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Every number on screen traced to its source. Delivered in about a week.

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Frame from the SAMRC film: a bar chart of life expectancy at birth in South Africa, 53.7 years in 2005, 65.3 in 2019 and 61.6 in 2021, with its source line underneath.
From our film of the SAMRC report. The source is on screen.

The work

Two explainers we made from public reports, to show the method.

Frame from the film: infant deaths per 1 000 live births in South Africa, 23 in 2020, 27 in 2022 and 24 in 2024.

South Africa’s life expectancy, 2005–2024: the SAMRC report explained

Life expectancy at birth rose from 53.7 years in 2005 to 65.3 in 2019, fell to 61.6 in 2021 at the height of COVID-19, and was 66.4 in 2024.Source 1 For newborns, the mortality rate has barely moved.Source 2

Independent explainer. Not commissioned or endorsed by the SAMRC.

Frame from the film: an illustrated coal power station and power lines, with cards reading “Location: South Africa” and “Pledged in 2021: US$8.5 billion, International Partners Group”.

Who pays for South Africa’s move away from coal? The JET progress report explained

International partners pledged US$8.5 billion in 2021. By 30 June 2026, a wider set of commitments stood at R254 billion.Source 3 R17.8 billion of that is grants, and 50.6% had been allocated.Source 4

Independent explainer. Not commissioned or endorsed by the Presidency or the JET PMU.

How a number gets on screen

One figure from the SAMRC film, followed from the report to the frame.

  1. In the report

    “The mortality shock caused by COVID-19 resulted in a drop in the average life expectancy of 3.41 years between 2019 and 2021”Source 5

  2. In our claims table

    The two claims behind the figure and its source line
    ClaimWhat it holds
    F0-SC-cb7484SAMRC RMS 2024, p. ii The figure: a drop of 3.41 years in life expectancy at birth, South Africa, 2019 to 2021, quoted word for word.
    F0-SC-7de837SAMRC RMS 2024, cover The source line: the report’s title, publisher and date, as printed on its cover.

  3. On screen

    Frame from the SAMRC film: 3.41 years, life expectancy lost in South Africa from 2019 to 2021, women 3.7 and men 3.1, with the scope and the source line underneath.
    The figure, its scope and its source line, as the film shows them.Source 6

On every film

  • We script from your source.
  • Every figure on screen is checked against a cited line before anything is rendered.
  • You sign off the claims table.
  1. 5

    South African Medical Research Council, Burden of Disease Research Unit, and UCT Centre for Actuarial Research. Rapid Mortality Surveillance Report 2024, April 2026, p. ii. Claim F0-SC-cb7484.

  2. 6

    Same report. The split by sex (women 3.7, men 3.1), p. ii: claim F0-SC-040a8e. Title, publisher and date, cover: claim F0-SC-7de837.

What you get

Length
60–90 seconds
Script
Written from your source
Voice
Voiced by us, or by your own speaker
Revisions
Two rounds
Files
4K and 1080p, captions, and a vertical cut for social
Series
The same template every edition, monthly or quarterly
Turnaround
About a week
Results-day rush
Within 3 working days

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Who it’s for

Research bodies and NGOs launching a report. Companies with results, an integrated report or a sustainability report to explain. Development partners with programme reports to share.