Bits & bobs

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Rare versus safe

...If you want to increase the value of the video we create for you, it's probably better to be rare (or unique) than to blend in.

Lee18 April 2016

Bits & bobs Creativity Explainer video Lost Marble Media marketing video Useful info

Grown-ups are boring…

Do you remember, back when you were about 7 or 8 and you'd dream about someday looking at graphs and charts? No? Me either.

Lee6 November 2015

Bits & bobs Creativity Explainer video Lost Marble Media

You can only see as far as the headlights…

"Writing a novel is like driving a car at night...you can only see as far as the headlights...but you can make the whole trip that way."

Lee5 October 2015

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The curse of knowledge

The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that leads better-informed parties to find it extremely difficult to think about problems from the perspective of lesser-informed parties. Also, pizza.

Lee2 September 2015

Bits & bobs Useful info

How long should an explainer video be?

How long should an explainer video be? There's no one singular answer but here's a guide to getting it about right. 30 seconds If you're looking for a 30 second…

Lee26 December 2014

Bits & bobs

Lost Marble? What kind of name is that?

That question comes up probably once every other project. Here's the story...I dropped a marble while walking in Durham. It rolled down a street as I chased it around corners, through…

Lee20 August 2014

Bits & bobs

We’re on TED

Our video on a Ted talk!

Lee6 May 2014

Bits & bobs Creativity Logo Animations

E4 Esting: Brain Freeze

I created this to enter into the E4 estings competition but it's really not up to scratch so I dumped it and decided to go with a time travel gimmick…

Lee11 July 2013

Bits & bobs Creativity Useful info

Working at home

I've worked at home for close to a decade. When I first made plans to work from a home office, I imagined that I'd somehow not have the constraints of…

Lee19 June 2013

Bits & bobs Useful info Ze Frank

Thoughts on the creative career

Some fantastic advice from my favourite internet person...

Lee9 April 2013

Bits & bobs Ze Frank

Collaborative dream video

Every week, one of the animated dreams we produce get's featured on 'a show with ze frank'. For the video above, I decided to go in a different direction... (more…)

Lee17 August 2012

Bits & bobs cartoon Experiments Ze Frank

Animating for a show with Ze Frank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0iHpJbcUhM Way back in 06, I joined in watching the show with Ze Frank and became hooked... (more…)

Lee12 April 2012

Bits & bobs cartoon Explainer video

The Show with Ze Frank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0iHpJbcUhM I threw together this quick promotional animation for the return of Ze Frank's 'the show'. (more…)

Lee9 March 2012

Rare versus safe

Grown-ups are boring…

You can only see as far as the headlights…

The curse of knowledge

How long should an explainer video be?

Lost Marble? What kind of name is that?

We’re on TED

E4 Esting: Brain Freeze

Working at home

Thoughts on the creative career

Collaborative dream video

Animating for a show with Ze Frank

The Show with Ze Frank

Animated explainer videos

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