Close-Up is an ethnographic research and video agency. We capture stories of lived experiences and make sense of what people think, feel, and do. Our films and insights help clients to design, evaluate, and communicate better policies, products, and services.

Taking both person-centred and place-based approaches, we spend time with people where they are. We deliver comprehensive edits and clips for social media. We also offer remote/diary research, vox pops. podcasts, photography, and co-design & training workshops.

Below are a mix of animation examples we’ve also produced, involving: traditional cartoon-style animation; stop-motion involving physical objects, drawings animated over live action footage, live hand-drawn illustration with paper cut-outs, and kinetic typography.