Heehaw

Heehaw is an Edinburgh-based video production, animation and visual effects studio founded in 2000. It combines live-action filmmaking with 2D and 3D animation, CGI and post-production, producing content for commercial brands, creative agencies, international organisations and entertainment clients. Its work spans brand storytelling, humanitarian campaigns, factual documentaries and immersive visitor experiences.

From concept to finished content

The studio provides creative development and production across a project's lifecycle. Early work includes campaign strategy, concept development, scriptwriting and storyboarding, followed by filming, directing, cinematography, casting and location management. Post-production capabilities include editing, sound design, audio post, colour grading and mastering for different delivery formats.

Animation and visual effects form a substantial part of its practice. Heehaw produces hand-drawn and vector animation, character and process animation, motion graphics and compositing. Its artists also create digital assets, set extensions and visual cleanup, with on-set VFX supervision available for productions that combine filmed material with computer-generated elements. This combination supports campaigns that move between live action and animated worlds.

Campaigns and immersive experiences

Heehaw's international work includes hospitality content for Hilton Worldwide across EMEA, commercial campaigns for Lee Kum Kee and production for Red Bull Media House. Its humanitarian projects include UN Women's Unsilenced: Stories of Survival, Hope and Activism, a campaign filmed across 16 countries and narrated by Nicole Kidman to highlight efforts to end violence against women.

The studio also creates content for physical environments, including architectural projection mapping, digital out-of-home displays and multi-screen installations. Reported projects include projections onto the United Nations Palais des Nations in Geneva, animated portraits and museum displays, and a 20-metre overhead attraction display for Sea World Florida.

Across these formats, Heehaw works with clients in broadcasting, advertising, hospitality, food and beverage, sport, the public sector, higher education and cultural institutions. Its production offering accommodates both individual films and campaigns requiring content for multiple markets, screens and platforms.