooyan Alizadeh
Graphic Design - Laura Faccone
Animation - Evan Gillig


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