Connect through Brand Films
Brand: More Than a Name – It’s a Feeling
A brand isn’t a product or service – it’s a feeling, a promise, and a presence in people’s lives. And in a world where attention is fleeting, feeling is what makes brands last.
Brand films take your mission, values, and identity and bring them to life through the power of visual storytelling. They don’t just tell people who you are; they show them why you matter.
Unlike traditional marketing, which chases immediate sales, brand films take a long-term, strategic approach. Only 5% of your audience is ready to buy at any given moment. The rest? They’re forming opinions, building familiarity, and deciding which brands they’ll turn to when the time is right. A brand film ensures that when they’re ready, they remember you.
At Content Creatures, we craft motion-led stories that don’t just introduce brands – they embed them in hearts and minds. Because a great brand doesn’t just exist.
It connects. It moves. It matters.
Some brands we’ve created content for
Our Brand Film Services
At Content Creatures, we specialise in an extensive range of brand film services designed to effectively communicate your brand’s message and values to your target audience.
1.Live-Action Films
Our live-action films immerse viewers in realistic narratives that capture the essence of your brand. With our live-action portfolio, you can engage your audience in a familiar context that evokes empathy and fosters a deeper connection with your brand.
2.Animated Films
Animation offers boundless creativity and versatility for brand storytelling, allowing us to craft unique narratives that captivate audiences. We design all our animated films tailored to your brief to breathe life to your brand with content that is original, relatable and engaging.
3.Mixed Media Films
Mixed media films blend various elements from both live-action and animation to create innovative storytelling experiences. Offering a rich, layered approach to brand storytelling, our mixed media projects deliver a unique perspective that sets your brand apart.
It all starts with a creative brief
Creating a brand film can be a daunting task for any client.
The agency needs a clear understanding of the client’s vision and the message they want to convey to their target audience. This may not be obvious from the get-go.
This is where a well-written creative brief comes into play. A creative brief acts as a roadmap, defining the objectives, the target audience, and the timeline for the project. It sets the tone and the theme of the film, which acts as the catalyst for all ideas. It helps ensure that the end product meets the client’s expectations.
A good brief is a collaborative effort between the agency and the client, capturing everyone’s inputs and expectations.
If you want to ensure that your next brand film hits all the right notes, download our creative brief and get started on the path towards success.
Why Choose Brand Films for Your Business?
Your Story, Told the Right Way
Your brand is unique, and your story should be too. A brand film is more than just a video—it’s a window into your values, vision, and personality, creating a deeper connection with your audience.
Emotion Through Motion: Connect with Your Audience
Your brand isn’t just what you say—it’s what people believe. A great film doesn’t just tell your story; it shows who you are, shaping perception and influencing reputation.
Through cinematography, colour, pacing, and messaging, every frame is a strategic choice, designed to evoke emotion and ensure your brand is seen, felt, and remembered.
Engagement: Tell a Story They Can’t Ignore.
Attention is the most valuable currency—without it, your message goes unheard. Brand films help you capture and keep it. With dynamic visuals, precise pacing, and immersive sound design, our motion-driven storytelling doesn’t just attract attention—it holds it. Compelling narratives spark curiosity, drawing viewers in and guiding them through your message from start to finish.
Brand Awareness: Be Seen. Be Remembered.
Standing out is one thing—staying top of mind is another. A brand film makes your message unforgettable, using striking visuals, compelling storytelling, and sensory engagement to create a lasting impact.
Through narrative arcs, visual symbolism, and emotive sound design, brand films transforms passive viewers into active participants in your brand’s story.
Some brand film work
The Content Creatures Approach
Our award-winning team takes a design-led storytelling approach to every project. That means we regard every brief as unique and tailor our creative response to suit the client’s brand and their target audience.
Our process is:
Strategy & Concept
It begins with a creative brief to understand the client’s goals, target audience, and message they want to convey. From this, we develop treatments, scripts and moodboards.
Detailed Design
Once we have a direction, we create style-frames, storyboards and animatic to visualise the concept. If there’s a live-action filming, our producers will move into pe-production – sourcing talent, locations and crew.
Production & Delivery
Finally, we make the brand film, either shoot, animate or both. Then we add the sound effects, music, and voiceovers to create a fully immersive and engaging experience for the audience.
A brand film is a storytelling-driven piece that captures your company’s values, vision, and personality, it’s more about building emotional connection than selling a specific product.
Unlike a commercial, which is typically short and sales-focused, or an explainer video, which breaks down how something works, a brand film goes deeper. It communicates your brand essence through narrative, tone, and visual content, aligning with your wider branding strategy.
Animation unlocks unlimited creative potential, it lets your brand film stand out through custom visuals, imaginative storytelling, and motion-led branding.
With animation, you’re not limited by physical constraints or location shoots. You can visualise abstract ideas, simplify complex messages, or even bring mascots and metaphors to life.
That said, the right approach depends on what you want to achieve. Live action can bring a sense of realism and emotional authenticity, ideal for capturing people, places, or real-world interactions. Animation, on the other hand, excels at creating consistent brand visuals, explaining abstract concepts, and enhancing visual storytelling.
In some cases, the most effective solution is hybrid, blending live action footage with animated overlays, graphics, or transitions. This mixed-media approach combines the warmth of real people with the visual clarity and creative freedom of animation, giving you the best of both worlds.
A great animated brand film is clear on its purpose and built around a strong central idea. That idea is then brought to life through compelling storytelling, a distinctive visual style, and strategic messaging.
What sets standout brand films apart is narrative discipline and design intelligence. The story needs to reflect your brand’s positioning and audience insight, it’s not just about who you are, but why it matters. From there, every creative choice, from motion graphics style to pacing, must serve that core message.
At Content Creatures, we approach brand films with a strategist’s mindset, aligning story, style, and sound with your brand’s values and communication goals to create work that feels unique, authentic, and purposeful.
An animated brand film can significantly enhance your business by clarifying your message, humanising your brand, and fostering deeper engagement with both internal and external audiences.
For marketing teams, brand films offer a compelling medium to tell your brand story in a format that’s ideal for digital platforms: short, visually engaging, and emotionally resonant. They can drive brand awareness, reinforce positioning, or inspire action by forging a deeper connection with your audience.
Internally, brand films serve as powerful tools to communicate purpose, align teams, and fostering a shared understanding company of vision and values.
A brand film can powerfully raise brand awareness, articulate your values, and forge emotional connections with your target audience.
Whether you’re launching a new product, redefining your corporate identity, or building trust, a well-crafted brand film communicates more than facts – it tells your story. Through strategic storytelling and custom animation, it becomes an asset for marketing, internal culture, and stakeholder engagement alike.
The beauty of a brand film is that it’s tailored to your specific audience, whether that’s customers, employees, investors, or partners.
At Content Creatures, we help define your target audience during the discovery phase. By understanding their motivations and behaviours, we create visual content that speaks directly to them, enhancing brand engagement and marketing effectiveness.
Our Brand Film Production Process
Whether your film is animated, live action, or a blend of both, our process is built to be collaborative, clear and creatively focused. Here’s how it works:
- Discovery & Direction: We start with a call to understand your brief, brand and goals. This shapes the creative direction and ensures we’re aligned from the outset.
- Script Development: We write a script to communicate your message with clarity and impact.
- Sketched Storyboards & Style Frames: Early sketches map out the story flow, while style frames explore the visual direction.
- Style-Framed Storyboards: A more refined storyboard using final design elements to show how the film will look and feel.
- Animation or Live Action Production: Depending on the approach, we either animate the visuals, or plan and shoot the live footage.
- Sound Design & Voiceover: We bring the film to life with professional voiceover, music and sound design that support tone and storytelling.
- Final Delivery: A fully polished brand film, delivered in the formats you need and ready to launch across your channels.
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There’s no one-size-fits-all price for an animated brand film, the cost depends on things like how long the film is, the style of animation, and how complex the content is.
As a starting point, a simple brand film begins at around £7,000 but more complex films can cost £25,000 or more. After we’ve had a call to understand your needs, we’ll send you a clear quote that breaks everything down, so you know exactly what’s included and where your budget is going.
Most brand films take around 6 to 10 weeks from initial briefing to final delivery.
The timeline can vary depending on things like animation style, script development, and the number of feedback rounds. If you’re working to a deadline, just let us know during the discovery call, we can often streamline the process to meet your schedule, without ever compromising on quality.