AVA Digital Animation Award WinnersYou know when some years start the right way? Well so far 2020 has seen Stormy Studio feature in a world-renowned newspaper, and now we are the winner of an AVA Digital animation award. A Platinum award no less!! We have won the highest accolade in the Motion Graphics Explanation category. The animation was produced for … Read More
Animation studio in The Times
Animation studio in The Times!!Oh my… our bespoke animation studio is featured in The Times newspaper, in print, online and in their app. We’re just a tad excited…Jon Draper, the founder of our UK animation studio, Stormy Studio, had to learn to adjust to late payment early on in business. Now 5 years on, business is growing steadily with new staff … Read More
Top Business Animation Studios
ANIMATION PRODUCTIONBest Business Animation Studios in the WorldJon Draper – CREATIVE DIRECTORBelow we share some of the leading animation studios in the UK and worldwide. Companies that deliver outstanding content for their chosen area of industry. Whether it’s business animation explainers, marketing videos, TV adverts, music videos, special FX, children’s TV series, animated shorts and features. Read on to find … Read More
How an animation studio manages cashflow
How an animation studio manages cashflowJon and Emma Draper, founders of UK animation studio, Stormy Studio, had to learn to adjust to late payment early on in the business. Plus overtime they’ve learnt effectively how an animation studio manages cashflow. Jon says “Back in 2014, having taken a big leap, we moved with two young children from London to the … Read More
How to get organic SEO backlinks
How to get organic SEO backlinks?Despite heading up the marketing of a relatively small business, we hit well above our weight in how we get organic SEO backlinks. Our UK animation studio is a small bespoke outfit, currently approaching its 5th year in business. I’m the founder of ‘Stormy Studio’ and whilst I’m an animator by trade with 15+ years. … Read More
100 Animated Explainer Video Examples
100 Animated Explainer Video ExamplesSo, let’s just jump straight to it… here’s are collated selection of 100 animated explainer video examples. (*Well… it’s not quit 100 yet.. but we’re still adding to it…) We’ve selected those that show creative excellence, stunning design and originality whilst explaining a business subject, product or service clearly and effectively. Finding a balance between engagement … Read More
How to write a corporate video script in 10 steps
business video productionHow to write a corporate video scriptJon Draper – CREATIVE DIRECTORThis article explains the fundamental ideas behind writing a really effective corporate video script with an effective structure.Share the article:AI Script WriterCheckout the AI-powered scriptwriter at our sister website aianimation.com and generate a video script in seconds.AI ScriptwriterExpert Tips On How To Write A Corporate Video ScriptThe use … Read More
Top 10 Health and Safety Training Companies
10 Top Health and Safety Training Providers For Your Business!Do a quick Google search for “health and safety training,” and you will discover more results than you can shake your spikey Health and Safety stick at. As health and safety best practices evolve alongside an increasing push for certification across industries, it is not surprising to have so many providers … Read More
Interview with an animator, carving out a corporate animation career
*As well as the text questions answered below. Here’s a new video Interview with animator & animation studio founder Jon Draper.Interview with an animator, Jon Draper from Stormy StudioThis interview with an animator was conducted for a careers site. With an aim of providing those seeking a career in animation some useful insight and a working animators point of view. … Read More
10 Top Tips: Get animation industry experience
UK animation studio shares: 10 top tips onhow to get animation industry experienceand get a job as an animatorIf you’ve arrived at this page you’ll no doubt agree that animation is an exciting career path. The wide range of creative disciplines the industry calls upon is fantastic. The credits sequence for an animated feature film highlights the nearly endless number … Read More
10 Top Tips for Starting An Animation Studio
Founder of successful UK animation business ‘Stormy Studio’ shares: 10 top tips for starting an animation studio of your own.If you’re reading this page you’re quite likely passionate about working as an animator and keen to setup a profitable animation business of your own. Working as an animator itself is an highly rewarding job, with so many varied skill sets … Read More
The Future of Immersive Technologies in Storytelling
At Stormy Studio we’ve always taken a very keen interest in VR and the advancements new forms of virtual media provide. In recent years our studio has developed a number of in-house R&D animation projects for virtual reality headsets. It’s an area of media output we feel will continue to mature and provide amazing oppportunities and experiences. The way we … Read More
Aerial shot of our Plymouth animation studio
Have you ever wondered where our Plymouth animation studio is… No..?… Well, we’re in the confidently ugly, little red building opposite that big ol’ yacht. In Turnchapel, Plymouth, Devon. It’s of course what’s on the inside that counts… well that plus… exciting projects, happy clients with engaging videos, a good cuppa tea and having a bloomin awesome view. The hugh … Read More
Creative R&D – iFootage Motorised Slider S1A1
A late afternoon and al the more pressing work had been tackled, so I decided to try out our new motorised slider. This week we received the second part of our awesome camera slider kit. We’d purchased the iFootage Shark Slider S1 for a client video shoot at the end of 2017. We were then fortunate enough to grab a … Read More
Draft Table iPad Pro Review
As Stormy Studio had just purchased a new high quality stand (The Draft Table by Elevation Lab) for the iPad Pro to improve our animators work flow, I thought it was worthy of a quick video review. We’ve been working with the iPad Pro more and more over the past year. It’s a superb tool when accompanied by the right … Read More
A short & sweet motion graphic animation
Here’s a short and sweet motion graphic animation. I created this quite simply because I was in the mood to create something with a rolling square and wanted to try out a few ideas. This short animation was created using Adobe After Effects.
Tidy desk to reignite your creative juices
Sometimes in our animation studio I’ll find that I’ve lost my creative mojo, I just can not find the right mindset or enthusiasm to carry on with a project. I’ll often decide that a tidy desk could be the answer to reignite my creative spark. Whilst sometimes I’ll just keep pushing on and await the inevitable route that my day … Read More
Macro Filming – Test footage
Macro Filming with a cheap CCTV lens: This weekend I tried out our macro filming rig. Which consists of our trusty BlackMagic Pocket Cinema camera and a cheap £20.00 CCTV lens (which comes with a C mount adaptor). The focal range is so tiny it’s really quite interesting to work with. Though the results from macro filming are quite spectacular. … Read More
Effective Health and safety animated videos
VIEW RECENT HEALTH & SAFETY ANIMATED VIDEOSEFFECTIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY VIDEOS Stormy Studio, a UK animation studio have produced a large number of professional health and safety animated videos for the utilities sector and other industries. Through effective scriptwriting and design plus collaboration with HSE experts we’ve delivered effective health and safety training videos that engage with different audiences. The … Read More
How much does a corporate video cost to make?
We’re very pleased to announce another useful addition to our set of frequently asked questions pages. We look at how we construct our production quotes and give some options for you to find the answer to ‘how much does a corporate video cost?’. How much does a corporate video cost to make? The question of how much corporate does a video cost … Read More
Devon Film Company, Coastal Safari
Devon Film Company – Creating a last minute film narrative Whilst not a production officially by our Devon Film company, I think this still goes someway to showcase our talent. Here’s a little video production I made simply to capture the magic moments of my kids growing up on the beautiful Devonshire Coastline near our animation studio. It’s something I’ve been doing … Read More
