Snapper TV commissioned us to provide them with animations sequences based around PPE & Covid testing equipment which could be projected in a studio during Lockdown.
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Archives for Infographics & Explainers
The Cyprus Papers
The Cyprus Papers is a leak of 2,500 named applications for EU citizenship issued by the Cyprus government over the period of 2 years.
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Anatomy of a Bribe
This is a story of how foreign companies plunder Africa’s natural resources. Using confidential documents provided to Al Jazeera by Wikileaks, “Anatomy of a Bribe” exposes the government ministers and public officials willing to sell off Namibia’s assets in return for millions of dollars in bribes. Exclusive testimony from a whistleblower who worked for Samherji, Iceland’s largest fishing company reveals that his employers instructed him to bribe ministers and even the president in return for fishing rights worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Diplomats for Sale
How much would you pay for diplomatic immunity? The trade in Caribbean diplomatic passports has become a magnet for wealthy foreigners, corrupt businessmen and criminals from around the world. Here we use 50's & 60's styling for the graphics & animation to help reveal this bizarre trade in Diplomatic passports.
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Marie Stopes – Explainer Films
A collaboration with Inspired films – who were commissioned by global healthcare charity Marie Stopes International to create a series of educational animation resources for their social workers in 38 countries. Translated into multiple languages, these short animations are designed to educate communities about fertility and various forms of contraception available, often directed at sub-literate audiences.
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The Riviera Maya Gang: Cash, Crime, Killing
This one takes some beating, in terms of the audacity of the scam. A large scale plan to skim the credit card details from tourists by planting the skimmers inside the ATM’s and then supplying the machines to tourist hotels and banks. This investigation led by Will Jordan from the OCCRP (Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) tells the tale, and our motion graphics (paying homage to Grand Theft Auto, perhaps) lends some interesting styling and animation to the mix. Here’s a link to the full film on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9jf-RtpPXM
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Cricket’s Match Fixers – The Munawar Files
Al Jazeera’s investigators have obtained telephone recordings that show Aneel Munawar ringing in details of fixes in 15 international matches to a notorious Indian bookmaker often featuring big named players from England, Australia & Pakistan. The graphics played an integral part in showing the different profiles in the match-fixing and their links to Munawar; the details of audio phone conversations and explainers showing how the spot-fixing occurs (see below). You can also watch the full documentary on YouTube. [/vc_row]
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Islamophobia Inc
This investigation looks at the more recent upsurge in attacks on the Muslim communities in the US, most importantly since the election of Donald Trump.
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Cricket’s Match Fixers
Over 18 months of investigations, Medioto worked with Aljazeera’s Investigative Unit and helped reveal how criminal gangs bribe players and officials to fix matches and parts of matches – and make millions from betting on guaranteed outcomes. The initial inspiration for the designs came from Bollywood posters and obviously some of the title text echo the old fashioned scoreboards on the cricket ground. Apart from the obvious title-card, we built profile animations, explainers for the uninitiated cricket fans, test match chapter headings, phone call animations, document/newspaper sequences and the players and authorities ‘right of reply’. There’s a montage below and
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BP – Shifting to Gas
This film plots BP’s move towards more natural gas production in the future. Apparently there’s lower carbon produced from burning gas rather than oil & coal. Directed by Ewan Taylor and animated by Chris Weyman Jones & Paul Trainor picking up the slack.
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