AARON MUNOZ.
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NOW NEWS

Change the story.
Keep the system.

A show identity built for daily production.

MY ROLEShow artwork · Motion design · Template development
Now News presenter within a branded set visualization
Show-set composite.

Extend the identity
across the show.

Starting with supplied NOW / CBS artwork, I carried its curves, blue-and-white palette and layered depth into show artwork, opening graphics and recurring elements.

The goal was a consistent visual language that could accommodate new stories and imagery.

Watch a complete cold open
Opening frame from a February 2023 sequence.
Opening frame from a February 2023 sequence.
Image grid from a January 2023 sequence.
Image grid from a January 2023 sequence.

Make the content
replaceable.

I built reusable motion templates with editable titles and replaceable media. The cold-open sequence could change with the day’s stories while retaining its framing, rhythm and treatment.

Template controls covered segment text and imagery, a nine-image grid, and over-the-shoulder title and image treatments.

Archival editor view showing exposed template controls
Archival template-control view from the 2023 portfolio.

Show artwork, motion design and template development: Aaron Munoz. Starting identity supplied. Reporting and editorial content: CBS News team. The linked cold open is a separate viewing example from the dated stills shown here.

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