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How Do Animals Do That? · documentary series graphics by Flayr FX and Jamie Steedman

A 40-episode nature documentary series on planet Earth’s animals.

Animals do the most incredible things. They have super powers humans can only dream of. On How Do Animals Do That? new science and amazing demonstrations reveal the secrets of the animal world.

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A scorpion picked out in blue light, a graphic from How Do Animals Do That?

Production and broadcast partners

  • WAG Entertainment
  • Discovery Channel
  • Animal Planet
  • Sky
  • Prime Video
  • Apple TV
About the show

Watch the sneak peek for the series.

Narrated by Hugh Bonneville, this documentary series, produced by WAG Entertainment, required motion graphics throughout, which were created by Jamie Steedman.

Available on Amazon Prime.

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The work

Graphics for every episode.

01

Series graphics

Creating the series graphics for the whole series, including the opening sting, interstitials, name straps and transitions. Uniform across the whole series.

02

Episode GFX

Graphics including animation overlays over live action footage as well as standalone 2D and 3D graphic sequences. Explainers for the narration.

03

Titles

Referred to as hero titles, each animal required an animated title to introduce the animal. Five per episode across all 40 episodes.

Episodes

Clips from the series.

Upright poster frame: how do Jesus lizards walk on water? How do Jesus lizards walk on water? Upright poster frame: how are octopuses such masters of disguise? How are octopuses such masters of disguise? Upright poster frame: how do hummingbirds fly in the rain? How do hummingbirds fly in the rain? Upright poster frame: why are hagfish the most disgusting animals on the planet? Why are hagfish the most disgusting animals on the planet? Upright poster frame: how do hippos swim so fast? How do hippos swim so fast? Upright poster frame: why don’t bats collide when they swarm? Why don’t bats collide when they swarm? Upright poster frame: how do cheetahs run so fast? How do cheetahs run so fast?
Showreel

Watch the spectacular graphics in our reel.

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How Do Animals Do That? — graphics reel

The most incredible animal facts — How Do Animals Do That? compilation

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