
We were tasked with creating a second-screen companion website experience for National Geographic Channel’s historical drama,
Killing Jesus. In addition to serving as a piece of advertising in the lead-up to the show, this needed to be a companion piece
to the broadcast film, something that enhanced the viewer’s experience with new content.
Users fluidly move through multiple parallax scenes in each side-scrolling panorama and learn more about characters, locations,
events, and historical writings. We used over 3,000 hand-painted illustrations to bring our vision to life, an original score,
and 185 scroll-triggered audio files, including voice-over talent from the film. We even ensured that the experience would work
seamlessly across all mobile devices without compromising the beauty of the illustrations or users’ ease of movement through the site.
In all, there were 24 hand-illustrated triptychs, which were broken down into over 3,000 isolated images and brought to life with over
14,000 hand-placed key frames.
See the site in action at: killingjesus.nationalgeographic.com/