Safeguarding, explained again, for Special Olympics Ireland
Special Olympics Ireland had a safeguarding video from another supplier whose words were right but whose animation it couldn’t use. In August 2023 it asked us to rebuild the visuals around the same voiceover. We produced a new animation with the charity’s safeguarding team, and the final was signed off in February 2024.
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What Special Olympics Ireland needed, and what we made
- When
- August 2023 to February 2024
- Length
- A 3:46 animated film
- Funding
- Supported by the EU
What they needed
A safeguarding film the charity could actually use, keeping the voiceover and wording it already had, with new visuals from start to finish.
What we produced
A flat 2D animation built over the existing voiceover. We ran it with a specialist animation partner: style frames, then a storyboard the charity signed off, then animation, then subtitles and the funder’s end card.
Designed for the audience
The charity’s notes shaped the look. An easy-to-read font, a calm green instead of red, which can upset some viewers, and characters that look like its athletes, most of whom are adults.
What we delivered
- Style frames
- A storyboard, signed off first
- A 3:46 animated film
- Subtitles
- An end card for the EU funder
- Changes made with the safeguarding team
Style frames, a storyboard, signed off first, a 3:46 animated film, subtitles, an end card for the EU funder, changes made with the safeguarding team.
From brief to final
Storyboard first, then animation, with the safeguarding team at every step.
Step 01
August 2023: the brief
The charity explained what hadn’t worked with the old video and what had to stay.
Step 02
October 2023: the look
Style frames in October, then a storyboard the charity signed off before anything moved.
Step 03
December 2023: one more pass
A revised storyboard was approved, and the charity sent the clean voiceover file.
Step 04
January to February 2024: the final
The final cut went out in January, and the subtitles were signed off in February.
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