Posts by Paul Trainor

The Oligarchs

The Oligarchs

January 8, 2018 | Comments Off on The Oligarchs

Using styling borrowed from agitprop posters from Soviet Russia, Medioto helped Aljazeera’s Investigative Unit unravel a plot hatched by powerful Eastern European oligarchs to make millions of dollars from a crooked deal involving a web of offshore companies and international lawyers to raid US$160 million dollars under the noses of the authorities. The Oligarchs include an exiled gas billionaire guarded by Russian special forces, a Moscow property magnate and an Olympic show jumper on the run from Ukrainian authorities. Throughout these deliberately murky, opaque dealings our motion graphics hopefully simpilfy the processes involved in money laundering and the formation of
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British & Irish Lions: Uncovered

British & Irish Lions: Uncovered

November 17, 2017 | Comments Off on British & Irish Lions: Uncovered

This is a title sequence we produced for Ben Uttley at Stamp Productions for his behind the scenes documentary following the preparation for the task of beating the All Blacks on their home turf and the ups and downs of the whole New Zealand tour. The titles were created with a multitude of subtle techniques from camera tracking, rotoscoping to careful blending of textures and clever transitions.
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Outbreak: The truth about Ebola – This World

Outbreak: The truth about Ebola – This World

March 1, 2016 | Comments Off on Outbreak: The truth about Ebola – This World

The inside story of how and why the worst Ebola outbreak in history wasn’t stopped before it was too late. The map sequences here really help explain how the virus spread so quickly by tracking the location of it’s first victims or carriers and our shaded motiongraphics using ink bleeds increase a sense of this hidden disease spreading into different regions of West Africa. Directed by Dan Edge & Produced by Sasha Achilli.
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Night of Heroes

Night of Heroes

March 19, 2014 | Comments Off on Night of Heroes

We’ve provided all the titles, stings and other branded elements for the ‘Night of Heroes 2018’, a Jewish News event celebrating Jewish heroes and community members. The evening was hosted by David Walliams.
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Dunlop – Hit It

Dunlop – Hit It

March 1, 2019 | Comments Off on Dunlop – Hit It

This Dunlop film  was directed by Tim Frewer of Light Shop Films for Studio Tangerine. Motion graphics were tracked and animated by Andrew Whittle. GFX directed by Paul. All produced by Patrick Rowe.
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Football’s Wall of Silence – Al Jazeera Investigations & C4 Dispatches

Football’s Wall of Silence – Al Jazeera Investigations & C4 Dispatches

February 19, 2018 | Comments Off on Football’s Wall of Silence – Al Jazeera Investigations & C4 Dispatches

Former youth football coach Barry Bennell, one of the top talent spotters in Britain with ties to major clubs like Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra, spent his days coaching children and his nights abusing them. Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit reporter, Deborah Davies first reported on Bennell’s crimes 20 years ago. She has befriended his victims and has a rare insight into their plight. Our efforts were spent bringing the specific details in various documents to light which exposed his deeds and often show the turning of a blind eye to his crimes on the part of the clubs and governing
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Discovering a hidden book collection – Layton’s Library

Discovering a hidden book collection – Layton’s Library

July 27, 2017 | Comments Off on Discovering a hidden book collection – Layton’s Library

We’ve produced a short taster film and rebuilt the thomaslayton.org.uk website to introduce people to the treasures collected by Thomas Layton, a Brentford Victorian collector of archeology, ethnography, books & prints. Layton left his collection for the enjoyment and education of the people of Brentford & Hounslow, and this film highlights parts of the book collection and members of the Trust inform us about the particulars which make the collection so special. Short depth of field lenses and macro photography helps communicate the textures of the page whilst additional motion graphics are sparingly used to allude to the scale of
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Spy Merchants – An Al Jazeera Investigation

Spy Merchants – An Al Jazeera Investigation

April 17, 2017 | Comments Off on Spy Merchants – An Al Jazeera Investigation

We helped the Washington based Al Jazeera Investigations team uncover the murky world of selling surveillance equipment, often to anyone willing to pay, regardless of the government, end user or final usage. Titles, subtitles, as well as all the visual effects and explainer graphic sequences are spread over 47 mins which as not an easy feat considering that there’s barely a minute free of overlays and VFX. To see the whole programme which was beautifully shot and directed by Colin MacIntyre and brilliantly edited by Nicholas Dove, click on this link.
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Big Ben: Saving the World’s Most Famous Clock

Big Ben: Saving the World’s Most Famous Clock

November 15, 2017 | Comments Off on Big Ben: Saving the World’s Most Famous Clock

Commissioned by ITN Productions to help the Director, Jenny Dames relate the complexity of the Big Ben (properly entitled The Elizabeth Tower) mechanics and the scale of the four-year refurbishment project which is undergoing a four year refit.
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