We help businesses turn complex messages into clear, engaging visual communication that people understand, remember and act on.

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17+ years making
messages land

Trusted to make important messages land

  • Sky
  • Viridor
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • NHS
  • King's College London
  • BBC
  • Pennon
  • New Look
  • Hadley Group
  • ADHD Foundation
  • Keele University
  • Claybody Theatre
  • University of Derby

For more than 17 years, we’ve found creative ways to help people understand, remember and act.

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Your message

Important, but complicated, technical and easy to ignore.

1

Understand

We turn the complicated into something clear, whoever your audience is.

2

Remember

Characters and stories that stick long after the video ends.

3

Act

Content planned to reach the right people and move them to do something.

PROBLEMS WE’VE HELPED SOLVE

Clearer messages. Better outcomes.

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Education

Making tutoring feel less like a luxury

A-Star Tutoring

We turned familiar moments of exam stress into an emotional campaign that helped parents understand the real value of giving their child the right support.

Product

Making a complex installation easier to follow

Oceanic Sauna + Steam

We turned technical product information into a simple visual build guide, helping installers understand the process clearly and giving the client a stronger tool to support sales and delivery.

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Community

Shining a light on Stoke’s next generation of role models

YMCA – New Avengers

We helped turn local young people into a new generation of visual heroes, using character-led storytelling to celebrate inspiring talent and paint a brighter future for Stoke.

Tourism

Giving Staffordshire a face people could connect with

Visit Staffordshire – Meet Staffy

We helped turn a familiar local symbol into a warm, memorable character that made Staffordshire’s tourism message more engaging, shareable and easier to connect with.

Ava Saves Up book cover from Pocket Money Adventures
Education

Teaching the value of money without making it feel like school

Pocket Money Adventures

We helped turn financial literacy into a story world children actually wanted to spend time in, combining Nathan Waldron’s financial expertise with characters, adventure and visual storytelling to make complex money lessons feel simple, memorable and fun.

Early years

Turning screen time into something parents can feel good about

Farm Blocks: Chip & Willow – Pig Race / GEBP Industries

We helped turn early-years learning into a playful 3D adventure, using Chip & Willow and a toy-like farm world to teach spelling through story, humour and repetition, creating educational content designed to feel like entertainment, not homework.

Arts & culture

Turning a title sequence into a celebration of a city

Hootenanna / Claybody Theatre

We created a bold, animated opening for Claybody Theatre’s New Year’s Eve extravaganza, using playful visual storytelling to weave Stoke-on-Trent, its people and its character into the identity of the show, giving the city a starring role from the very first frame.

Public health

Making public health messages feel less like public service announcements

Stokie Street / VAST

We helped turn complex topics like vaccination, exercise and mental health into short, character-led stories rooted in everyday life, using relatable conversations and real voices to make important messages feel more accessible, human and easier to engage with.

Careers

Bringing the workplace into the classroom

Good Employer Encounters / Careers & Enterprise Team

We created a live-action case study following teachers visiting JCB, showing how first-hand employer experiences can help educators connect classroom learning to real careers, skills and opportunities, while also encouraging more employers to get involved and share their expertise.

Research

Turning years of research into a story people could understand in minutes

Avatar 2 / King’s College London

We transformed the findings of a major medical research project into a clear, engaging animation, distilling complex data, evidence and outcomes into a concise visual story that could be shared more easily across the NHS and with wider international audiences.

Manufacturing

Showing a global manufacturer’s reach in one spin of the globe

Hadley Group

An animation summarising Hadley’s ability to create and distribute custom profiles around the world.

Engineering

Making heavy engineering easy to see inside

Xtrutech – XTS19

A full CAD model animation of pipelines and machinery, including working pipeline examples, voiceover and sound.

Working with Carse and Waterman Productions is always a pleasure. They have brought my idea to life and the end result far exceeds my expectations. The detail of the work and the service throughout is excellent and it’s not as expensive as you might think. Highly recommended!

Lisa CooperHadley Group

THE STUDIO

We work in a bank. (We kept the vault.)

We're a visual communication studio in Stoke-on-Trent. Our in-house team of animators, artists, technologists and storytellers turns complex ideas into films, characters and experiences that people understand, remember and act on.

And we don't stop at making it. We plan where your content goes too, from social and digital to live events and immersive experiences, so it reaches the right people and moves them to act.

  • 📍 Stoke-on-Trent
  • 🏦 A historic former NatWest bank
  • 🎬 Everything under one roof
The front of the Carse & Waterman studio, a historic former NatWest bank in Stoke-on-Trent
HQ: The Bank, Stoke-on-Trent

TAKE THE TOUR

A creative space like no other.

Private 4K cinema

With Dolby Atmos surround sound. Popcorn optional.

Training classroom

Purpose-built for workshops, training and CPD sessions.

Filming & sound recording

Full production facilities, from voiceover to final cut.

The original bank vault

Yes, really. No, we won't tell you what's in it.

COME AND SEE IT Pop in for a brew and a tour.

The kettle's always on. Bring your idea, your problem, or just your curiosity.

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Get a free quote

Tell us what you’re trying to achieve.

You don’t need a finished brief or to know whether the answer is animation, film or something else. Tell us the problem and who needs to understand it, and we’ll help find the clearest way forward.

  1. 1
    Tell us the problemA few lines is plenty: what you need people to understand, remember or do.
  2. 2
    We’ll talk it throughWe read every message and get back to you to ask the right questions.
  3. 3
    You get a clear proposalAn approach, a timeline and a quote. No obligation.
Urgent project? Call us on 01782 414941 or email info@carseandwaterman.com.

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