Pin & Plot · maps and charts that move

Data in. Finished video out.

Animated maps and data videos for history, geopolitics, finance and travel channels. Researched, sourced and styled to match yours, not a template. Built in After Effects from a data file, so every fix is a quick re-render.

Get a free 12-second sample Watch the reels

Free sample12 seconds on your topic, in your colours, within 2 days

Delivery4 to 8 days for a finished video

Revisions1 to 3 rounds, marked by shot number

FilesMP4 in 1080p or 4K, 16:9 or 9:16, a sources list; charts come with the After Effects project

Two 30-second reels

Press play for sound.

Maps · globes, routes, borders, sourced captions

Charts · bars, lines, areas, races, sound

Recent work

News explainer · Short 9:16The Red Sea's 32 km choke pointSatellite map, borders drawing on, sourced cards.

History · trade route · 16:9Coffee's road out of EthiopiaA trade route drawing across the map, stop by stop.

History documentary · 16:9Ten countries that shaped Africa's storyChronological stops with sourced captions and country highlights.

Data explainer · 16:9 · AE projectAfrica's largest hydropower plantsThree data series on three axes, built as an editable After Effects project.

Energy · bar chart race · 16:9The solar power raceFlags, rank changes and story callouts as the years tick by.

Science · ranked chart · 16:9Largest moons by planet28 bars, colour-coded by the planet they orbit.

How you review: by shot number

Before the video, you get a numbered shot sheet: one still per shot, with its timing. You answer "shot 05: use our green", not "around the middle, that bit". Try it: click a shot to play the charts reel from there.

How it works

01You send the briefYour channel, the places in order, the numbers or the script, and a look you like. I ask about your audience before I quote.
02Shot sheet, then a previewOne numbered still per shot with its timing, then the video. You mark changes by shot number.
03The final render1080p or 4K, 16:9 or 9:16, with a list of the sources behind every fact on screen.

Why work with me

Made for your channel, not a template. Your story, your colours, your pacing. Tools can draw a line on a map; I build the explainer around it.
Built from data, not hand-keyframed. A changed number or place name is a quick re-render, and a series keeps one look.
Checked before it renders. Every place name is matched against a map database, and every fact comes with its source.
Safe to monetise. Public-domain map data (NASA, Natural Earth), open-licence fonts, music made for your video.
Sound that follows the data. Growing bars, landing numbers and a new number one can each carry their own sound effect.
Charts you can keep editing. Chart videos come with the After Effects project, built by my own chart script.

Hi, I'm Tj

I'm an After Effects developer in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (GMT+3). I wrote the After Effects script that builds these charts, and a map pipeline that turns a story file into a finished video, so I can change a detail in minutes instead of rebuilding a scene. New as a freelancer, long in After Effects.

Get a free 12-second sample

Tell me your channel and an upcoming topic. Within 2 days you get a short sample in your colours. If it fits, we agree a price per video. If not, keep the sample.

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