What Life in a Day (re-)taught me about community and collaboration online
It has been a month since Life in a Day 2020 launched to the world, first premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, and then on YouTube. The response has been extremely gratifying - approaching 14…
5 Thoughts on this week's Airbnb announcement
Reflections on brand and performance marketing This week, Airbnb founder & chief exec Brian Chesky ruffled feathers by declaring that the brand will massively decrease performance marketing and…
What I learnt in ad school
Flying Object senior creative Cat Howarth studied Advertising at Falmouth, and went on to work for some of the largest agencies in London, including Mother, before joining our team. She explains how…
Going Live
It’s easier than ever to broadcast live to an audience. Producer George Bergel talks through the things to know. A live broadcast used to mean a hugely complex and technically demanding undertaking -…
How Much and How Long?
We get asked this a lot, so here’s a rough guide to timelines and budgets for video productions. When you need it, and how much budget you have for it, are big practical considerations when…
Something New
Back in August of last year, we published a research report with Wellcome looking into the ways young people successfully managed their mental health during the Covid-19 lockdown. We developed…
How we helped capture a single day in the weirdest year ever
After a year’s work, Life in a Day 2020, the feature film produced by RSA Films in association with Flying Object, is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this Monday. Annie chatted to Tim about…
#ShantyTok
A return to the great era of internet collaboration? TikTok, the unlikely hero of last year, has once again stepped in just as 2021 was starting to look really dicey. Out of nowhere, a nineteenth…
Three January Resolutions for Brands
So 2021 might not be the fresh start we all hoped for - but there's important work to be getting on with. Here's our top three resolutions for marketing managers Fix the plumbing and articulate your…
2020, as told by Flying Object Freelancers
2020 hasn’t been your run of the mill twelve months and, in a year of bleak headlines, one in particular has stuck out to us. The freelance industry have had to deal with the double hammer-blow of…