Fire Starter Studios

09/26/2025

This , we’re revisiting one of our favorite animation campaigns for Better Help. 🎨✨ For this series of videos, we got to explore a moody, cinematic style of animation that we absolutely love—every frame crafted like a graphic-novel panel.

Expression, body language, light, and shadow all work together to tell a story so powerful you don’t need words to understand it.

Here’s a glimpse at some of the images created across the multiple videos in this campaign—projects that remind us why we love visual storytelling and why we’re excited for what’s coming next.

In celebration of our 10th anniversary, this is a glimpse at some of the images from one of our favorite animation campaigns featuring graphic-novel style an...

09/16/2025

"Independent to me was a very American word... a word that got this country started. And it was a word I kind of leaned on my whole life… I wanted to be able to be free to be experimental." ~ Robert Redford

That belief became the foundation for the Sundance Institute, which redefined what was possible in cinema. As the world pauses to remember Robert Redford, an artist, a visionary, and a trailblazer, we recall a man who didn’t just champion independent film—he built the ecosystem where it could thrive.

We were privileged to meet and interview him for our United States of Arts series in an episode completely devoted to his groundbreaking Sundance Institute. https://youtu.be/4XDOXDiD5H4

Discovering the role that the National Endowment for the Arts played in the founding of the landmark Sundance Institute. Featuring: Robert Redford, Pat Mitch...

09/12/2025

It really is, "An Honor Just to be Nominated!"
In celebration of the Emmys this weekend, our is a look back at the years we were nominated for our documentary series "United States of Arts!"

Here's to the 2025 nominees🥂! Celebrate your achievements and have fun! It's a great party to be invited to.

Thank you again to the amazing team at Fire Starter Studios, the National Endowment for the Arts, and every artist and arts organization who allowed us to tell your stories!

09/10/2025

A little fog 🌫️ + light bounce + 💡 = on screen magic! 🎥🪄

09/04/2025

A dolly track a day keeps the bumps away. 🎥

08/29/2025

It's time for another to celebrate our 10th Anniversary. This week the spotlight is on Appalshop

We were thrilled to celebrate the filmmakers, artists, musicians, and educators who have been supporting and uplifting their appalachian community for over 50 years!

These artists, the films they've created, and the work they do in and around Whitesburg, Kentucky inspires us to this day!

What are your favorite local arts organizations making an impact?

This short form visual piece depicts the lasting impact of a group of young documentary filmmakers who in 1969 dedicated their skills and training within the...

08/20/2025

We've got a new sport for the LA28 Olympics... Production Truck Tetris! 🎥🧩🚛 Who's in?

08/15/2025

This week, continuing our celebration of Fire Starter Studios' 10th Anniversary with what's been one of the most meaningful collaborations of the past 10 years. Helping tell the stories that fight hunger worldwide is the kind of work that fuels us.

We’re proud to have created multiple projects for WFP USA and the World Food Programme over the last 10 years and can't wait to see what this amazing organization does next.

This is "WFP - Zero Hunger Generation - Animated" by Fire Starter Studios on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

08/14/2025

The audience sees the shot. We see everything it takes to get there.

05/20/2025

Where the director's vision comes to life, one frame at a time. ✨

04/17/2025

Which is easier—creating new videos from scratch or refreshing what you’ve already got? 🌼
Spoiler Alert: It’s the second one 😉
Start your video spring clean here → https://firestarter-studios.com/blog/spring-video-refresh-a-5-step-guide/

Spring Clean Your Video Library in 5 Steps Spring has arrived—the season of fresh starts, new energy, and, yes, decluttering. But instead of asking, "Does this spark joy?" ask, "Does this still represent my brand?" Just like forgotten projects tucked away in the back of the dra