How To Pin A Butterfly

A delicate process became the subject of this short tutorial: the art of pinning a butterfly. Framed in the style of ASMR, the video leans into sound and atmosphere as much as step-by-step instruction. Bright white backgrounds, soft whispers, and carefully balanced shots create a sense of calm, turning a technical demonstration into something meditative. The process began with a hand-drawn animatic to sketch out pacing and sequence. During production, limitations emerged, including compressing a complicated process within the time limit, maintaining consistent white balance across frames, and managing the precision of pinning while filming in real-time. Typography and graphics, set in Joanna Nova, were added in post-production to anchor the visuals with clarity and elegance. The finished work sits at the intersection of instruction and immersion: part tutorial, part sensory experience. It highlights a fascination with sound design, pinning butterflies, and the quiet beauty of transforming process into atmosphere.


Animatic
Style Frames
Mood Board
College For Creative Studies
Communication Design, amelia@loshaw.com