Small, Mighty VFX for Small, Mighty Filmmakers.
These days, every film or TV project could use a VFX partner. It’s just a matter of scale.
2023 Peter Lisagor Award Win for Best Social or Short-Form Video
The Chicago Headline Club has announced the winners for the 2023 Peter Lisagor Awards, and we’re honored to have won for a second year in a row for our series “WTTW News Explains”…
Emmy Award Win for Informational/Instructional Content
Your friendly neighborhood bandits are officially Emmy Award Winning friendly neighborhood bandits…
2022 Peter Lisagor Award Win for Best Social or Short-Form Video
The Chicago Headline Club has announced the winners for the 2022 Peter Lisagor Awards, and we’re honored to have won alongside our friends at WTTW News / PBS for our series “WTTW News Explains”…
Know Your Ratios
We love seeing brands play in all of the social media sandboxes, but unfortunately the platforms aren’t above p*ssing in each other’s sandboxes. They do not always play well together. More specifically: they all have their own preferences for image and video dimensions…
Introducing Broadsheet Radio—A Podcast Network
Avid podcast listeners and storytellers at our core, we are ecstatic to introduce you to the newest part of The Banditry Co. family: Broadsheet Radio…
Level Up Your Live Stream and Virtual Events
Even before there were stay-at-home orders and work-from-home programs, businesses have stressed about staying connected and creating more digital content. Or, better yet, creating more live digital content…
To Animate or To Shoot?
That is the question...at least when it comes to the world of video marketing tools. Firstly, there’s no need for this to devolve into a Jets vs. Sharks situation. Both avenues have their values, applications and quite a bit of overlap. But…
Holiday Wishes from The Banditry Co.
Wishing you a holiday filled with good company and warm conversation. Whether you spend the season with family you were born with or the family you found, we hope it’s a good one. Oh, and…
Meet The Banditry Co.—An Interview with Voyage Chicago
Earlier this year we had the pleasure of being asked to interview with Voyage Chicago, a web magazine featuring Chicago’s most inspiring stories and creatives. We chatted with the Voyage Chicago gang about when, why and how…
Working With Non-Profits
We just wrapped up a project for an amazing non profit and it has us reeling in the best way. Working with non profit partners gives us a little bit of a high. We’re just…
So…Why do you need a video?
Why do you need a video? Because it’s the most valuable and engaging medium, has the best ROI and it’s 2019 so like, you’re already behind? According to Forrester Research, one minute of video is worth…
A Very Banditry Holiday Animation
The holidays are upon us and it will be 2019 entirely too soon. Before you run off to stuff your faces and celebrate with your families, please enjoy this little holiday animation we made you…
Yes, You Can Afford an Animated Video
Look, I get it. You’re expected to do a lot with a little so it’s easy to assume that you don’t have enough to do anything. And videos? They’re fancy, they’re flashy, I mean heck…
#Process Post: 3D Character Sculpt
From pieces of projects that maybe don’t make the final cut to little ditties we craft to keep our skills sharp, there are all sorts of things we create at The Banditry Co. that don’t…
We Moved! The New Banditry HQ
Your friendly neighborhood bandits, here. Just dropping by to let you know we moved. Why, you ask? Well, it wasn’t because the fuzz found us out or we had to make ourselves disappear or anything…
Animation–It's More Than a Sales Tool
Animation is everywhere. In fact, animation has grown so ubiquitous in the world of commercial design, entertainment and user experience, that you probably don’t even register every encounter. In the marketing space, animation is widely…
The Perks of Working With a Creative-Run Studio
There are a lot of different types of creative businesses out there—advertising agencies, design studios, marketing firms, yadda yadda—and with them, a lot of different company / leadership structures. One of those structures is the…