The Story
- Map-driven narrative — geographic data as the anchor visual
- Two videos: the investigation + the making-of
- Both published on Buried Signals channels
Script with visuals coming next week
Sponsorship Proposal
Each investigation is a collaboration with publishing partners, reaching multiple audiences
Buried Signals brings AI-powered research and visual production. Publishing partners like OCCRP, Indicator, and The New Humanitarian contribute editorial oversight, local expertise, and their own audiences.
Video, newsletter, social, companion page
Sponsor mentionedCo-published on partner platforms
Additional reach & editorial credibilityPublished projects combining geographic data, animation, and investigative journalism
Published on Buried Signals YouTube. Remotion mentioned naturally in the video — "I took the data and animated these maps in Remotion"
Dedicated case study: how I built the map animations with Remotion. Remotion can republish or directly publish on their channels
Written methodology breakdown on buriedsignals.com — production workflow, tools, Remotion integration
Full methodology breakdown to 500+ journalists. Production workflow feature linking to the video and case study
Making-of thread and video announcement
Methodology showcase and video announcement
Logo placement on the interactive investigation page on buriedsignals.com
I will produce a similar video — shorter, focused — showing how I created the map animations in my investigation using Remotion.
Primary candidate for the case study video
Script with visuals coming next week
Best candidate due to map-driven narrative. If another investigation is selected, timelines may shift.
A reliable, reproducible pipeline for map animations with Remotion. No more hacky workarounds — a proper system for video stories with maps as the anchor visual.
I'm building a skill marketplace for AI-augmented journalism. A Remotion-based animation skill would bring programmatic video to journalists — your target audience.
From production use — building map animations and video compositions with Remotion
<OffthreadVideo> produces horizontal streaking even with clean H.264 sources and --concurrency=1.
Use <Video> tag instead
Variable frame rate sources cause frame extraction issues. All clips need re-encoding to CFR H.264.
ffmpeg -r 30 -c:v libx264 re-encode
Animated camera moves render before tiles load. Requires delayRender/continueRender per frame, not just initial.
Per-frame tile-ready check
Default 300ms transition on setPaintProperty causes staggered updates in frame-by-frame rendering.
Set transition: { duration: 0 }
Programmatic video for investigative journalism — let's build the maps together.
tom@buriedsignals.com