Creative Multimedia
Jess McNamara
We Need Specialists
This project is a motion graphics design explainer video which is intended to raise viewers’ awareness of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a connective tissue disorder that affects 1 in 5000 people worldwide.
EDS is caused by defective collagen within the human body. Collagen can be looked at as the “glue” that holds us together and is the main cause of the various symptoms of EDS (hypermobile joints, chronic pain and gastrointestinal problems, to name a few).
Within Ireland, there are no dedicated specialists to help people who have the condition, and many members of the EDS community often need to crowd fund in order to travel abroad to receive an official diagnosis. This video works as a call to action which asks viewers to consider signing a petition which intends to appoint a qualified EDS specialist within the country.