Story-based animation for business.Pick who you are. Watch what I’d make for you.
Thousands of staff, departments that don’t agree, one go-live. A short story shows everyone the finished project before the build starts. See the IT programme films →
Ken McHardie · more than 15 years in corporate video · inside 28 organisations’ projects
Now playing SAP go-live Monday
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For IT programmes and projects
One picture of the finished project.Before the build starts.
A two-minute story follows one person through their Monday after go-live, so every stakeholder pictures the same finished project.
Four hours of slides at kickoff, and everyone walks out picturing a different system. Then a short story of the finished system, before the build starts.
Public information people understand.Told as a short story.
A new service, a rule change, a system going live. Most people won’t read the page about it. They’ll watch someone like them go through it, with captions, a transcript and an audio-described version.
We talk. I write it.You see every scene before it moves.
Shown with a real one: SAP go-live Monday, made for programmes facing the 2027 deadline.
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We talk
Half an hour on a call. I read your documents and website first, so we start on what matters.
The brief: thousands of people at a mine site move to new SAP screens on one Monday. Show them that Monday before it happens.
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I write the story
One person, one day, the old way and the new. You sign off the script.
Meet Sam. He plans maintenance at a mine site. Twelve years in the old screens. He can raise a work order with his eyes shut. On go-live Monday, he can’t find it. The crew is waiting.
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You see every scene
Every scene as a still frame. You sign them off before anything is animated.
Scenes 3, 4 and 5, signed off as stills
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Then it moves
Animation, a professional voice, music and captions. Versions for your website, social media and your LMS.
Usually about three weeks from our first conversation.
Fixed prices, on one page.Corporate work is quoted.
Priced by length, from a one-minute film, with the script, a professional voice, music and captions included. Four videos of the same length are 10% off. See the prices →
About
One person makes every video.From the first conversation to the final cut.
Storytelling consultants teach your leaders to tell stories. I make the story of your project, your business or your service.
More than 15 years in corporate video. I ran Petro-Canada’s corporate video channel, and a video platform that sent video to 5,000 staff.
30 years supporting software development teams and large corporate IT departments, inside 28 organisations, including BP, IBM, Microsoft, Sonic Healthcare and Queensland Police.
25 years running my own business. I know what a small business owner is trying to say to a client.
Ten years a developer, then over 20 a technical writer: breaking complicated work into steps people can follow.
E-learning since 2005. Hours of animated training, including a 16-part animated course that runs to three hours. I build in Articulate Rise 360.
PRINCE2 and ITIL v3 Foundation. I talk to your project team the way they talk to each other.
Questions
The short answers.Ask me anything else.
What does it cost?
Fixed prices by length, from a one-minute film, are on the prices page. Corporate work is quoted, because every job is different.
How long does it take?
About three weeks from our first conversation, depending on how quickly the script and the scenes are signed off.
Is it made with AI?
The scenes and the animation are made with AI tools, from a script and a storyboard you sign off. The story comes from our conversation, and nothing is animated until you’ve approved every scene.
Will it look like AI?
Watch The moment the rules matter and judge for yourself. You see every scene as a still first, and anything that looks wrong is redrawn before it moves.
What if a scene isn’t right?
I work on the script with you until you’re happy with it. On the video, you get two rounds of changes. A third round of changes to the video, or any after it, is A$250 + GST a round, to cover the extra production time and costs. If something in the animation itself goes wrong, such as a hand or a cup that moves the wrong way, I fix it at no cost, in a 2D animated explainer or film-style.
Will it work in our LMS or Rise 360?
Yes. Each story comes as a captioned video, ready for a Rise 360 lesson, Storyline or any LMS.
What do you need from me?
A half-hour conversation, your website or documents, and quick sign-offs on the script and the storyboard. How I break your idea down →
Will you sign our NDA?
Yes, before we start. The story needs your situation, not your secrets, so you never have to send anything confidential.
Who owns the finished video?
You do. Use it on your website, LinkedIn, intranet, LMS and in presentations.
Contact
Start a conversation.Tell me what you need, and when.
A line or two is enough. I’ll come back to you by email.
