Quanta Video
Mirror Molecules: The Symmetry Rule Life Never Breaks
Quanta Magazine's video productions visualize and clarify concepts in cutting-edge science and math. As a motion designer, I partnered with Quanta on videos covering a range of topics from chirality to the mathematics of eclipses to the enigmas of space-time.
This video explores the concept of molecular chirality. Using illustrated sequences, 3D molecules, and animated archival, the motion graphics work to illuminate the spatial properties of molecules and how this impacts the chemistry of all living things.
Credits
Client: Quanta Magazine
Writer, Producer, & Editor: Emily Buder
Quanta Editor: Hannah Waters
Animation: Stephanie Swart, Rui Braz
Quanta Director of Video: Christopher Webb Young
Illustration / Design: Myriam Wares, Ibrahim Rayintakath, Kristina Armitage
Quanta Editor-In-Chief: Samir Patel
Narration: Thomas Hagena
2025
Eclipses: A 3,000-Year Science Experiment
In this video, Quanta explores the history of eclipse prediction science. Dynamic animated archival sequences and diagrams of eclipse geometry bring the history of the science to life.
Credits
Client: Quanta Magazine
Writer, Producer, Director, & Editor: Emily Buder
Art Director: Emily Buder
Animator: Stephanie Swart
Additional Design: Kristina Armitage
Narration: Thomas Hagena
Quanta Writer: Josh Sokol
Quanta Editor: Natalie Wolchover
Quanta Executive Producer: Christopher Webb Young
Quanta Editor-In-Chief: Thomas Lin
Music: APM Music
2024