Second Home Animation Studios have a great team of talented individuals. Here are some ‘behind-the-scenes’ blog posts for your enjoyment.
In early 2019, we won an international pitch to rebrand the adult learning strand of Da Vinci Learning. Da Vinci are an educational channel, based in Germany, who broadcast to more than 100 countries. Our
A little over 15 years ago we moved into an old heating factory under a railway arch. That was the start of our animation company! It had an antique petrol pump outside the back door
In March 2020, we joined the effort to create PPE from our material stocks in the form of these face shields. We liaised with DT teachers Rob Phillips and Stuart Sweetman at King Henry VIII
After racking up millions of hits worldwide, we thought it was time to reveal some nuts and bolts footage of Penny ‘Arctic’ coming together complete with staplers, glue guns and little grey balls. Below are
Nine Years And Four BAFTAs Later, Is It Really Farewell…? This month ‘Share A Story’ picked up its fourth Children’s BAFTA in the Short Form Category, and who knows, such is its appeal, it may
The Innovation 50 Report The Innovation 50 report – showcasing the fifty most innovative businesses across the region – has launched this week. Led by legal firm, Mills & Reeve, the report sought to create
Introducing… The Manta Motion Control system, a portable camera crane with animation, time-lapse and live action capability. Motion Control and Why We Love it Over the past 18 months, we’ve been developing our own Motion
A nice thing happened recently. The second edition of The Fundamentals of Animation was published and our ‘Legends’ film for Pilsner Urquell was covered in some great detail in the book’s ‘Design as Concept’ section,
Earlier in 2015 we embarked on an ambitious animation project together with the creative gang at Iceni.co and the incredible undergraduate crew on Birmingham City University’s Visual Communication (Film and Animation) course. This collaboration was
Here’s a smattering of images from the making of ‘The Crocodile Trap‘. The main characters are marionette and rod / hand controlled puppets. Modelmaker Kat Simpson featured.