Better Days (I Came By Train)

Our planet is  in trouble! The problem is, most genuine efforts to make a meaningful difference has us sticking our collective heads in the sand. Why? We suspect it has a lot to do with hormones like Cortisol, triggering a fight-or-flight response, instead of making us feel empowered.

This is what inspired us to approach this video in a completely different way, taking aim at Dopamine, the pleasure and motivation hormone, instead.

Inspired by Saturday morning cartoons and anime, channeling Hayao Miyazaki and Disney’s Fantasia with gorgeous landscapes and emotionally charged performances, we wanted to reach viewers through a nostalgic connection to something enjoyable and beautiful from their childhood, focused around nature and exploration.

The film uses traditional animation techniques, painstakingly drawn frame-by-frame by hand, to give it an unmistakably human quality, emphasising the fragility of our ecosystem and reminding us what’s at stake.