Of course, there's a whole range of animation on the web, from bespoke animated clips to animated banners and transitions. We are quite adept at creating animation for any and all web needs. In fact we don't really see any difference between creating animation for broadcast or the web, certainly not in quality. Our directors have helped create web animation for Google, New Look, Smart Car, Save the Children, and the BBC.
Working again with Google, we created a fun vector-styled animation to promote YouTube's new competition, 'NextUp' – a development programme for high potential YouTube partners to accelerate their careers and grow their YouTube channels. The excellent Mr Binns designed and directed the spot for us, and it can be seen live at: http://www.youtube.com/user/YouTubeNextUp or below! Director: Mr [...]
Google asked us to visualise a new competition to be run in conjunction with the broadcaster Euronews. We created a stylish vector-based environment, coloured to sit neatly within their pre-existing YouTube channel. You can see the spot below, and directly: http://www.youtube.com/euronewsbusiness Director: Mr Binns & Steve Smith Animation: Mr Binns & Jack Cunningham Design: Mr Binns [...]
We recently completed work on a new viral for Google, and the TrueView Instream advertising product. Working with the talented Ross Phillips on design and animation, the viral explains why TrueView is so important for advertisers, and us. Designer & Animator: Ross Phillips Direction: Ross Phillips & Steve Smith
Beakus were asked by fimmaker Mike Paterson to create three unique videos for the National Maritime Museum's 'Old Weather' project. The aim is to promote the campaign to crowdsource volunteers to transcribe the weather recordings in hundreds of old ship's log books. The data will feed in and augment existing data of weather patterns through [...]
We have been working hard on two new installments of time-travelling Eric's animation series for the BBC 'Day In The Life'. The first, 'Victorians', is online at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/handsonhistory/victorians.shtml This is the fifth episode, and Eric is joined by his younger sister Mona in travelling back to the Victorian Workhouse where the intrepid duo are put to [...]
For the past couple of months director Leo Bridle has been creating a series of nine 40-second animations for the British Library. A major new portal on their website, 'Playtimes: A Century of Children's Games and Rhymes', launched a few days back by Michael Rosen, aims to preserve children’s games and songs as an important aspect [...]
Beakus were asked by fimmaker Mike Paterson to create three unique videos for the National Maritime Museum's 'Old Weather' project. The aim is to promote the campaign to crowdsource volunteers to transcribe the weather recordings in hundreds of old ship's log books. The data will feed in and augment existing data of weather patterns through [...]
A major new work for the Science Museum by Leo Bridle, to accompany the launch of a new exhibit in the Main Hall – James Watt's Workshop. Leo was asked to provide an artist's reaction to the amazing collection of Watt's antique engineering tools, machines, and ephemera stored away in the vaults of the Science [...]
Fabulous stop-motion animation from director Leo Bridle to announce the arrival of chanteuse Sherie Oh. Beakus morphed in to a stop-motion studio for Leo to spend hours in the dark creating and animating a paper plane letter, birds, flowers, balloons and fish… The result is a sensitive, optimistic and colourful journey in to the heavens [...]
Beakus were asked by fimmaker Mike Paterson to create three unique videos for the National Maritime Museum's 'Old Weather' project. The aim is to promote the campaign to crowdsource volunteers to transcribe the weather recordings in hundreds of old ship's log books. The data will feed in and augment existing data of weather patterns through [...]
This is the second in our series about Eric, a 10-year-old animated boy who can travel back in time. 'Day In The Life' was created to accompany a major new BBC series ‘Hands On History’ that encourages kids to find out more about historical periods through the BBC’s website. The first episode, ‘The Normans’ can [...]
Starring Eric, a 10-year-old animated boy who can travel back in time, 'Day In The Life' was created to accompany a major new BBC series ‘Hands On History’. This is in fact the first of a series of tales that will encourage kids to find out more about historical periods through the BBC’s website. The [...]
Everyone's favourite time-travelling square-jawed kid Eric is back, this time way back in Stone Age England… Beakus' third outing with Eric for BBC History is online now at http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/handsonhistory/day-in-the-life_ancient_britain.shtml, but you can watch it right here! In this episode Eric's whole family goes with him, including his unfortunate sister 'Bird Poo'… Together they travel by dugout [...]
Beakus director Steve Smith took on the challenge to create the visuals for Issue 7 of 'specialten' magazine, including all the menus, the cover, and this introductory animation. Taking a graphic approach, each menu boiled with flickering light and scattered imagery from the collection of films on offer. Highly regarded by Marcus and Fabio at [...]
An unusual project flew over from Melbourne – animate an interactive web-book illustrating the story of Save The Children. Beakus director Steve Smith and Trunk worked together to quickly animate the scenes, transitions and interactive elements needed, which were pre-designed in Australia. Take a look at the interactive movie HERE>. Director: Steve Smith, Trunk Producer: [...]
The insanely popular Mitchell & Webb approached animators (via the BBC of course) to visualise some of their radio sketches. Beakus director Steve Smith designed and animated 'Pit Ponies' about a couple of old nags down a mine who realise life isn't all it's cracked up to be…
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