Archives for programme graphics

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

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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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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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

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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Denial: In Defence of Truth

To mark the release of the film “Denial”, Mishcon de Reya wanted to look at how the David Irving V. Deborah Lipstadt trial that took place in 2000 has relevance today. Working with Mishcon de Reya and Alex Krasodomski-Jones of Demos, Quite Frankly were commissioned to make a short film exploring truth, post-truth and denial in 2017. All the graphics showing incidents of anti-semitism, islamophobia and general bile was our job to relate in an interesting manner. Here’s the result:
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The Poachers Pipeline – Al Jazeera Investigates

An Al Jazeera undercover team penetrated the network of dealers, agents and traffickers who profit from the multi-million dollar trade in rhino horn in Africa; an illegal business that is decimating the Rhino population close to the point of extinction. The motiongraphics helps define the different individuals involved and show how they relate to each other from poacher, to facilitator, dealer, importer and finally the customers. See evidence below or watch the full documentary via this link.
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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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When Television Goes Horribly Wrong

For this programme we built our own CGI television studio which formed the backing for celebrity interviews and off course we created the large hanging studio title which breaks away from it’s supports and crashes downwards providing some indication of what is to follow in this 3 hour extravaganza.
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