--- title: Video and animation date: 2026-06-10T01:19:00+10:00 author: Portable canonical_url: "https://portable.com.au/capabilities/storytelling-and-creative/video-and-animation" section: Capabilities --- It’s 7:30am. A phone lights up with news alerts, policy announcements, fundraising appeals and work updates, with each one insisting it matters. Most are skimmed, ignored, or muted. Not because people don’t care, but because attention is already spent. You’ve felt this yourself. When everything is urgent, nothing quite lands. Messages blur together and overwhelm turns into disengagement. Now imagine trying to share something that genuinely matters in that environment. A service that could help. A change designed to make life better. The intent and evidence is there, but without connection, it disappears into the noise. ### In moments like these, storytelling is what cuts through. Our storytelling capability helps organisations create purposeful narratives that move people emotionally, build their understanding, and make action feel possible, especially where issues are complex, sensitive, or deeply human. ## What we help you accomplish ### Storytelling helps people make sense of change, and find their way through. We support organisations to: - launch new initiatives or services in ways people can actually understand and trust - communicate complex policy, reform, or social issues without losing the human reality - educate the public or specific audiences on difficult subject matter - elevate voices that are often unheard or misrepresented - bring change programs to life for communities, staff, or stakeholders Our role is to find the emotional core of what matters, and make sure people hear it. You’ll work directly with our embedded creative team - videographers, writers, producers, and animators - from concept to cut. We respond to practicalities with care and clarity, so the story doesn’t get lost in the process. [Meet with us](https://meetings-ap1.hubspot.com/joe-sciglitano/creative-services-schedule) ## What we deliver ### We design the right format, tone, and medium for your context and audience. That might include: - **Documentary video:** interview-led stories that foreground real people and real experience - **Narrative video:** Scripted or semi-scripted content with clear narrative arcs, from explainer videos to cinematic campaigns. - **Animation:** 2D or 3D animation and motion graphics that simplify the complex and visualise the invisible. - **Story and content strategy**: clarifying your core narrative, audience, and intent - **Production planning:** From scripts and schedules to shoot logistics, voiceovers and post-production. - **Co-design and storytelling workshops**: developing stories with communities or teams - **Campaign and distribution planning**: launch strategy, channels, and content rollout STORYTELLING IMPACT ## Real impact for real people, featuring their stories - ![chatsafe photo](https://portable.com.au/assets/_transforms/images/11539/0ebe7617-599c-4cfa-bfc1-acb2f9549804_chatsafe-9-social-photo_9d4872f9c2a796636aa2fac7cb2791b7.png)### 1.4millionyoung Australians reached in 12 weeks with a suicide prevention campaign they helped create. [ How we co-designed #chatsafe ](https://portable.com.au/work/case-studies/orygen-chatsafe-co-design) - ![](https://portable.com.au/assets/_transforms/images/caseStudy/meetakira/11144/X0CuKBIAACQASPsb_385ba22d576e4c13723fa16e6bd5fb2d.jpg)### 4.2millionAustralians needing aged care support [ View case study ](https://portable.com.au/work/case-studies/meetakira) - ![Trauma-informed training on forced adoption in Australia](https://portable.com.au/assets/_transforms/images/caseStudy/trauma-informed-training-on-forced-adoption-in-australia/12295/aP77HbpReVYa3r0M_385ba22d576e4c13723fa16e6bd5fb2d.png)### 250,000Australian mothers, fathers, and adopted children impacted by these policies [ How we built forced adoption training for aged care workers with DSS ](https://portable.com.au/work/case-studies/trauma-informed-training-on-forced-adoption-in-australia) ## Our approach - ### [We start by listening](https://portable.com.au/work/case-studies/sharing-a-survivors-story-to-drive-deeper-engagement) We hold people’s stories carefully, whether they belong to victim-survivors of family violence, people navigating health or mental health journeys, communities affected by policy change, or staff working through organisational transformation. Sharing survivor story's - ### [We design through complexity](https://portable.com.au/work/case-studies/aboriginal-community-communications-culturally-safe-content) The challenges we work with are often systemic, emotional, and human. We use creative thinking to find clear, hopeful paths through that complexity without flattening it. Aboriginal-led responses - ### [We work shoulder to shoulder](https://portable.com.au/work/case-studies/vsac-participant-led-storytelling) The best stories emerge through collaboration. We work closely with clients, communities, and stakeholders from beginning to end. Driving reform - ### [We believe story-telling is human](https://portable.com.au/work/case-studies/supporting-health-initiatives-through-storytelling) Stories connect in ways other forms of communication can’t. They engage emotionally, scale across audiences, and move people to action. Storytelling as a style ## Ready to tell a better story? ### We’re ready when you are. [Book a conversation](https://portable.com.au/contact-us) with our Creative Services team to talk about how storytelling could work for your next project. ## More examples of our work - ![](https://portable.com.au/assets/_transforms/images/caseStudy/re-engaging-alumni-to-drive-enrollments/36088/aiC8jQeQX7-eWsQW_638b64f2391dff6e364e5709b4734889.png)### [Re-engaging alumni to drive enrollments](https://portable.com.au/work/case-studies/re-engaging-alumni-to-drive-enrollments) - ![](https://portable.com.au/assets/_transforms/images/caseStudy/sharing-a-survivors-story-to-drive-deeper-engagement/11985/agznoqYofJOwHZ7r_638b64f2391dff6e364e5709b4734889.png)### [Sharing a survivor’s story to drive deeper engagement](https://portable.com.au/work/case-studies/sharing-a-survivors-story-to-drive-deeper-engagement) - ![](https://portable.com.au/assets/_transforms/images/caseStudy/supporting-health-initiatives-through-storytelling/12141/agaViaYofJOwHQvl_638b64f2391dff6e364e5709b4734889.png)### [Supporting health initiatives with the right storytelling style](https://portable.com.au/work/case-studies/supporting-health-initiatives-through-storytelling) - ![](https://portable.com.au/assets/_transforms/images/caseStudy/aboriginal-community-communications-culturally-safe-content/7854/afvHZ8BOoF08xspt_638b64f2391dff6e364e5709b4734889.png)### [Communicating Aboriginal-led responses to family violence](https://portable.com.au/work/case-studies/aboriginal-community-communications-culturally-safe-content)