Public Information Film Budgets

28th June 2010: The government has been running public information films to urge us to change our behaviour for years. However the Central Office of Information will reportedly slash its advertising budget this year. This graphic gave some statistics of past, current and possible budgets for such advertising.

Prince Charles & Chelsea Baracks

25th June 2010: Prince Charles wrote a letter to the Qatari Prime Minister objecting to the development of the Chelsea Baracks. The proposals were dropped by the Qatari development company as a consequence and are now being sued for breach of contract.
This graphic showed highlights from the letter.

Obama Inaugeration 2009

This is a the look designed for Obama's inaugeration in 2009. it's old but I came across it today and remebered I was pleased with it.

State Pension Age

On this day the government announced plans to extended the recognised age of retirement because the current system is unsustainable. We used a golden carriage clock throughout the package to represent retirement and highlight the proposals in points.

Conviction of Far Right Extremism

These graphics were used in a story about two men convicted of inciting racial hatred. They were the founders of an organisation called the Aryan Strike Force which promised street action to help rid the country of minority communities.

World Cup 2010

This is the logo/styling for our World Cup 2010 coverage. It has mostly been used as a wall animation but extends to the website, tables and on screen furniture.

Iran Sanctions Resolution

Britain was joined by other members of the United Nations Security Council in drafting a resolution which could result in tough new sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme.
This graphic highlighted some of the key points.

Public Spending Hole

In the lead up to the 2010 election Faisal Islam investigated the hole left in public spending due to the recession and the forthcoming times of austerity. This graphic compared public spending deficit in 1993, and the measures that had to be introduced, with the considerably larger deficit in 2010.

BP Profits

Three Leaders

This graphic was used as a pretitle to the programme on the 29th of April, the day of the last leaders debate before the 2010 election. It tried to illustrate the stormy situation that the next prime minister would be inheriting.

£6bn Whitehall Cuts

David Laws listed the government offices which will now see their budgets slashed by hundreds of millions of pounds, prompting fears of mass job losses and service cut-backs.
We used the chopping board and meat clever cutting a photo of whitehall as an introduction the piece.

Goldman Sachs faces FSA Investigation

The Financial Services Authority launched a formal investigation into Goldman Sachs for fraudulently selling sub-prime mortgage debt to investors. An article in Rolling Stone magazine described Goldman Sachs as a vampire squid wriggling its tentacles into every financial crevice. We used the legs of 3D octopus as a device to reveal text explaining how it went about selling the sub-prime mortgage debt.

Budget Sting (unused)

This was a preliminary sting created in cinema4D of a piggy bank cracking into pieces. It was decided a filmed version was more effective.

Hang the Speaker

The position of Michael Martin as the speaker in the house of Lords was made precarious due his involvement and handling of the MPs expenses scandal.
This graphic tried to show his precarious position by compositing filmed footage of an actor or 'Will'ing producer in full judges regalia hanging from the hands of Big Ben.

Budget 2010

This was the styling for the first Budget of 2010. It was mostly a treatment of filmed footage of a china piggy bank being smashed with a hammer plus a logo.

BA and Unite Strike Negotiations

An order was granted against Unite stopping the first of four five-day walkouts by cabin crew. BA argued that the strike action was "unlawful " because Unite had not "properly complied" with the requirement to "send everyone eligible to vote details of the exact breakdown of the ballot result". This graphic used an artworked flight ticket as a device to show planned strikes and points of contention.

Facebook Overtakes Google

Facebook overtook Google to become the most visited website in the US. The graphic used a Facebook page as a device for the introduction of interviewees and a backdrop for a graph showing the converging lines of Facebook and Google usage.

MPs and Peers Expenses Trial

Three former Labour MPs and a Tory peer were to stand trial in a criminal court accused of fiddling their expenses and this graphic used a menu device to run through of some of the worst culprits and their spending.

Twittering Politicians

This package examined how politicians are reaching out to the public through the internet.
This graphic used the branding of the twitter website to show the number tweets and followers of a handful politicians .