BBC Tiny Happy People advent calendar

Who are Tiny Happy People?


Tiny Happy People is a BBC community that aims to support the development of language and communication skills in 0-5 year olds.

Brief


Create 12 days of Christmas advent calendar instagram stories to showcase different activities you can practice with your child.

Audience


Anyone responsible for children between the ages of 2-5 (teachers, parents, carers).

Why it mattered


The content mattered as it was actively helping to support and aid the development of children’s language.

My role


I was responsible for creating the videos and advent calendar animations for each instagram story.

The outcome


12 advent calendar instagram stories, all promoting different activities that the audience could use with their children over the festive period.

Instagram Story

My process

1 - Identify

Research similar content from other companies

Brand Colours

2 - Brainstorm

Brainstorm ideas for new content

3 - Develop

Develop assets for my content

in After Effects

4 - Improve

Improve content

after feedback

Tools used

Challenges

I was new to After Effects, however taught myself how to create animated snow and how to animate doors opening.

We needed to use square doors on a 9x16 format, this required

some trial and error to see what would look best.

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