"Online video is driving astonishing innovation in thousands of different fields ranging from the ultra-niche to the sharing of truly world-changing ideas" – Chris Anderson, TED
TheRugSeller.co.uk wanted a clear and simple, fast paced, fun animated video to explain the benefits of purchasing their products online and higlight choice and speed of delivery.
So they set up their project on Wooshii and immediately started getting pitches form our creative community.
At the end, they chose creative Lamont Wayne to make their video a reality and this is animated piece is the final result.
Check it out:
NavigationsTeknik wanted a product demonstration animation that presented their product “Seaflex Buoy Mooring” and it´s advantages.
So they set up their project on Wooshii and after getting their pitches, they chose Simon Spencer-Harvey to make their video.
This is the final result:
And this was the recommendation the client wrote after the project was completed:
It´s a pleasure working with Simon! Lots of good ideas, keen attention to details. We are more then pleased with the results.
Awesome!
After over 30 entries in less than a month, the stop-motion contest we put together with Animation Toolkit, the jury – composed of Westley Wood and our team at Wooshii – chose Bruno Caetano with “Tribute to Ray 2″ as the winner!
We found that it was very well done and was both creative and referenced the Ray Harryhausen legacy.
As a result, Bruno will now win an awesome Ray Harryhausen armature kit, which is exclusively sold on Animation Toolkit.
Although there can only be one winner, the jury was also impressed with the overall quality and creativity of the videos that entered and would like to thank them for thei time and effort.
Keep your eyes and hears open for upcoming competitions!
The video we have to show you this week as the most recently completed Wooshii project was done by Unsinkable Studio for 313certified, an organization that aims to improve the Detroit education system.
They wanted an explanatory video so they came to Wooshii and set up a project with their requirements. After a pitching phase, they chose Unsinkable Studio to make their animation and this is the final result:
That’s some great design and animation!
And this is what the promoter of the project had to say about working with the creatives:
Had a very smooth experience working with them! They were able to fulfill our vision of the product and complete it in the agreed upon timetable. Great to work with and easy to communicate with.
Great stuff!
Just a few weeks ago we showed you a completed Wooshii project that had a non-english voiceover. Today we have another one for you: a Japanese language video this time.
Hugh Kieu wanted an informative video on scoliosis and the different types of scoliosis treatment option. It should also show the viewer what the spine looks like when you walk and stand. So he posted the project on Wooshii and after a pitching phase, chose Ace Light to make it.
The final result, mixing motion graphics, 2d, and 3d animation, turned out great – and without further ado, here it is:
Mr. Hugh Kieu was quite happy with the result, writing this great recommendation on Ace’s profile on Wooshii:
Ace did what was ask of him and more. My video look exactly as how I described to him. Would recommend ACE to anyone who may want to make a cool video for your work or personal.
Great stuff!
In this latest completed Wooshii project, flexible spending e-commerce site FSAstore.com wanted an animation to explain how to use their website to new visitors, with a prospect to launch with the new site re-design.
So they came to Wooshii to set up their project, and after a pitching phase chose Simon Spencer-Harvey for his first Wooshii project!
This great motion graphics animation is the final result:
This is a really awesome video! Here’s what Neon, the studio that made it, had in mind:
We wanted to make a skate film. Our goal was to create a series of impossible yet photo-real shots, putting us right in the middle of the action. The real trick was developing a process that would allow us to create these shots with a small team of artists (instead of the usual small army).
And indeed they have accomplished that! Take a look:
The best part is yet come, want to know how they made it?!
There you go:
After the success of the first Ph.Diddy video and its sequel (Ph.Diva), Wooshii brought members MoreFrames once again for the third animation (threequel?!) for Life Technologies.
It is titled “Ph.Diddy at the Conference – Animation of Life out of the Biotech lab”, and, once again, the music is spot-on, the animation and character design are brilliant, and all in all it’s a really fun animated music video.
No point saying science is ont fun anymore! Check it out:
What a great animation short this is, beautiful design in a story well told, great writing and perfect narration. That narration was done by canadian legend Gordon Pinsent (Away From Her, Pillars Of The Earth), and that writing was done in the nonsense poetry tradition of Edward Lear and Shel Silverstein.
Typesetter Blues, directed by Hector Herrera, is the first chapter in the silly rhyme collection “Beastly Bards”, and it was a finalist in the Adobe Design Achievement Awards (Animation) and screened at TAAFI (Toronto Animation Arts Festival International).
Typesetter Blues is a 3-minute animated short starring a likeable monster named Harold. In this melancholy love story, Harold falls for a new coworker, who unfortunately falls harder for someone else.
Take a look:
Most people will tell you that online video needs to be short. Particularly if you want your video to go viral, under 2 minutes and even 1 minute would be a priority.
We too will, most likely, tell you that.
But that doesn’t always have to be the case, and there been some studies over the last year that show that long-form online video is on the rise (mainly due to tablets).
Case in point: the Adult Swim video going viral, titled “The Greatest Event in Television History (Special)”. It’s a 15 minute comedy video and parody with Adam Scott and Jon Hamm and hosted by Jeff Probst – sure it has big celebrities and a network to support the risk of length, but it is certainly a sign of times in online video that this happened and it’s standing as the 8th most shared video in the past 24 hours, worldwide.
So with all this in mind, let’s rephrase the advice in the beggining: does online video need to be short? Most time yes, but not always. It will depend on the goal that you want to achieve (never for an explainer video, for example) the type of audience, and the distribuition support you have (not just celebrities of TV networks! – a few years ago a fan-made Lord of the Rings feature was going viral, with no celebrity or network support).
Let’s see the video now, shall we?
