Development

Studio Hackett is first and foremost a place where people share ideas, create content that engages and a place that enjoys new collaborations.

James Hackett is a thought leader in the creation of content and branding. Over 20 years, he has marked his place as a trusted advisor to many. Creatives, broadcasters, corporations and production companies seek his advice about creative direction and branding for optimal audience engagement. James has spoken at universities, conferences and professional development days. If you’d like to have James speak at your event, contact us.

Alternatively, if you have a creative project you’d like to discuss with our team, no matter what stage of development it is at, come and see us.

05.06.24

Tarryn Love x The Blak Infinite x RISING

The folks at RISING invited our studio to breathe animated life into the beautiful work of Gunditjmara Keerray Woorroong artist, Tarryn Love. Together, we would create an immersive nighttime projection as part of the The Blak Infinite program, hosted in …

05.06.24

RISING 2024 – brand logo

We are delighted to work with the RISING team on their evolving brand and design the moon logo for the RISING 2024 festival! The RISING brand continuously evolves its key visual element, but still remains consistent, recognisable and familiar. Inspired …

15.01.24

Ninganah Lullaby x ABC Kids

The ABC Kids Lullaby is loved by children and parents around the country. For 2024’s lullaby we worked with the wonderful team at the ABC and the legendary musician Troy Casser-Daley to write, direct and produce an animation for his …

18.12.23

Family Voice, Family Choice x Australian Aboriginal Child and Family Services

The Australian Aboriginal Child and Family Services asked us to produce a 3-minute animated documentary of an Indigenous family reflecting on their experience with the Family Group Conferencing (FGC) process. ‘Family Voice, Family Choice’ uses 2D animation to maintain interviewee …

18.12.23

Mob Mindfulness, Switch Off & Talking Matters x ReachOut Australia

The Gilay team worked with ReachOut Australia once again to ideate and execute content to help people with the mental health impact of the Voice to Parliament referendum in October 2023. We wrote, directed and produced animations, gifs, comic strips, …

12.09.23

Language Alive, Culture Thrive x NSW Aboriginal Languages Trust

In 2023, the NSW Aboriginal Languages Trust asked us to write, design and animate a not-so-typical explainer video. The brief was to weave historical truth-telling, staunch advocacy, policy changing moments and document the Trust’s Strategic Plan that looks to the …

23.08.23

National NAIDOC Week Awards Ceremony

In collaboration with our friends at Blacklock Media, Studio Gilay produced a kaleidoscopic tribute to Country for the NAIDOC Week Awards Ceremony 2023. Adapting the artwork of Bobbi Lockyer, our team produced a whopping total of 90 animated videos in …

25.07.23

History Week 2023

Our studio designed and produced the overall visual theme for History Council NSW’s History Week 2023: Voices from the Past. This included designs for web and social pages which would also be used for the Annual History Lecture and the …

21.04.23

Back To The Outback

Studio Gilay crafted this illustrative 2D animated lullaby sequence for Netflix’s animated film Back to the Outback. We collaborated with Gija artist Kelly-Anne Drill, photographing her artworks at high resolution for the Sydney team to reconstruct digital versions, ready to …

16.02.23

Dancerites

Studio Gilay developed this informative and celebratory digital piece for Sydney Opera House Dancerites Festival. We crafted animated graphics and edited footage to celebrate what this festival means for Community and how much it has developed since its inception.