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Joy at Work.
Boredom gets a face.

Midlife Unstuck is a career design consultancy for professionals in their 40s, 50s and 60s. In October 2025 it asked us for a film about a quiet problem: boredom at work, and what happens when nobody notices it early.

Client: Midlife Unstuck
Sector: Career design
Year: 2025
Running time: 4 minutes
Format: Animated film · 16:9

Joy at Work · animated film4 minutes

The brief

A talk,
turned into a story.

The film is based on the founder’s own research and a talk she gives. Our job was to turn the argument into a story people would watch to the end.

We gave the idea two characters. Boredom is the little sister. Stress is the big one.

An animated character in a T-shirt that says Boredom yawns on an office floor — Boredom, the little sister

What we made

One character,
every scene.

The lead had to look like herself in every shot: the same face, hair and glasses, from the open-plan office to the bath at home.

Character exploration started in Midjourney. The designs were agreed before the scenes were made.

A wide view of a huge open-plan office full of desks — The office

An animated woman with glasses stands outside a red-brick house with two children — Home

The woman at her desk in front of a large monitor — The desk

The woman looks down at a bowl in the staff canteen — Lunch

Two small characters jump on a desk while another hides underneath — Boredom takes over

The woman runs a bath at home — The evening

A character watches fireworks over the city from a rooftop — The turn

The word boredom written in sparkler light in front of a crowd — Naming it

The woman leaps in the air outside her house — Joy

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