If you’re honest with yourself, the content on your internal communications platform is boring. Nobody is reading them. There could actually be a rack of reasons why your employees don’t read your intercoms but the main reason is a lack of engaging content. The problem most companies will encounter when internal communications are ignored are mistakes - and [...]

Employees and customers are hungry for information. However, for businesses to communicate effectively, it is the core questions of what, how and why that brings clarity. Explaining the “why” with animation enforces understanding and builds trust. Moreover, people are more willing to respond in a positive way when they can comprehend the purpose behind their actions. The other challenge [...]

Continuing on from Part 1 and Part 2. Disney v Warner Bros  The Golden Age of animation began in the early 1920’s and continues today. Disney was the first to transform cartoon characters into stars with the likes of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy.  The shades of Mickey Mouse first appeared in 1922 when Hugh Harman [...]

So continuing on from Part 1, Animated pictures made significant strides in the early 20th-Century. The first animated film was a series of funny faces created with stop-motion photography.  However, the foundations of animation as we know it today were laid two years later with the 1908 film, Fantasmagorie. The French artist Emile Cohl created the [...]

Those of you old enough to remember pre-millennium animation will have noticed the rapid improvement of animated films over the last 30 years. Today, 3D animation can be rendered with such accuracy it’s difficult to distinguish animated characters from real-life actors. It’s taken animators a little over 400 years to get to accomplish such an [...]

Real-Life Examples Of How Businesses Are Adopting VR Technology It doesn’t seem all that long ago since businesses made the transition to digital technology. Yet the next phase of the technological revolution in the workplace is already picking up pace rapidly; virtual reality (VR) simulators. VR technology has been slow to break into the commercial [...]

Lockdown changed the world in which we live. Social distancing and isolating at home also meant for many of us, combining home-working with home-schooling. This was a real challenge for us here at Sliced Bread, as the first few weeks of lockdown was filled with frantic activity completing projects, with our team spread out over [...]

If you’ve never worked with an animation studio before you would be forgiven for being a little unsure about what the animation process is, and how it all works. Do you want to know exactly what to expect if you work on an animation project with Sliced Bread Animation?

Stories are integral to, if not the very definition of the human experience, learning, and culture. It is said that human beings have evolved to understand their existence in terms of the structure within spoken or written accounts of connected events, with narrative being the mechanism through which we have come to construct reality and [...]

Christina came to the UK from Austria to study animation at Bristol University where her talent was spotted by Aardman Animations. She worked on a number of Aardman projects including ‘Morph’ and ‘Rex the Runt’ and was an animator on the internationally successful “Chicken Run”. A few years later, in 2002, Christina set-up Sliced Bread [...]

Scientists developing artificial intelligence (AI) are quick to point out that teaching computers to be creative is a different methodology to how the human mind can be inventive. On the flip side, German artist, Mario Klingemann says “Humans are not original.” We typically find inspiration from what has been created in the past. The question on [...]

When I was a little boy I preferred to watch cartoons than children's TV programs with adults in. I much rather preferred to tune into the cartoon town of Trumpton and watch Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew and the boys than Floella Benjamin or John Craven. Animation has the power to hold children spellbound - and [...]

The media typically cover the topic of virtual reality (VR) from an entertainment perspective. In recent years, a variety of other stories have emerged as businesses began exploring the potential of using VR technology to capitalise on cost-saving opportunities. VR, however, has a number of other uses that extend far beyond shifting stock or entertaining [...]

Employees are a company’s most important asset. Securing the top talent in your industry is only achievable if you have an awesome onboarding program. Implementing an onboarding program that is educational, thoughtful, fun and engaging fosters motivation and instils a willingness to stay and succeed with your company.

Ever wondered the process on how a 3D animation is created and the pipeline behind it? Or hear the words Pre-Production, Production and Post Production, and are unsure on the terminology? Here’s is a quick guide for you to understand all the elements behind the production pipeline for a 3D animation. 

There are lots of processes within an animation production pipeline, but 2 processes that seems to make heads turn with confusion is knowing the difference between a Playblast and a Render. Do you know the difference?

Over the years, technology has revolutionised our world. Technology has created amazing tools and resources from incredible communication inventions to medical procedures through the use of touch.

Advertising is becoming increasingly more competitive and difficult in the digital age. Want to know how to spark up your corporate animation videos?

Looking to make your own Augmented Reality (AR) application, and would like to integrate 2D and 3D into your application but unsure on how to create Target Images? Vuforia Developer is the software for you.

Ever wondered the process on how a Medical Mechanism-of-Action (MoA) Animation is created? Are you interested in developing a Medical MoA? Sliced Bread ‘Step by Step Process’ will guide you in the right direction on how to understand and achieve your desired idea.

If you’re honest with yourself – really honest – the content published on your internal communications channel is boring. Communication defines a workplace culture. Effective internal comms ensures the organisation is working together as a single cell trying to evolve and multiply.

The human brain is only able to retain a small percentage of information – even less when the student is not stimulated. As a result, the best method of learning in the current paradigm is repetition. Virtual Reality technology can enable more effective learning at a lower cost and in less time than many traditional learning methods.

When you launch a new product, your employees need to understand the features and benefits better than your customers. Engaging and informative content has become a primary focus in marketing.

If you had a superpower, what would it be? Ours is to see into the future. We can actually do this. And we can do it for you too! How does developing an animated prototype in a sprint workshop sound?

In recent years, a spate of digital healthcare apps have been introduced to help HR officials manage the health and wellbeing of employees. This new breed of wellness apps are not only designed to deliver benefits for employees, but also employers. Can VR and AR impact wellbeing of employees and others?

Animated whiteboards can be used to educate audiences about your products, company, brand and strategy. You can even use them to explain mergers, acquisitions or organisational changes. However, do you know what a whiteboard animation is and it’s advantages?

Corporate training is moving into the eLearning space, it is not always easy for trainers to easily identify areas of weaknesses in employees. However, with advanced tools that can track quantifiable data on dedicated training platforms – such as Experience API – trainers and trainees will achieve much more, much faster.

Virtual reality provides innovative ways to engage staff. Today’s employees value opportunities to learn about their jobs and grow into a role with the company they choose to work for.

In both film and animation production, there are several stages of development which contribute to producing a high-end quality product. Right at beginning of this process, before a single frame of animation is produced, there should be the storyboarding stage, this allows you to plot out the main action that goes on and to convey the correct emotion and/or message in the scene.

Do you have to work with a shoestring budget and still want experienced animators to bring your message to life? It can be done, read more to find out how.

Have you been thinking about delving into animation for your corporate communications, but not quite ready to take the plunge? Well here are 5 ways that your communications will massively benefit by coming to Sliced Bread Animation!

Following on from the success of the Kuoni Universe we recently completed another 5 hand drawn whiteboard explainer videos as part of Kuoni’s Annual Report collateral. Click here to view all 5 animations.