We’ve all been there – in fact, many of us are there right now. Tough times hit, we try to convince ourselves we’re fine, but then mysteriously we find ourselves getting… tired. Days merge into each other, small tasks seem to take forever, and soon enough mustering the energy to think creatively sounds like a…
Now more than ever it’s crucial to show some sincerity in your brand. 2020 has been a weird year to say the least, and the effect it’s had on consumer habits is undeniable. Between pandemics, protests, and threats of recession, people’s buying habits are changing rapidly and in over one-third of cases for the long…
In case you’ve been living under a rock on Mars for the past few months, the world is adjusting to a little bit of craziness right now. The personal freedoms we’d normally have to go outside and, you know, do stuff, are limited at best. Even the ability to go to work has been hindered…
The great thing about animated explainer videos is that colour design knows no bounds. You want a character with blue skin and pink hair? You got it. You want a black and white background with bright multicoloured accents bursting out whenever you want to draw attention to something on screen? No problem. You want a…
Transparency in business is becoming quite the art form. In an oversaturated market customers want to support brands whose values they admire and whose word they can trust. This involves not just internal honesty, but constructing your marketing, social media, and video content to support a transparent relationship with your clients. 1) First, commit yourself…
Okay, okay, ‘steal’ is a harsh word. What we’re looking at today are five music videos that contain some great ideas for developing your own explainer videos. Techniques to take cues from. To be inspired by. To ste–uhh, to ‘appropriate’ for your own branded content. Let’s check out how you can apply these ideas to…
Ever notice how a lot of explainer videos keep a fairly bustling pace, right on the verge of what’s comfortable? Sometimes it’s like listening to someone who’s chugged a whole pot of coffee enthusiastically spilling out a string of interconnected ideas before the inevitable caffeine stomach gurgles hit. On the other side of the fence…
Hold onto your explainers, optimise your search engines, and blank your blanks because we’re taking an epic look back through our back catalogue of fascinating Explanimate blog articles and dammit, we’re bringing you along for the ride. Remember the time we profiled successful examples of brand videos? Or our epic two-part A to Z guide…
It’s easy to think that creativity in the workplace is a luxury only afforded to those working in artistic fields. Heck, here at Explanimate our whole thing is to show off the creative side of your brands and organisations. But even those of us who work in the arts can get bogged down by the…
So you wanna’ jump on that mobile app bandwagon. Maybe you want to expand your brand image, or you have a cool new idea for a mobile-based service. Whatever your intentions are with developing an app, the one thing that’s absolutely vital to understand is your user experience design. Yeah, it can feel a little…