Video & social · Explainer videos

Explainer videos that make the complicated part simple.

We make animated explainer videos for businesses whose product, service or process takes too long to explain in text. Each explainer video runs 60 to 120 seconds, with a script, storyboard, motion graphics and narration. This is our strongest format: it needs no filming at all, so we make it fully in-house.

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Free explainer video brief review

Tell us about your product and what buyers misunderstand. We reply with a plan within 2 workdays.

Three fields and you’re done. We look at what you have, say what we’d make and how, and check it against the problems we see most often:

  • Too much in one video
  • Jargon in the script
  • Pretty but wrong
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Fit

Who it’s for

  • Service businesses, clinics, schools and training providers whose process confuses first-time buyers
  • Stores selling products that need setup, sizing or a how-it-works step before people buy
  • Brands with nobody willing to be on camera, or nothing physical to film
  • Teams that answer the same 5 questions on every sales call and want a video that answers them first

Not the right fit if you need live-action footage of people or places. We make animated and motion-graphic explainers; live action needs footage you or a creator film.

Problems we fix

Why explainer videos don’t explain.

  • 01

    Too much in one video

    Every feature squeezed into 90 seconds, so nothing sticks.

  • 02

    Jargon in the script

    Written for the team that built it, not the buyer who has never heard of it.

  • 03

    Pretty but wrong

    Diagrams that look good and show the process incorrectly.

  • 04

    Robotic narration

    A flat text-to-speech read with mispronounced names and no pauses.

  • 05

    No captions

    Most feed viewers watch on mute, so the whole explanation is lost.

  • 06

    Buried on the site

    Made at great effort, then hidden on a page nobody visits.

In 1:10 · animated

Before we change anything, we check five things.

A short animated walk-through of the first checks in our audit. No sound needed: everything is on screen, and the transcript is below.

What we check first in an explainer video, an animated explainer of 1:10 with on-screen captions and controls to pause.

Read the transcript
  1. What we check first in an explainer video Five checks on whether a buyer would understand it.
  2. 1. Is it one idea or ten? Every feature squeezed into 90 seconds means nothing sticks. (Example test with ten viewers.)
  3. 2. Would a new buyer follow the script? Scripts written for the team that built the product lose buyers who have never heard of it. (Example script.)
  4. 3. Is every diagram correct? Diagrams that look good can still show the process wrongly. We check each one with the people who run it. (Example storyboard.)
  5. 4. Does it work on mute? Feed videos often autoplay without sound. Captions and on-screen words carry the message. (Example video.)
  6. 5. Does anyone see it? A video made with great effort, then hidden on a page nobody visits. (Example month.)
  7. Then we fix them, in that order. Want this checked on your videos? The free growth audit covers all five, in writing.

Our approach

Explainer videos in five parts.

Part one is choosing the one thing to explain. An explainer video works when it answers one question well: how the service works, how to choose a size, what happens after you book. We collect the questions your sales team, inbox or reviews hear most, and pick the one that loses the most buyers. If there are 3 such questions, that’s 3 short explainers, not one long one.

Part two is the script, written to be heard. Short sentences, one idea per line, the buyer’s words rather than your internal names, and a clear next step at the end. A 90 second explainer video is about 200 to 230 spoken words, so every line has to earn its place. You approve the script before any animation starts, because that’s where changes are cheap.

Part three is the storyboard: one frame per line of the script, showing what’s on screen while it’s said. This is where accuracy is checked. If the explainer shows a process, a product part or a rule, we check each frame against your documentation or the official source and fix it before animation, because a beautiful diagram that’s wrong does more harm than no video.

Part four is the animation. We build explainers with motion graphics and 2D animation in our own Remotion-based pipeline, with your colours, fonts and logo, simple icon-style characters where people are needed, and 3D product shots in Blender when the product is physical. That pipeline has produced full course explainer series, so a set of explainers keeps one consistent look. Our client video work is shown anonymously: see real campaign results in our YouTube Ads results and TikTok Ads results.

Part five is the voice and captions. Narration is a professional voice-over you arrange, your own recording, or a disclosed AI voice that we direct line by line for pace and pronunciation. Captions are burned in for social and supplied as a file for YouTube and your site. The W3C’s WCAG guidance on captions treats captions on pre-recorded video as a Level A requirement, the most basic level.

Then the explainer video goes where the question is asked: on the service or product page next to the text it explains, in the booking or checkout flow, in the welcome email, and as a 9:16 cut for Reels, TikTok and Shorts. On your own site, a watch page and VideoObject markup help Google find it, as described in Google’s video structured data documentation.

Animated explainers age slowly, but facts change. We keep the project files, so when a price, rule or step changes, we update the frames that changed instead of starting again. A set of explainers can also share one visual system (the same colours, icon style, type and narrator), which keeps a series consistent when new videos join it months later and makes each update cheaper than the first video. Before handover we watch every explainer on a phone with the sound off, because that is how most people will first see it, and fix any caption or frame that doesn’t read at that size.

Explainer videos in five parts: one question, a spoken script, a checked storyboard, animation, voice and captions
Five parts, one question.

How we use AI here

Where AI helps (and where it doesn’t).

  • Script and storyboard drafts

    AI drafts script options and rough storyboard frames for planning; a person rewrites the script and draws the final frames to brand.

  • Narration

    A disclosed AI voice, directed line by line, when you don’t want to record. Names and terms are checked by ear.

Where it doesn’t help: accuracy. AI image tools draw convincing diagrams that are wrong. Every frame that shows a process, product or rule is checked against your documentation or the official source.

What’s included

Deliverables, not promises.

  • Question research

    The question your buyers ask most, from sales calls, inbox and reviews.

  • Script

    About 200 to 230 spoken words for a 90 second video, approved by you.

  • Storyboard

    One frame per script line, checked for accuracy before animation.

  • Animation

    Motion graphics and 2D animation in your brand colours and fonts.

  • Narration

    Your voice, a voice-over artist you choose, or a disclosed AI voice.

  • Captions

    Burned-in captions for social and a caption file for YouTube and your site.

  • Versions

    16:9 master plus 9:16 and 1:1 cuts for social and ads.

Explainer video script length: about 200 to 230 spoken words for 90 seconds, one idea per line
Written to be heard.

How we run it

Four steps, in this order.

One question, a spoken script, a checked storyboard, then animation. Typical timing: the script within 1 week, the first cut in about 2 weeks, and final files within 2 workdays of your feedback.

  1. Step 1

    Question

    Pick the one thing the video must explain.

  2. Step 2

    Script

    Written to be heard, approved by you.

  3. Step 3

    Storyboard

    Every frame checked for accuracy.

  4. Step 4

    Animate

    Motion, voice, captions and versions.

Four steps of explainer video production: question, script, storyboard and animate
Question, script, storyboard, animate.

Pricing

Starting prices, in US dollars.

The brief review is free. Paid work starts at these prices, and your exact cost is fixed in writing before any work begins.

  • Free explainer video brief review

    Free no obligation

    Tell us about your product and what buyers misunderstand. You get a written plan and a fixed quote before any paid work.

    Get my free review
  • After the brief review

    Explainer video

    From $600 one-off, per video

    Script, design, voice-over and animation.

    • Question research
    • Script
    • Storyboard
    • Animation
    Start with the free review
  • Cutdowns

    From $150 one-off, per set

    Short cuts for ads and social.

    • Short versions of the explainer
    • Vertical and square crops
    • Captions burned in
    • Files sized for each ad platform
    Ask about this option

All prices are starting prices in US dollars. Custom work beyond these options is quoted after the review.

Per project

What you get with each project

  • A finished explainer video in 16:9 with 9:16 and 1:1 cuts
  • Script, storyboard and caption files
  • The project files kept for later updates
  • Advice on where the video goes on your site and in emails

Two revision rounds are included, and a 90-second explainer typically takes 2 to 3 weeks from script to final animation.

Pricing

How pricing works

We quote after a short audit, once we’ve seen the account or the store, so the number is based on the real work. Each project is a fixed one-off cost, agreed before work starts: from $600 per video.

Start with the free audit to get a quote for your store.

By industry

What changes for your category.

  • Jewelry

    For jewelry, explainers answer sizing, metal care and how custom orders work, the questions that stall a high-value order.

  • Fashion & apparel

    For fashion, a short explainer on fit, size charts or the returns process saves the same email being written a hundred times.

  • Luxury & high-ticket

    For luxury and high-ticket items, an explainer can show authentication, provenance or the care service that justifies the price.

Sources

The documentation we work from.

Platform rules change. These are the official pages we check the work against, so you can check it too.

FAQ

Straight answers.

Can’t find yours? Ask on WhatsApp or by email and we’ll answer it.

What is an explainer video?

A short video, usually animated, that explains how a product, service or process works in 60 to 120 seconds, so buyers understand it before they ask.

How long should an explainer video be?

Usually 60 to 120 seconds, which is about 150 to 300 spoken words. If you need longer, split it into several short explainers, one question each.

Do you need to film anything?

No. Our explainers use motion graphics, 2D animation and 3D product shots, so they’re made fully in-house without any filming.

Can you use our brand colours and fonts?

Yes. Every explainer uses your colours, fonts and logo, and a set of explainers keeps one consistent style.

Who does the voice-over?

You, a voice-over artist you choose, or a disclosed AI voice that we direct line by line for pace and pronunciation.

Can the video be updated later?

Yes. We keep the project files, so when a step or rule changes we update the frames that changed instead of starting again.

Do explainer videos help SEO?

They can. On a watch page with matching text and VideoObject markup, a video can appear in Google’s video results and helps the page answer the question.

How do you keep the video accurate?

Every storyboard frame that shows a process, product or rule is checked against your documentation or the official source before animation starts.

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