Tapocketa
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2018
- Employees
- 1-10
- Offices
- 2
About Tapocketa
Tapocketa is an independent British animation, digital publishing and interactive media studio based in Hertford, Hertfordshire. Established in 2018 and incorporated in 2021, it combines tactile craftsmanship with digital production to create commissioned animation and original intellectual property. Its work spans children's storytelling, commercial campaigns and interactive narrative experiences.
The studio's distinctive production approach combines physical paper puppetry with motion capture. This hybrid workflow brings a handmade, stop-motion aesthetic into a flexible digital pipeline. Its capabilities also encompass 2D and 3D animation, character design, storyboarding, visual effects, augmented reality and puzzle-based storytelling.
Original storytelling
The in-house Tapocketa Interactive division develops original properties. Its projects include Galdo’s Gift: The Boovie®, also presented as Galdo’s Gift: The Enchanted Storybook, an interactive animated children's storybook developed with accessibility and literacy in mind. The project received Innovate UK research and development support and multiple honors at the Digital Book World Awards.
The studio is also developing The Locksmith, a dark psychological interactive mystery combining narrative, investigation and puzzles. Its development has received support from Creative UK's New Ideas Fund, supported by the BFI and the National Lottery, and from the UK Games Fund. Another project in progress is an enhanced animated children's book made in collaboration with a San Diego author.
Commissioned animation
Through its Tapocketa Studio client-services arm and mini-tonic brand, the company turns client artwork and static illustrations into animated material for advertising, theatre campaigns and digital screens. Deliverables include title sequences, trailers, festival idents, social media advertisements and digital displays, alongside in-game art, graphics and narrative cutscenes.
Its commercial portfolio includes the NTTA: 30sec Toll Tag Commercial and NED -love machine-, an animated ident combining computer animation with physical miniature model-making. Alongside production services, Tapocketa offers keynote speaking, workshops and creative education for audiences across publishing, entertainment, advertising, games and arts institutions.
More about Tapocketa
Leadership and experience
- Eleanor Louise Long is co-founder, Creative Producer and Director. Her background includes architectural glass and film and television model-making, including prop work on The Borrowers and Pinocchio.
- Trevor Neil Young is co-founder and Creative Director. His earlier feature visual effects experience includes Harry Potter and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire; these are individual career credits.
Operating model
The studio works with a core founding duo and brings in freelance specialists for individual projects.
Environmental practices
Tapocketa describes its environmental approach as a “Net-Zero Tech Stack.” Reported measures include renewable electricity from Octopus Energy, refurbished hardware and green-hosted web infrastructure certified by The Green Web Foundation.
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Where Tapocketa is based
- 8 Millers Court, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 1HU, United KingdomHertford, England, United Kingdom
Hertford office
HeadquartersAbout this office
Company headquarters, primary production studio, registered office and creative workshop. Marketing materials also identify the same premises as 8 Millers Yard.
- Hertford, England, United Kingdom
Hertford office
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