BEST SHOT is a YouTube Originals Documentary Series that follows Newark Central High School’s basketball coach Shawn “O.G.” McCray and former NBA star/ESPN analyst Jay Williams as they lead a squad of 18 young men through their personal struggles and adversities. I was tasked with designing a series of title art (each episode title features a different person) that would reflect the two worlds in which the stars of the series live: complicated home situations and the basketball family. I loved working with the Palmy team on this one because, as they say in the show:
FULL SERIES/NBA YouTube CHANNEL
“It’s all heart”
▼ANIMATION EDIT/
A montage of episode specific titles highlighting individual players
● THE WORK/
Production art, color studies, sketches,
storyboards, & the stuff that didn’t make it.
◼︎CREDITS/
Director & Animator・Jason Conradt
Producer・Michael Neithardt
Design・Sarah Orenstein
PALMY INN
PRODUCTION
Director・Michael John Warren
Executive Producers・Maverick Carter, Andrew Field, LeBron James, Dane Lillegard & Jordan Wynn
Music・Rohan Hylton & Jacob Yoffee
Music Supervisors・Jordan Passman & Jake Weinreb
Edito・Juliet Muldoon
Production Assistant・Dylan Bartolovich