Essays & news

Essays and news from the studio.

Long reads on the craft of making animated films for academic, scientific, and cultural institutions — alongside news of where the films travel: screenings, ceremonies, residencies, and talks. Written by the people who do the work, for the people who commission it.

News · Screening

Otzera screened at an event at the President's Residence

Our film for Voice of the People (Otzera) was presented at a President's Residence event, as part of an initiative in the Jewish philanthropic world.

Methodology · ~10 min read

What animating a peer-reviewed paper actually involves

There's a particular moment, early in every project we take on, when we ask the client for the source material, and discover what we're actually being asked to animate. This is about how we handle it.

Craft · ~6 min read

Why we score every film ourselves

Library music vs original score. Why the difference is the difference between a film that's good and a film that's remembered. Eitan Shefer is on every project from the script stage forward.

Craft · ~5 min read

If the film is about lipstick, draw it with lipstick

On matching a film's physical medium to the material its subject is made of. Why we made Daniel Jütte's film in glass and Abidemi Babalola's film in beads. The pattern that has become how we think.