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28 May 2016

A win for media co-op at the Royal Television Society Scotland Awards 2016

Our animation Trauma and the Brain won best Animation and VFX at this year’s Royal Television Society Scotland Awards. Ann Hayne, our partner at NHS Lanarkshire EVA Services said: ‘We’re absolutely delighted to win this award. We couldn’t believe we got to this stage. For me it was really just about getting that message across in […]

25 May 2016

Nominated at the Royal Television Society Awards 2016 for Best Post-Production: Editing

We’re so proud of Vilte as one of three editors nominated in her category, one of the only women nominated in a technical category, and one of few women under 30 up for an award. Vilte’s nominated for her work on The Wee Govan Pipers/Pìobairean Beaga Bhaile Ghobhainn for MG ALBA and The Golden Road […]

24 May 2016

5 reasons to use animation for sensitive subjects

Trauma and the Brain is nominated for a Royal Television Society Scotland Award 2016 for Animation and VFX. NHS Lanarkshire’s Ending Violence and Abuse Services wanted a film to explain to professionals the impact that trauma can have on the brain and how it affects memory. We made them an animation and wanted to share […]

We’re nominated as Inspiring Co-operative of the Year 2016

You can vote here for media co-op as Inspiring Co-operative of the Year 2016. 14 June is the deadline. We’re so chuffed to be nominated as one of the most inspiring companies in this year’s Co-operatives UK awards. Read more about it here. A thousand thank-yous to Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) for nominating us, […]

16 April 2016

Two RST Award nominations

media co-op got not one but two nominations for the 2016 Royal Television Society Scotland Awards! Vilte Vaikute is shortlisted for Best Editor for our BBC TV documentary ‘The Wee Govan Pipers’, and our film for Scotland’s Children’s Commissioner ‘The Golden Road’. And our animation ‘Trauma and Brain’ for NHS Lanarkshire is up for Best […]

15 March 2016

A beginners guide to making info graphics

Infographics are on the rise, these short (usually) animated films that take something that is (usually) dull and long and make them into a short, (usually) funny, easily digestible cartoon. If you are commissioning an infographic animation and want to know what all the stages are here is a handy wee guide. Click to download […]

3 March 2016

Designer wanted

media co-op is an ethical film and digital media agency, based in Glasgow, working exclusively on projects with social benefit. If you are an up-and-coming freelance designer with imagination and flair (and preferably a good grasp of CSS – though not essential) we would love to meet you. We are currently looking for another team […]

8 December 2015

New Broadcast documentary by Media co-op

Pìobairean Beaga Bhaile Ghobhainn / The Wee Govan Pipers One-hour documentary by media co-op on BBC ALBA Friday 1st Jan 2016 at 8pm (repeated 3 Jan 2016) They’re ten years old. They’re Scottish, Chinese and Nigerian. They can reduce a grown policeman to tears. They might just be the future of Scotland’s urban bagpipes. “The Wee […]

15 September 2015

4 month paid Internship

media co-op is offering a 4-month paid Internship for a UX / User-centred Designer interested in social histories and online archives media co-op is a multi award-winning and proudly ethical digital media production co-operative, set up in 2004 to work on projects for social good. You will work as part of the team delivering a […]

11 September 2015

Six animated resources from media co-op.

Here’s six recent animations made by media co-op. These are all publicly available training resources which you and/or your colleagues may find useful in your work. We hope you find this useful. Please share & forward. Trauma and the Brain This 6-minute animation explains the impact trauma can have on response, emotion and memory. Professionals working with service users […]

3 June 2015

UX / Developer FOUR MONTH PAID INTERNSHIP

media co-op has an exciting paid 4 month internship opportunity for a talented UX / Developer with a progressive digital production company (that’s us). media co-op is a multi award-winning and proudly ethical digital media production company. We established ourselves in 2004 with the aim of working on projects for social good. You will work […]

21 May 2015

Royal Television Society Award for media co-op

We were very chuffed last night to be awarded by the Scottish Royal Television Society for our film “Every School Needs a Pipe Band” Here’s Vilte holding our award. Thanks to everyone who worked on it, the families and tutors who agreed to be filmed and Fair Play for Pipes for commissioning us to make […]