Intro As a black man from a working-class background navigating the Media industry, I’ve constantly come up against challenging situations, which have underscored the vital importance of having more than one diverse voice contributing to the structure of a project. While strides have been made in front of the lens, the landscape behind it remains […]
Category: Impact
Our impact: 2023-24
Studio 91’s mission is the same as it ever was. We make good video that does good. For people, platforms and the planet. This will come as absolutely no surprise if you’re familiar with who we are and what we do. That said, as a small team we’ve not always been great at shouting about […]
We’re a Better Business (work in progress)
Studio 91 is now a proud member of the Better Business Network, a growing movement to connect and support purpose-driven businesses. It does not mean we’re perfect, not by any stretch, but it does mean we care about people and planet before profit. Our mission is to create video content that’s good for people, good […]
Thanks to the wonderful people at Play It Green, we now have a climate-positive workforce. Through tips, discounts and tree planting, the Studio 91 team is being actively incentivised to make better choices for the planet. This is a really important step towards our goal of achieving Net Zero by 2025. That’s because if the […]
Sponsor us on our JustGiving page, or keep reading to find out more about why we’re running for St Ann’s Hospice! We’ve produced a lot of video content for St Ann’s Hospice over the past few years, and we’ve seen first-hand what an incredible, indispensable charity they are. We’re really proud to have them as […]
An update on our journey to Net Zero
UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: We’re now officially a Climate Positive company, which means we’ve offset at least 150% of our carbon emissions. Thanks to our partners at ON A MISSION for facilitating our carbon compensation through their worldwide reforestation projects. DISCLAIMER: this post starts off boring but gets VERY COOL by the end…bear with me. […]
We love it when we get to work with clients who share our values of putting people and planet ahead of profits. We also love it when we get to film animals. This project combined both those things in one happy marriage, as we documented one of Tyler Grange’s Community Days at Farms for City […]
It was a privilege to be a part of the Ripples of Hope Festival 2021, a mind-blowing event that explored human rights from every angle over five busy days. This annual gathering takes place at Home in Manchester but is hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. The stellar line-up of speakers included Hillary Clinton […]
Thanking Bury’s heroes
Bury Council have been really interesting to work with, because we’ve been producing video content for them throughout the pandemic. Think back to April 2020. The early days of the first national lockdown. That’s when my path first crossed with Nicola Appleby from Bury Council’s comms team. She mentioned that she had come across my […]
The Studio 91 Manifesto
We do gritty, not glossy. We do people, not products. We do storytelling, not selling. We do real, we do raw, we do social video with purpose. This is the third version of our showreel, which we’ve refreshed annually since 2018 to show the most recent video content we’ve produced. But this is the first […]