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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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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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Grocery Aid

Grocery Aid

November 25, 2016 | Comments Off on Grocery Aid

Here’s our latest Grocery Aid animation. Several little scenes tell stories of the many people helped by the charity. The tone of the animation plays with sensitive subject matter such as sudden illnesses, money worries and caring responsibilities which grocery workers might encounter over their lifetime. The animation was produced by Minamon Film.
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Will Britain ever have a Black PM?

Will Britain ever have a Black PM?

November 17, 2016 | Comments Off on Will Britain ever have a Black PM?

This documentary was part of the Black & British season. We worked with the director Steve Grandison to illustrate the near impossibility of a black British infant growing up and becoming our Prime Minister via some quite shocking statistics blocking any advancement. There were eight stand alone animated films produced covering everything from poverty, education, employment and the world of politics.
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Britain’s Modern Slave Trade – An AlJazeera Investigation

Britain’s Modern Slave Trade – An AlJazeera Investigation

October 4, 2016 | Comments Off on Britain’s Modern Slave Trade – An AlJazeera Investigation

In a new programme ‘Al Jazeera Investigates’ examine ‘modern slavery’ in the UK. To accompany the programme we also produced an online explainer which attempts to shed some light on the whole process of getting into Britain illegally and the grim prospects that await some migrants. The explainer and full documentary film is presented by David Harrison. The full film can be viewed on YouTube here Al Jazeera Investigates – Britain’s Modern Slave Trade. The Online Explainer is below.
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Beef Jerky

Beef Jerky

August 21, 2015 | Comments Off on Beef Jerky

This is how Meat Snacks Group make Beef Jerky in their factory in Scotland. Superbly animated by our own Lucie Julliat with a little from the rest of the team. This is an NRG Digital production produced by Rob Edmonds.
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St John Ambulance

St John Ambulance

August 19, 2015 | Comments Off on St John Ambulance

St John Ambulance is the nation’s leading first aid charity. The scope of their work is broad, but it’s all centred on saving lives through the direct provision of first aid through educational visits and training programmes. We have created a short film which demonstrate the wide reach and impact of their work to a variety of different audiences in the last year. The concept was to follow the journey of ‘a spark of life’ and imagine why it is so important to preserve that spark via some simple first aid lessons. An inspired Films production, produced by Louis Paltnoi.
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