An animated podcast pairing a religious expert with an endlessly curious questioner. Upbeat conversations bring curriculum topics to life and encourage students to keep asking questions.
Education · Film & animation
BBC Bitesize
Bringing the curriculum to life.
Client / partners
BBC
Education · Film & animation
What we made
- Educational film and animation across ten BBC projects
- Religious Education series
- Technology & Design series
- English with Media Education films
Intended use
Curriculum-led learning, with film and animation shaped around the BBC’s audiences and educational objectives.
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Animation & educational video productionThe brief
Across ten BBC projects, SlackPress has created educational content that makes complex subjects approachable. Our work combines creative development, scripting, filming, animation and close collaboration with education specialists and BBC editorial teams.
Our contribution
From initial treatments and storyboards to user testing, revisions and final delivery, we shape each production around its audience and learning objectives.
Selected series
Different subjects.
The same curiosity.
A former student reconnects with his technology teacher to discover what he missed at school. Presenter-led explanations and motion graphics explore design, materials, manufacturing and control systems, with careers interviews linking learning to the workplace.
Scripted, cast and produced in full by SlackPress. The series was also adapted for a GCSE audience.
Educational content supporting students’ understanding of English and media. The commission’s curriculum scope included writing, poetry, critical reading, spoken English and media literacy.
In Introducing Genre, the same script is presented in four different genres. The example invites students to explore how creative choices change the way a story is understood.
“The animations are tremendous and I know some of the subject matters were quite complex too.”Peter Crutchley · BBC NI
For educational commissioners
From the learning brief
to the finished series.
SlackPress brings script development, contributor planning, filming and animation together around the audience and subject. Our Bitesize work shows how a consistent production approach can support different subjects, formats and age groups.
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Project team
Amy Lowry
Executive Producer
Simon Black
Executive Producer
Laura Conlon
Production Manager
John Fitzsimons
Director of Photography / Editor & Motion Graphics Artist
Ryan O’Rourke
Director of Photography / Editor & Motion Graphics Artist
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