For over 11 years, FORMAT.LDN has created motion graphics and broadcast design for the MasterCard Olivier Awards, one of the most prestigious events in the theatre calendar.
The collaboration began through AKA, following the awards’ 2011 relaunch, before evolving into a direct, ongoing relationship with the Society of London Theatre. Across more than a decade of ceremonies, FORMAT.LDN has helped shape the Olivier Awards’ visual language on screen, delivering broadcast-ready nomination packages, animated titles, live event graphics and supporting digital assets.
Each year, the work is carefully developed to sit seamlessly alongside the wider campaign, from printed materials and stage design to social media content and broadcast output. This ensures the Olivier Awards maintain a consistent, premium identity across every touchpoint.
Over the course of the partnership, FORMAT.LDN has led three major design evolutions, adapting the motion system to reflect changes in the ceremony, set design and wider visual direction. From nominee packages and transition graphics to looped screens, performance backdrops and social stings, the work has continued to evolve while retaining the elegance and stature expected of the event.
The result is a long-running creative partnership built on trust, consistency and attention to detail, supporting the Olivier Awards with a cohesive visual identity across live, broadcast and digital platforms.
We were asked to create a wide range of graphics for HBO’s First Look at Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch.
With access to an extensive archive of visual material created for the film, we were able to build a graphics package that felt entirely in keeping with its distinctive world. Drawing on the film’s editorial style, rich typography and meticulously composed visual language, we created assets that complemented the existing material while supporting the structure and pace of the programme.
The result was a considered, highly detailed graphics package that sat naturally within the world of The French Dispatch, enhancing the feature without overpowering Anderson’s unmistakable aesthetic.
We worked with Globalive Media in Canada to develop a motion ident that reimagined their brand through a space-led visual language. Shaped in close collaboration with their team, the brief was to create something cinematic and distinctive while integrating the core elements of the identity into a more atmospheric, screen-first experience.
Through 3D modelling, reflection passes and refined compositing, we produced a dynamic intro sequence with scale, depth and clarity. The finished ident feels bold and immersive — a concise brand moment built with both technical precision and visual ambition.
FORMAT.LDN was commissioned by Special Treats Productions to create the graphics package for an in-depth documentary exploring Daniel Craig’s time as James Bond. Focusing on the making of the role and its impact on both Craig and the producers behind the franchise, the film required a considered visual treatment that could support a more reflective, behind-the-scenes narrative.
Our work spanned a range of graphic elements, including press-based breakdowns and supporting on-screen content. A key part of the process involved cleaning up and reconstructing press clippings, refining them into a more polished and cohesive visual language for screen.
Working closely with director Baillie Walsh, we also developed a series of animated breakdowns designed to draw out key moments from interviews and dialogue, adding clarity, rhythm and emphasis to the storytelling. The result was a restrained but purposeful graphics package that added depth and visual structure to the documentary without overpowering the material.
FORMAT.LDN collaborated with Vincent Du on the graphics and title sequences for A Billion Chinese Dreams, a documentary series produced for Channel NewsAsia. Following reporter Zhou Yi Jun as he explored the idea of the “Chinese Dream” and what it means to people living across China today, the series called for a visual language that could feel thoughtful, contemporary and rooted in the subject matter.
Working closely with the client, we developed a graphic approach shaped by the themes of aspiration, identity and social change running through the series. Through careful use of colour, typography and image treatment, the aim was to create a screen language that could support the tone of the documentary while giving it a clear and cohesive visual identity.
Alongside the main titles, we created a wider package of in-programme assets, bumpers and TVC and trailer slates, ensuring the visual system carried consistently across the full series and its promotional rollout. The result was a refined and unified graphics package that helped frame the documentary’s themes with clarity and restraint.
FORMAT.LDN was commissioned to design and produce the cinematic motion ident for the 2018 BAFTA Film Awards, creating a piece that felt abstract and atmospheric while remaining unmistakably rooted in the BAFTA brand.
The concept centred on the visual language of diamonds, using light, reflection and faceted surfaces as the basis for a more elevated screen treatment. At the heart of the ident was the iconic 3D BAFTA mask, reworked with a bespoke texture combining glass-like qualities and high reflectivity to create a shifting interplay of light and shadow across its surface.
These elements were animated to move fluidly across the mask and title typography, building a sequence that felt precise, luminous and cinematic. The result was a sophisticated awards ident that carried a sense of prestige and anticipation, setting the tone for the season across the nominated and winning films.
Launched in January 2018, the ident was used throughout the awards campaign and screened in cinemas across the UK, giving the BAFTA Film Awards a striking and contemporary screen presence.
FORMAT.LDN was commissioned by Universal Music to create a lyric promo for ADP’s debut single, No Good For Mefeaturing Jeremih and Ebenezer.
Taking direct inspiration from the single artwork, we developed a series of visual concepts built around stylised 3D pills and drug-like forms. These were modelled and animated in a range of treatments, including neon, wireframe and cartoon-style shading, before the final direction settled on a bold wireframe aesthetic.
We created multiple animation passes, with the objects falling, exploding, emitting and reacting to forces across the frame. These elements were then layered into a kaleidoscopic treatment, giving the promo a hypnotic, graphic energy that matched the tone and rhythm of the track.
FORMAT.LDN was asked to develop a series of character animations for Suburra: Blood on Rome, the Netflix crime drama series.
Working from early concept material, footage and evolving campaign assets, we began by developing a graphic style suite that could support the show’s promotional and marketing rollout. As the wider campaign developed, the animation treatment was refined and updated to remain consistent with the final key art and visual direction.
The finished work brought the characters into motion with a bold, atmospheric graphic language, helping extend the world of the series across its digital and promotional campaign.
FORMAT.LDN was commissioned by Hilow Films to deliver a series of post-production clean-up and object removal shots.
The work involved a combination of detailed tracking, rotoscoping, paint work and set extension to correct elements within the footage while preserving the original camera movement, lighting and atmosphere. Several shots presented significant technical challenges, including complex movement, shifting shadows, reflections and changing light across the scene.
The final work was designed to remain completely invisible, allowing each shot to play naturally without drawing attention to the VFX process.
FORMAT.LDN was commissioned by Howl Films to create a series of typographic animations for the Stand Up To Cancer campaign, the joint fundraising initiative from Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK.
Designed for use at festivals around the UK, the animations helped raise awareness of the campaign through bold, direct and highly legible motion graphics. The work centred on clear typographic messaging, using movement, rhythm and graphic energy to carry the campaign’s urgent call to action into live event and public-facing environments.
Alongside the festival animations, we also created a range of supporting video and graphic assets, helping extend the campaign language across multiple formats while keeping the messaging consistent, immediate and impactful.