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News: Creative forces join Creative Industries Federation

This week saw the launch of The Creative Industries Federation – a new body representing the UK’s creative community. The federation is the brainchild of Sir John Sorrell, chair of the University of Arts. It is led by the chair of the Turner Contemporary art gallery Kohn Kampfner and more

The Missing Scarf – Story is Everything

Staff Pick We love, love, love this short film created by Eoin Duffy in conjunction with The Irish Film Board. It’s a wonderful piece of motion design (created over 5 months in Adobe Flash and Blender 3D) that has brains AND beauty. It’s a story of existential angst that manages

10 Commandments of Commercial Video Production

We applaud all the companies below for realising the power of video and for being savvy enough to know that using video to promote their brand can result in a very healthy ROI. However, making a professional commercial video is not as simple as pointing a camera at a few

Our Video Protest Against Heathrow Expansion

Before he became Prime Minster, David Cameron said The third runway at Heathrow is NOT going ahead, no ifs, no buts. Yet within his 3rd year of power he set up a Commission to look again at the question of a new runway. TellyJuice decided to take a stand, so

Sheldon the Snail: Advert for Freesat

Director: David Skinner Art Director: Adam Cutts Copy Writer: Peter Humphries Producer: Sacha Evans Today is the first tx of our latest advert for Freesat’s Freetime service, featuring the cute and tenacious Sheldon the Snail. It will be aired across the network over the coming weeks in peak-time programming such

Best Motion Infographic – Kantar Awards

We’ve been nominated for the Kantar Information is Beautiful 2014 Award for the Pregnancy Explainer video we created for the BBC. We’ll keep you updated when the winner is announced! Wish us luck. Written & directed by Emma Baxter. Designed and animated by David Skinner and George Whittaker. Brief The

TellyJuice Create The Guardian Language Festival Advert

Designed by David Skinner Animated by Ajan Navaratnasingam Ciao! Willkommen! Bonjour! Hello! Here is the commercial we created for The Guardian to advertise The Guardian Language Festival. It’s a UK-wide festival to celebrate our nation’s diverse cultural heritage. The festival is an on-going campaign to showcase the importance of learning

Change in Video Copyright Opens Floodgates For Comedy

Millions of YouTubers will be rejoicing today, as yesterday a new exception to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998 was revealed. It will allow the use of TV shows, films and songs to be used in parodies, creative montages or ‘mash-ups’, with one caveat – the video must be

TellyJuice Create Mirror Bingo Advert

You may have seen the commercial we made for Mirror Bingo on your telly screens recently, as the campaign is currently airing nationwide. TellyJuice were asked to make the commercial by Trinity Mirror to launch their online Bingo offer: To spend £10 and get £40 in gaming credit. Writer &

How much does a web video cost?

If you’re reading this and wondering ‘How much does a web video cost?’ the chances are you have never made an online video before. Firstly congratulations, commissioning an online video is a wise move – if done correctly. Some of the UK’s biggest businesses and television channel broadcasters come to

How Creative Briefs make all the difference

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL In 1969 Mick Jagger famously sent Andy Warhol a creative brief to design the cover of The Rolling Stones’ “new hits album”.  It’s a wildly vague and generous brief, in which Jagger pretty much requests Warhol to create whatever he wants, for whatever price he commands.  It

Vimeo vs. YouTube – Which one is best for business?

It’s one of those classic all-time rivalries, like Mac or PC? or Coke or Pepsi? So how about YouTube or Vimeo? Fans of each one of these video-hosting sites will make a passionate case as to why their chosen platform is ideal, but here at TellyJuice Corporate Video Production Company,