Stories
At Rival, storytelling is close to our hearts, and heart is what makes a great story.
We love to create compelling narratives with engaging characters, the kind of stories that take our audience on a journey and deliver a satisfying pay-off at the end (emotionally speaking of course – but paying the bills helps too!)
Animation and video is incredibly powerful when the audience feels something. It takes creativity, passion, skill and discipline to craft a compelling story, but when it all comes together, it can change your mind, motivate you to action, even change your life. Examples below.
STORIES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
Recruitment Videos
Some occupations are more than a vocation, they’re a calling. When you’re recruiting the right people for a role like this, you need to speak to their hearts as well as their minds. Here we strike a careful balance between the benefits of the role, and the emotional pull of being motivated to help those in need.
STORIES THAT CONVERT
Lead Generation Videos
Not all products and services are something you really want to be thinking about… sometimes it’s just something you need. At Rival we have the experience to craft sensitive, nuanced scripts and appealing characters, to create a story that will inspire and motivate an audience, without beating them about the ears.
STORIES FOR ATTRACTIONS
Attractions Videos
At Rival we have the talent and experience to take a simple concept or set of ideas and transform it into an engaging and entertaining narrative with depth and colourful characters.
Keep the whole family entertained at your next event with one of our amazing attraction videos.
STORIES FOR SAFEGUARDING
Stories For Schools
With engaging characters and entertaining narratives, animated stories are a great way to raise awareness of social issues amongst children. Our high production values bring the type of content that children expect and can enjoy, while the story delivers its all-important message. Here’s an example created for the award winning ‘Beware of Lurking Trolls’ campaign, created for local government, rolled out to Schools.
STORIES THAT MATTER
Stories For Charities
The versatility of animation is that it can deliver all kinds of narratives in a vast array of styles and cover everything from cute, to sensitive, to hard-hitting. In this example for a UK Charity we combine authentic spoken accounts of real women’s challenges, with a raw and understated animation style to bring out the themes of vulnerability and personal growth.
STORIES THAT STAND OUT
Stories For social
Choosing the right style is important, and choosing the right medium can make all the difference. Sometimes to drive home the message in a relatable way, you just can’t beat live-action film. We bring the same meticulous method, planning and attention to all our projects, whether in the animator’s chair or the director’s, and when needed we’re just as adept at pushing people around as we are at pushing pixels.
