UNHCR

Sewing a future, one stitch at a time

UNHCR social video frame titled Sewing a Future, One Stitch at a Time with a portrait of Meri LiMotion

Field footage and portrait interviews cut into short, restrained pieces. No dramatisation — the edit gets out of the way and lets a person tell their own story.

Client
UNHCR
Industry
Nonprofit & Humanitarian
Discipline
Video & Motion
Scope
Video editing · Visual storytelling · Social content
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Approach

Humanitarian storytelling has a low tolerance for style for its own sake. The work here is editorial restraint: clear titling, accurate framing, and pacing that gives a subject room to speak.

I edited field footage and interview material into short social pieces, built a consistent titling and subtitle system so the stories read as one series, and kept every graphic decision subordinate to the person on screen.

Role

  • Video editing
  • Visual storytelling
  • Motion graphics
  • Social content

Deliverables

  • Short-form story videos
  • Titling and subtitle system
  • Social video cuts

Selected frames

UNHCR story video frame with title Sewing a Future, One Stitch at a Time and a portrait of Meri LiMotion

Series titling — one subject, one sentence, one frame.

UNHCR field video frame with a staff member standing in front of stacked relief suppliesMotion

Field footage cut for vertical social.