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CESAFI Esports League team intros

Player introductions for the broadcast of Cebu's collegiate esports league, made for every school's roster across Seasons 3 and 4.

Every match on the CESAFI Esports League stream opens with the players. Each one gets a few seconds: gamer tag, real name, school, a pose, and the team lock-up at the end. I made the introductions for every school in the league, Season 3 in 2024 and Season 4 in 2025. Every roster runs on the same system, so a few stand in for the whole set here.

Discipline
Motion design
Client
CESAFI Esports League
Year
2024 and 2025
Role
Broadcast motion, Player introductions
Tools
After Effects, Photoshop
Runtime
2:32
00:00:00/ 01:21:18

Season 4 reel A cut of Season 4 player intros.

Ten introductions in a row

A roster is shown back to back, so the risk is monotony. Each player card changes its grid colour, its backdrop and how the name builds in, while the type and layout stay fixed so the set still reads as one league.

Season 4 opens every intro with two quick punches (red arrows, then a blue "We forge" wall) before settling on the player against a pale fabric backdrop.

USC Dazai
USC Luketzyy
USC SHIN TORU
USC Gilgamesh
USC Gengo
USC SYV GOD
USC DIGGER
USC Ying
USC USC All Members
UCLM NATSUMI
UCLM MARKYYY
UCLM SUPREMO
UCLM AMING
UCLM JIMS
UCLM Senz
UCLM Allukai
UCLM Zechnas
UCLM Dw1n
UCLM LAIII
UCLM UCLM All Members

A sample of the Season 4 player intros. Every school got the same treatment.

00:00:00/ 01:10:00

Season 3 One Season 3 roster as a sample, 2024.

  1. 00:04:00
  2. 00:14:00
  3. 00:27:00
  4. 00:36:00
  5. 00:47:00
  6. 01:04:00

Season 3 player cards switch grid colour and type treatment so ten introductions never look the same twice.

Thought process

  1. 01

    Give every player a beat

    A team intro is ten introductions in a row. Changing the grid colour and type treatment per player keeps the rhythm from going flat.

  2. 02

    Lock the type, move the rest

    Name, real name and school always sit in the same place, so viewers know where to look while the backdrop and entrances change.

  3. 03

    Open with a punch

    In Season 4 each intro starts with two hard cuts (red arrows, a blue wall) to wake the stream up before the player settles.

  4. 04

    Build a system, not ten videos

    One template takes a cut-out photo and three text fields, so a whole roster can be rendered in an afternoon.