Why work with Square Daisy on an animated video?

Animated video production is a really flexible way to showcase your product or service in a way that would never be possible through live production footage.

Animated video production is great at emphasising facts or statistics, and really useful for explaining a complex process, or building empathy with character animation for services where the  customer is at the centre of the narrative.

Animated video production and motion graphics.

Animated video production for business is a very powerful way of letting your customers know what you do, and how you do it better than your competitors. Whether you choose a character animation or infographic, video can be very engaging way to attract your target audience. 

Animated videos work really well for businesses that want to demonstrate their creativity. As we are not bound by what you can physically film, there are no restrictions on what is possible, so let your imagination run wild! If you sell a product or a service, you can use an animated video to demonstrate things in a more direct way.

“There are so many instances areas where animated video production is much better than traditional video production purely because it allows us to create a visual playground to help tell the story in a way you could never achieve with a camera.  Amy Lulham – Motion Designer, Square Daisy”

Examples of Animated Videos

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Omron Innovation Network

This video for Omron explains their new Innovation Network, aimed at potential partners. The concept is new and has a level of complexity to it, so rather than add this complexity to the visuals, we felt that a "less is more" approach would be better, keeping everything very simple on screen.

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JusTapiT – Mobile App Explainer

JusTapiT is a brand new smart phone application which is set to redesign the fashion retail environment, and eliminate in-store abandoned baskets.

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Gloji – Animated Promo Explainer

We were approached by Gloji to create a suite of videos to support the launch of their new health and lifestyle app.

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Shop Safe, Shop Local – Animated Explainer Video

Runnymede Council came to us looking for a way to communicate with local people about what to expect returning to the high street as the shops re-opened. We created an animated explainer promoting safe shopping and supporting local brands.

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My New Venture – Animated Recruitment Explainer

With the interview process changing dramatically during the past year, my new venture approached us to make a quick and simple recruitment explainer video for use on social media, particularly LinkedIn, to attract potential candidates.

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Plastfree – Animated Video

A period care advert done right. Plastfree wanted to shout from the rooftops about how their biodegradable pad is going to revolutionise the menstrual market and save the environment one period at a time, so we made them a video that does just that.

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Raven Housing Trust – Shared Ownership

Buying a home by shared ownership is not sometihng that is well understood, with this animation for Raven Housing Trust explaining it in simple terms.

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Raven – Better Connected Programme

Raven Housing trust have planned their two-year transformation programme, and wanted a video to pitch the programme to their board of directors.

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The Voice of the Customer

Raven Housing Trust wanted to get as many of their customers to get involved in their listening project, and realised that they needed to communicate how it would benefit them. They came to us to create an animation to form part of their campaign and inform their tenants what was involved.

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My New Venture – Talent Explainer

My New Venture really want to attract the best new talent to their team, which can be a big ask for a start-up. As a result they have invested in talent acquisition with a video to explain why working for them is a no-brainer.

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Pay-Nex – Animated Explainer Video

Pay-Nex are a payroll company who wanted to get an animated video to explain how their service benefits their clients.

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My New Venture – Platform Animation

My New Venture is a learning platform for anyone looking to start their own business. The subscription model allows users access to 9 modules covering areas you need to consider when starting out, hundreds of mentor videos, and myriad valuable resources all in one place. They wanted a video that showcased the platform for their marketing website, helping potential subscribers to take the leap and sign-up.

Software/Online Platforms

Software or online platforms are normally quite functional. Useful, but not necessarily sexy. If your business sells software, you want to communicate to your customers the problem it solves and the benefits it brings. Animated video production allows you to paint a journey for your audience without having to film an actual computer screen, which creates a flicker. Having an animated video with ‘mocked up screens’ will allow you to go into detail as to how your product will change customers’ lives, and why they should buy from you. You can also stylise your platform so that it isn’t completely representative of your system, as this can timestamp a video can quickly expire when the software is updated or changed around.

Professional Services

Businesses that sell an office-based service don’t have too much to show off. Customers are not interested in desks, paperwork and computers! They want to know quickly, and efficiently, what you can do for them. So you could have an employee sitting in a chair to talk about the services offered, but perhaps this is not the most engaging option available.  With an animated video you can create multiple scenarios, and add text and statistics on screen to deliver a  more relevant and interesting script. Animation does not mean casual or childish: we produce highly professional, sophisticated animated videos to appeal to your client group.

Multiple Locations

Imagine a video with multiple locations, fancy sets and complicated scenarios. Now consider how much time, effort and money you would need to have a crew travel to multiple destinations with additional days on set. Not to mention the extra editing time and actor budgets. With an animated video you can create everything thing you need from the comfort of our offices.  With our animated video for business Square Daisy gives you value for money, more control over the final production and the ability to tailor the video to your exact needs.

Process Videos

For many businesses the true value of the their service offering is in their process – something that they have refined and streamlined to create the best possible experience for their customers.

The processes that are the bread-and-butter of your business are second nature to you, but someone external to the business may not understand the steps that you go through to provide your product or service. Whether you are B2B or B2C, by creating an animated process video we can tell your audience how you do what you do, and explain the true value of your service offering.

The animation could be based around a flowchart, or a step-by-step demonstration. Diagrams work really well on paper, so just imagine how much more of an impact they would have with moving parts!

“The great benefit that animated video production has over live action productions is that with live action, you can only film what exists.  With an animated or motion graphics production we can create the playground within which to tell your story – we are only limited by our own creativity and technology, and neither of those elements are particularly limiting.”

How do you create an animated video?

The process is quite straightforward but there are a number of steps that need to be confirmed before we start, because once the video is animated making changes becomes time consuming and fiddly. We aim to ensure everything is just as you like it before we start. Our process is:

  • Establish the key messages of your video, taking into account your business history and target audience – we ensure the tone is tailored to your ideal customer
  • Create a script to make sure that the most effective points are told in a succinct way 
  • Get the voiceover recorded, this will determine the pace of the animation
  • Develop a storyboard so you can see how we plan to ‘tell the story’ on screen 
  • Once storyboard amends have been made and approved, we create the graphics in Illustrator or Photoshop 
  • Animate the assets and edit the scenes together using a piece of software called After Effects
  • The soundtrack is overlaid and then we send to you for any final changes
  • Your video is available to push out everywhere and anywhere!

Why choose Square Daisy?

As an agency our value is not only in our technical ability to manipulate graphics, but also in our process. We advise you on what we feel will work best, based on our experience and understanding of what is possible.  The team at Square Daisy each specialise in different things, and together we will create you a product that will help your business sell more and ensure that the right people see it.

Our top tips for getting your animated video production out there:

  • Upload your animated video to YouTube. Write a great description so it is easily found by your potential customers. Use YouTube’s own pay per click campaign as it is often cheaper than a Google pay per click campaign 
  • Use Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and add to your Google+ page to make sure that it reaches as many relevant people as possible
  • Use it as part of your sales presentations and in meetings so that potential clients understand your selling points straight away

Areas we serve

We currently service many areas with our animated videos, including the following:
Sussex, Kent, Brighton, London, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Hertfordshire, Hampshire, & Essex

Chris Veale – Director, Shippo

I can't talk highly enough of Square Daisy. Over the last couple of years they've made our business 4 fantastic videos. The first, an animated video to explain the service, has been viewed tens of thousands of times and has been a window to our service offering for potential customers. The others were 'talking heads' to allow us to explain more complicated aspects of the industry. The design, editing, videography and project management is exceptional and I will be using them again.

Giles Thomas – Operations Director, The Manor Collection Hotels

We have contracted Square Daisy on several occasions to help market the Manor Collection Hotels. They have always been very professional and offered a fantastic service from proposal to completion. Jovan and Amy have been a delight to work with and we wouldn't hesitate recommending them to anyone.

Nicolle Kane – Marketing Manager, Memset

Square Daisy recently produced two videos, the team made the whole project painless and simple, from scriptwriting to storyboards. While the videos are part of the relaunch of the company next year, they have already proven a hit internally. And we're already planning more for next year! Could not recommend working with Square Daisy enough!

Dave Povey – Founder and MD, Catchy

Recently had a video produced by square daisy for my new product. The service that I received from start to finish was 100%, couldnt fault them at all! Everything was done to how I imagined it and more, and the finished product was excellent. Would recommend them to anyone.

James Groves – Marketing Services Manager, Raven Housing Trust

We approached Square Daisy with a brief to produce a video that would help us get our messages across to our customers in a simple, yet engaging way. They absolutely nailed it. The animation video they produced for us is professional, quality, and it gets our messages across really well. It's been a pleasure working with Jovan and Amy, and we look forward to working with them on future projects.

Olivia Pattullo – Project Manager, Experience Guildford, Surrey

From the first meeting on, Jovan and Amy were total superstars and made us feel like the task was completely achievable and had really clear ideas about how they were going to present it all. Aside from making the whole process as easy as possible for us, we couldn't have been happier with the end result and were really impressed that such a brilliant product was delivered in very tight timescales.

Russ Mckenzie – Managing Director, nTrust

We have always found Square Daisy to be extremely professional and a joy to work with. While they are highly process driven to ensure clients get what they need first time, this doesn't compromise the creative way that they approach every project to ensure an engaging and innovative video production. Can't recommend them highly enough.