Archives for al jazeera

Anatomy of a Bribe

December 23, 2019 | Comments Off

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

December 3, 2019 | Comments Off

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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Generation Hate

December 19, 2018 | Comments Off

Al Jazeera’s investigative team managed to infiltrate a Neo Nazi organisation which hold some radical ideas including the re-migration of all muslims in Europe. The team finds more regular links to thuggish behaviour and more worryingly strong links to Marine Le Pen’s National Front party. Our cgi were used you help reveal what happens inside the Citadelle bar in Lille and reveal some of it’s unsavoury characters. You can also watch the full 2 part series on YouTube.
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Cricket’s Match Fixers – The Munawar Files

October 22, 2018 | Comments Off

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

May 29, 2018 | Comments Off

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

May 29, 2018 | Comments Off

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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Spy Merchants – An Al Jazeera Investigation

April 17, 2017 | Comments Off

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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The Dark Side – Secrets of the Sports Dopers – An AlJazeera Investigation

October 4, 2016 | Comments Off

In a new investigation by the Al Jazeera Investigates team, Liam Collins, a retired Great British Athlete, spent six months undercover investigating the murky world of performance-enhancing drugs – what athletes refer to as “the dark side”. The motion graphics formed an integral part of the production enabling the team to feature sports action which was painted by hand and also ‘sporting trading cards’ were created to highlight the alleged athletes named in the film. The full film can be viewed on YouTube here Al Jazeera Investigates – The Dark Side .
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