Work / Series

MarcoPolo Learning

Over an hour of educational shorts teaching counting, shapes and drawing, for a Kidscreen Award-winning ed-tech brand.

ClientMarcoPolo Learning
CategorySeries
Craft2D animation
Year

The story

1, 2, 3... can you count? Learning to count is one of the most important early skills for children, and MarcoPolo Learning, a global leader in ed-tech and a Kidscreen Award winner, asked us to help teach it. With the expert guidance of Dr Nermeen Dashoush, we produced 20 fun, educational shorts, over an hour of content in all. They teach children to count from 1 to 10 and in 2s, 5s and 10s, recognise basic shapes, draw simple animals and write numbers correctly.

What we did

We built a tabletop camera set-up and filmed the illustration process in live action. From there we used a mix of software to bring the drawings to life, including Blender, Toon Boom and After Effects. The result is a delightful blend of live action, animation and learning, and it was a joy to make. We are looking forward to inspiring more young minds through creative, educational content.

Credits

Creative director and animation directorAsa Movshovitz
WritersDean Wilkinson, Tiernan Douieb, Asa Movshovitz, Matthew Freeman
TDJoana Gaspar
Art directorsHelena Kampen, Yulia Saraswati
IllustratorKatie Tuckwell
StoryboardsKatie Tuckwell, Mahnoor Khan
AnimaticsAsa Movshovitz, Sean English
AnimatorsTomek Tragarz, Katie Tuckwell, Yulia Saraswati
After EffectsSean English, Joana Gaspar, Asa Movshovitz
Educational leadDr Nermeen Dashoush
MarcoPolo Learning executive producersJordana Drell, Justin Hsu