Studio Giggle

09/01/2025

We were thrilled to support the incredible work of Nilaari, a Bristol-based mental health charity, by creating an animation that highlights their mission and services. The animation showcases the importance of culturally competent mental health support through a vibrant, culturally inspired design featuring African, Caribbean, and Indian imagery.

Using real-life case studies and authentic voiceovers from the Nilaari team, we aimed to capture the genuine, impactful work they do to support their community. It’s a reminder of the power of personalized care and the critical role mental health organizations like Nilaari play.

https://loom.ly/gNmDk4k

We worked with Nilaari, a Mental Health charity for black and ethnic minority residents in Bristol. The animation follows 3 different experiences of how Nilaari…

06/01/2025

Happy New Years! Controversially, we're kicking off the year by looking back at some of our favourite projects! We've asked all of our team to submit their favourite project that they've worked on whilst they've been at the company. We're kicking off with one of our newest members, Chris, Digital Artist! Let's hear what he had to say:

Hey Chris, what's been your favourite project to work on whilst you’ve been at Giggle?
"My favourite project is always the next one! I’ve just finished our Christmas card and creating some animated assets for our new branding.

That's interesting, why is that?
"I always want to push myself to be better than the last project, to learn a new skill and put it into practice. I like to do the difficult jobs and find ways to make them work and bring everything together to move with purpose and style.

Stay tuned to see what else the team have to say!

24/12/2024

And that’s (almost…) a wrap on 2024 for Distortion Creative Group! What a year it’s been! 🚀

Studio Giggle kicked off the year with a return to the World Economic Forum (we're already working on WEF 2025 — watch this space!), creating some beautiful visuals. Then in April, we proudly launched Distortion Studios, Bristol's first-ever virtual production studio! Since then, Distortion Studios has hosted a range of exciting shoots, from a nature documentary and TVC to a short film and even a stunning recreation of the SFX in Alien: Romulus.

Meanwhile, Studio Giggle has continued to deliver exceptional animations, films, and events for our clients, agencies, and collaborators. Our brand has also undergone a transformation, with a fresh new look and the addition of our new Group CEO, Rob King, who brings invaluable leadership as we continue to grow.

As we look ahead to 2025, we are excited about the future and all the new opportunities it will bring. But before we move forward, we would like to take a moment to thank all of our wonderful friends, families, suppliers, clients, and partners. Your support has been vital to our success, and we couldn’t have reached these milestones without you.

Here’s to another year of creativity, collaboration, and growth. We can’t wait to see what lies ahead!

24/12/2024

Did you see our Christmas card? Merry Christmas once again from Studio Giggle, we hope you have a lovely festive break!

12/12/2024

Merry Christmas from Studio Giggle!

This year, our Christmas card is all about celebrating playfulness—one of the core values we bring to everything we create! After all, when better to embrace the fun and joy of play than at Christmas? 🎉

Keep your ears open... you just might recognize a familiar voice in the mix!

Are you ready to get playful this holiday season? Let the festivities begin! 🎅

05/12/2024

We're bringing back Throwback Thursday to celebrate one year since Bristol Beacon reopened and we got the opportunity to projection map onto their iconic facade. What a year it has been for Bristol Beacon, hosting some incredibly prestigious names. We're so proud to have been part of this!

05/11/2024

We're excited to share one of our latest projects! We had the incredible opportunity to create immersive visual content for a gala dinner in Monaco. Working alongside the talented team at Sleek Events, we brought the concept of “To the Moon and Back” and “Navigating New Frontiers” to life for 1,400 guests.

Our team designed 20 pieces of bespoke content using Notch, enhancing four spectacular circus acts from our friends at Cirque Bijou and setting the atmosphere throughout the evening. From a launch pad bathed in sunset light to constellations forming in the stars, our visuals took the audience on a journey from Earth to the Moon.

It was quite the event, with four 26m long, 3m high panoramic projection screens surrounding the audience we were able to create a truly immersive experience. Our content seamlessly integrated with aerial performances, robotic interactions, and even a space-themed menu!

A big thank you to Sleek Events, Cirque Bijou, On The Sly, Show Director Simon Tapping and the wider events team. It’s always a pleasure to work with teams that push the boundaries of creativity and technology

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween! This year's animation has been created by Stephen, one of our Digital/Technical Artist. He took inspiration from Disney's 'The Skeleton Dance' (1929). The animation, created in Unreal Engine, features four spooky, scary skeletons dancing the night away until the danger of sunrise! Have a spooky day!

05/07/2024

Our client wanted to film the financial district in London. This is very expensive and complicated to do. We recreated a real location in a 3D unreal environment, allowing us to control the extras, weather and film at the golden hour for as long as we wanted. Another simple way of filming if you don't need camera movements film the location with a reduced crew and use the shot as a '2D plate' and bring it in the studio.

19/06/2024

When we opened Distortion Studios, we did a week of events to make sure as many people as possible could come and experience VP. This involved two full days of demos running through lots of different virtual production scenarios, then a drinks reception, exquisitely DJed by our friends at Holotronica

If you want to find out more about VP, email [email protected]

12/06/2024

We shared the news last week that we opened Distortion Studios last month, our new virtual production studio. Distortion Studio is set up and run by the same team as Giggle and calls upon all the experience that our team has gained in the creative industries! Before we officially opened our doors to the world we filmed two projects, a TV commercial for a University and a nature documentary! Both shoots involved creating numerous Unreal Engine environments. These were made by Giggle's in house team of creatives trained in Unreal. Here are a couple of scenes from the shoots!

In the photos below, you can see the creation of one of scenes, starting in Unreal, then the art department building props, through to filming on the day and lastly, the final output!

07/06/2024

You may have noticed that we have been a little bit quieter on socials recently, well that's because last month we launched Distortion Studios, our very own Virtual Production Studio! It's something that we have working on for a while in the background whilst we still deliver beautiful content for our clients. We first started working in VP and extended reality in 2020 when we used it to enhance virtual events and corporate communication films, we realised then that we wanted to be able to bring the technology to more of our clients, and to do this we needed a studio! 4 years later, we are finally there: space found, renovations complete, shoots done and officially opened! Distortion Studios is the only virtual production studio in Bristol and we want it to be a hub for the Southwest!

We'll be sharing some more information about Distortion Studios next week, but it's very much still business as usual for Giggle, so stay tuned to see what we've also been working on this week.

28/03/2024

Want to know more about Interrogation, our short film shot in virtual production? Check out this BTS making of video explaining the process!

https://vimeo.com/789043303?share=copy

This is "Interrogation - Behind the Scenes" by Studio Giggle on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

27/03/2024

We're very excited to share Interrogation, a short film we created in Virtual Production. Interrogation follows a young detective, struggling with the interrogation of a soulless murderer. The film, written and directed by Giggle's founder, Steve Garratt and produced by our talented team was the first thing to be filmed in our new virtual production studio, Distortion Studios (which is currently being renovated before an official launch in April- stay tuned!). It was our first foray into serious virtual production workflows and an incredible learning opportunity!
We haven't posted about it before now, because it was doing the award circuits, and we are thrilled to announce that it won Best Short Film at Cannes Short Film Festival, Best Short at Best Film Awards, Selected Short Movie at the Maverick Movie Awards and nominated for Best VFX &CGI and Best Sci-Fi at Film Haus! We are so proud of the film and the awards it won! Thanks to all the cast and crew involved!
https://vimeo.com/788584689?share=copy

Detective Kove: Sarah Bennington
Alix: Robin Hemmings
Written & Directed: Steve Garratt
Producer: David Humphreys
Executive Producer: Jonathan Brigden
DOP: Sarah Smithers
Post Production: Rodrigo Sanchez
Technical Director: Nick Diacre
VFX: Edward Vosper, Iina Kuula, Sophie Panteli
Assistant Director: Lee Rayner
Gaffer: Dave Anderson
Sound Recordist: Graeme Willets
Focus Puller: Raf Lisbon-Hochenberg
Make Up: Naomi Lake, Claudia Lucia
Set Designer: Zoe Squire
Set Builder: Jeff Cliff
Set Painter: Nina Raines
Prop Makers: James Ashwell, Charlotte Cooke
Sound Design: Andrew Doig
Special Thanks to West of England Combined Authority and the entire Studio Giggle, Distortion Studios, Distortion Productions team.

This is "Interrogation" by Studio Giggle on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

17/03/2024

Happy St Paddy's Day!

This year's animation was created by Giggle's very talented Ed Vosper, Digital and Technical Artist extraordinaire! Ed knew he wanted to make something in the style of a kaleidoscope and took inspiration from the opening sequence of Casino Royale. The animation was made in Illustrator, Cinema 4D and After Effects.

20/02/2024

Come join our team! We're looking for a mid-weight motion graphics designer and animator to join our team of talented creatives in Bristol! We are looking for someone creatively curious, who reads between the lines, someone who asks questions and isn't afraid to learn. In exchange, you will get to work for Bristol's best Creative Agency (2 years in a row at the Bristol Life Awards), 24 days of holiday + bank holiday and a birthday day off, a monthly well-being allowance, and many more benefits!

Apply here https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3835161294

13/02/2024

Happy Pancake Day! This beautiful animation was created by Lily, who came in to do work experience with us last week. We gave Lily a mock client brief and set her the task of creating a little animation to celebrate Pancake Day. Lily curated style frames, story boards, and then began to animate her creations. She made the animation in Animate, but after a tutorial from our team, she finished the animation and added sound effects using Premiere, a completely new software to her. Whilst Lily was with us, she got the opportunity to work closely with each department in our team and learn all about the production, marketing and operations side of a creative studio, as well as working closely with our digital artists to hone her skills and learn new software.

We're incredibly impressed by Lily's style, creativity and animation skills!

31/12/2023

Happy New Year's eve! Hope you all have a wondful 2024!