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SMALLON PURPOSE.

We make ambitious things happen. And have a damn good time doing it.

Animation / CGI / Motion / Live action
Creative thinking / Technical ingenuity
01 — 06
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01 / How we show upClose to the work. Close to you.

WE'RE IN IT.WITH YOU.

THE WAY WE WORK ↗

We get close to the challenge, stay close to the work and care about what happens after it's delivered.

Our mission ↗

We help our partners achieve their goals through creative thinking and exceptional execution.

02 / Serious playInteractive experiment no. 001

THE
PLAY
MACHINE.

We take play seriously. Exploring the weird, testing the impossible and getting our hands dirty is how we find better answers.

The experimenting happens in our lab, not in your project. We manage uncertainty so our partners can move with confidence.

↓ Make something unexpected below
Bubba's experimental division / Live system

MAKE
A LITTLE
CHAOS✳

Drag / touch / play
Real-time generative toy · Built for this pageMove or drag through the field. Each tool changes the physics. No two experiments are identical.
03 / How we get thereThree instincts. One connected process.
A little method to the madness ↘

GOOD IDEAS
TAKE GOOD
JUDGMENT.

Some challenges need fresh thinking. Others need a steady hand and extraordinary execution. Most need both.

01 / Get curious

Think.

Understand the challenge, the audience and what we're trying to accomplish.

02 / Trust judgment

Taste.

Explore possibilities and use creative judgment to choose what deserves to move forward.

03 / Make it real

Make.

Turn ideas into something exceptional with craft, ingenuity and production know-how.

04 / Intentionally independentLess overhead. More involvement.

BETTER.
NOT
BIGGER.

We're built around a small senior creative team and a trusted circle of collaborators. The people you brief are the people who stay involved.

No unnecessary layers. No elaborate handoffs. Just the right people, working closely together, taking ownership all the way through. Small isn't a stepping stone. It's a choice.

05 / The humans behind the pixelsA few good eggs.

NICE TO
MEET YOU.

Good work is a team sport. We're a tight-knit group of makers, thinkers and doers backed by a very good extended family of collaborators.

01 / CREATIVE
IN

Ian Nelson

Founder / Executive Creative Director
02 / CREATIVE
TM

Thomas Moore

Creative Director
03 / STRATEGY
FC

Fabien Camier

Strategy & Growth Director
04 / PRODUCTION
AB

Amy Beam

Producer
05 / PRODUCTION
EO

Emily O'Connor

Production Coordinator & Social
06 / FINANCE
AT

April Thomas

Finance

Real humans. Portraits coming when we have them.

06 / Still curiousLos Angeles / Then, now & next

STILL
CURIOUS.

It started in a modest L.A. apartment more than twenty years ago. The tools changed. The projects got bigger. The curiosity stuck around.

We've grown in what we can do, not in the number of layers it takes to do it. Still independent. Still experimenting. Still happiest when a challenge gets interesting.

Good work travels.

ALONG THE WAY ↗

Along the way: a Cannes Lions Grand Prix for Good for UNICEF’s Unfairy Tales, created with 180LA. Proud to have been part of it.

07 / The company we keepCreative partnerships

DIFFERENT TEAMS.SHARED AMBITIONS.

Creative agencies01 ↗
Brands & entertainment02 ↗
Production partners03 ↗
Public agencies04 ↗

Whether we're shaping the first idea or solving the last impossible shot, we work as an extension of the team. The goal is never to take over. It's to make it better.

End of page / Beginning of somethingLos Angeles · Everywhere
THAT'S US. WHAT ABOUT YOU?

LET'S MAKE
SOMETHING
HAPPEN.

Bring us the ambitious idea, the complicated brief or the question nobody's answered yet.

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