Environmental stories that people can understand, feel and act on. We bring science, nature and campaigns to life through film, animation and imaginative design.
Explore our work ↗From an environmental campaign identity to an animated explanation of a possible future.
▶ Watch film ↗A connected educational campaign about plastic waste in Sri Lanka, developed for Cefas and the Central Environment Agency.
A distinctive two-fish-and-bottle motif connects the animation with the wider campaign. Television spots in English, Sinhala and Tamil sit alongside radio and newspaper material.
▶ Watch film ↗Why we manage deer. An animation for Natural England explaining the vital relationship between wild deer, woodland ecology and management.
▶ Watch film ↗An animation for the Science Museum exploring what a possible low-carbon economy could look like in 2050. Making an abstract future accessible through visual storytelling.
Clear, engaging copy that makes environmental science accessible and gives people a reason to care and become personally involved.
Copywriting for Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh about Restoration Forth, a project restoring seagrass meadows and native oysters in the Firth of Forth.
Translating dense scientific research material to create accessible stories that bring these marine habitats to a wider audience, explaining their importance and the work to restore them.
Clear visual messaging for all audiences. We create powerful multilingual campaigns, with versions tailored to different languages and visual storytelling for the widest range of audiences including non-literate people.
Names, visual identities and adaptable campaign assets. A recognisable idea carried consistently through film, print and digital channels, with multilingual versions and visual messaging shaped around each audience.
Documentary, interviews, location filming and campaign films. Human stories grounded in the places, people and evidence behind your project.
Scripts, storyboards and animation that make scientific processes, environmental challenges and future scenarios clear and engaging.
Illustration, infographics, publications, panels and digital content. Thoughtful design that helps audiences follow the story.
Clear, engaging writing for environmental projects and campaigns. We turn scientific information into accessible stories, shaped around your audience.
Clear, engaging websites for environmental organisations, projects and campaigns. We bring together thoughtful design, accessible content and intuitive navigation to help people understand your work and get involved.
We start with the audience and the change you want to achieve. Working with scientists, project teams and communications leads, we develop a clear narrative and build the right production team around the brief.
Clarify the evidence, audience and purpose. Agree the message, intended response and how the work will support your wider programme.
Develop scripts, storyboards and visual ideas together. Build in scientific review, language adaptation and checks for cultural relevance before production.
Agree deliverables, budget, timetable and review stages. Produce coordinated film, animation and design assets, with versions for the audiences and channels you need.
Every commission needs a different combination of skills. Atacama leads the creative work and brings together specialist collaborators, often working as distributed teams, to suit the subject, location and audience.
For location filming, we plan the crew and local support around the assignment. Where needed, this includes local filmmakers, producers, fixers and interpreters to help with access, permissions, logistics and community liaison.
Translation is part of the creative process. Scripts, voice-over, subtitles and graphic layouts need to work in each language, with visual approaches for literate and non-literate audiences.
We agree scientific review and contributor consent requirements with your team. Sensitive subjects need accurate explanations, respectful representation and a clear understanding of who the story is for.
We scope the formats, review rounds, rights and handover at the outset. Planning films, social edits, stills and design together helps your budget work across the campaign and keeps the outputs consistent.
A nature recovery programme, a research project, a public campaign or a complex idea that needs explaining. Tell us where you’re starting.
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