Motion Desk: Explainer video, rendered from your content

The problem

Why Motion Desk exists

A good explainer takes a writer, an animator and a video editor about two days. By then the story has moved on. AI-generated video is fast but synthetic, off-brand and risky.

~2 dayswriter, animator and editor, the usual way

Minuteswith Motion Desk

14newsroom formats from one master

Story explainers (60–90 s)
Data in motion
Map stories
Timelines
Election graphics
Article to Shorts (9:16)
Breaking-news cards
Web slideshows
Podcast & audio shorts
Quote & statement cards
Morning edition as video
From the archive
Interactive graphics
Sports recaps

How it works

How a Motion Desk explainer is made

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Start from the story

The script comes from your published article or brief.

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What you get

Built for how desks actually work

No synthetic footage

No generated faces or invented scenes. Rendered from code and your assets.

Your brand, every frame

Fonts, colours, maps and photos from your own library.

Breaking-news speed

Fast edits while a story is still developing.

Every language

One master, rendered for every language and format.

Questions

Motion Desk, answered

Last updated 27 October 2026

Is this AI-generated video?

No. Motion Desk renders video from your content and code. There is no generated footage and no synthetic faces.

Can we run it ourselves?

Motion Desk is a managed service: we make the videos for you on an agreed daily or weekly volume. A version your own team runs can be set up on request.

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