We set up Second Home Animation Studios in 2006 in an old railway arch in Digbeth. We have loved living and working in Birmingham and have enjoyed watching it change over the years. There is a huge pool of talent in The Midlands, and we love working with creatives from all over the region.
We offer a range of animation services, but stop motion animation is our true passion. We do hope you are enjoying our blog. If you’re reading this page, then you’ll see below all blog posts that are about (or refer to) ‘The Midlands’.
Creating the CWG Animated Maps was not only a proud moment for our studio, it was also a huge learning opportunity to explore mapping data and processing software to shrink our world. Our animated event
Second Home have been lucky enough to get a (virtual) seat at the RTS Midlands Awards 2021. This year we have racked up 3 nominations in 3 categories, all of which are the first for
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
This November we picked up the Royal Television Society Award for ‘Best Production Craft Skills’. The award was given for Animation and Visual Effects for a clutch of projects produced for Sony Pictures Television earlier
Our Halloween Homage to Harryhausen This summer we made a brilliant new creative friendship in the form of Ian Davies, photographer par excellence. Ian is in the process of collating a 100 strong collection of
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
After delivering a bunch of exciting new work during 2016, we finished the year with three more award nominations. Our contribution for CITV’s ‘Share A Story’, a tale about A Shark Who Swallowed The Sea, written
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
After winning a British Animation Award and being in competition at this year’s Annecy International Film Festival, we’re thrilled to add that our ‘Legends’ film has been nominated in not one, but two categories in
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