CHARACTER ANIMATION
Studies prove that people are more receptive to visual stories than through any other media type. When done with high quality, character animation adds another dimension of effectiveness by creating easy to follow stories with relatable characters.
We focus on creating character animation that successfully conveys your brand story and reinforces your brand image. You are unique, and your video must be just as unique.
As an example, our work with Susan Love raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for cancer research with our ongoing series of InPatient Science videos.
Below are a few more samples. We hope you enjoy them.
Contact us to learn more about us and how Rip Media can help bring the “wow” to your next marketing or training project.
One of best ways to start is with our creative brief
Energy Upgrade California: "Introduction"
Energy Upgrade California, the state’s energy management brand, is on a mission to help Californians do their part to achieve our state goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As part of their mandate to promote a slate of new pilot financing programs that make it easier and more affordable than ever to finance energy upgrade improvements, Energy Upgrade CA needed a way to recruit contractors and train them to close more energy project deals using the new financing tools.
The client tasked Rip Media Group to come up with a new twist on the typical, boring training videos and to make a promo video to recruit contractors into the training program. We used a Mission Impossible theme to make this training series fun and interesting.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Client: Energy Upgrade CA
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Producer: Mikhaila Stettler
Creative Producer: Kyler Ernst
iTrade Network: "The Family Farm"
iTrade Network, a leader in perishables supply chain management, needed video production to describe how they provide an end-to-end supply chain solution suite that tackles the complexities that occur at all waypoints of the perishables supply chain, from procurement and quality to traceability and spend management. So they reached out to Rip Media Group to create a two-minute 2D animation, explainer video for their new offering "Traceability". Here was what we created at a time that live-action production was not feasible, due to shelter-in-place restrictions.
ScaleOut-Software: "Data Busters"
Produced by: RipMediaGroup.com
Scaleout Software (scaleoutsoftware.com) approached us with a problem. They have a new software product for businesses that could revolutionize big data and they wanted to communicate the complexity of their offering in a simple and entertaining way with a character animation.
Rip Media put their most experienced producer on the project a developed a plan to create a video that shows what they do in a cartoon world, using the look and feel of superhero comics as a vehicle to illustrate simply their complex new product and service.
Scaleout Software was delighted with the approach and we delivered the animated video with a strong and dynamic sound design that really blew them away.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Client: Scaleout Software
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Creative Producer: Barry Silver
Workpop: "Dash"
Produced by: ripmediagroup.com
Workpop (workpop.com/) approached Rip Media Group (ripmediagroup.com) to create two whiteboard animations for two of their latest product offerings: Spark and Dash.
Workpop Spark lets employers find the right hire, every time. Rather than wasting time, money, and resources posting on various job board sites -- Indeed, Monster, ZipRecruiter, Craigslist, Google, etc. -- Spark lets you create one job post and turn it ON with 100+ job sites whenever an employer needs to post. Workpop Spark allows business owners to sort, analyze, and hire the most qualified candidates without having to sift through countless resumes.
Workpop Dash allows recruiters and hiring personnel to finalize all the correct job onboarding documents -- contracts, tax forms, NDAs, etc. -- without having to deal with hours and hours of endless paperwork. Dash streamlines the onboarding and the payroll process, storing and syncing all documents easily and securely.
Rip Media Group was founded by a team of sales and marketing directors who developed creative, visual, and compelling campaigns that result in record setting growth. Rip Media Group focuses on increasing sales, creating demand, and generating growth in public as well as charitable organizations.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Client: Workpop
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Creative Producer: Hayden Black
Account Manager: Dallas Amsden
iTrade Network: "Marketplace Exchange"
Produced by: RipMediaGroup.com
iTrade Network continues its partnership with Rip Media Group to announce the iTrade Network Marketplace Exchange (www.itradenetwork.com/)
iTradeMarketplace is a new way for any organization to build resilience into their supply chain by matching supply with demand, discovering new partners anonymously, starting transacting, and reducing food waste. Register and start connecting today at www.itradenetwork.com
Rip Media Group is proud of their partnership and this 2D motion graphics video with and the work they do for iTrade Network.
Amazon: "A2Z"
Let A2Z be your guide as you travel through and navigate the treacherous waters of the Amazon --- not the river, the .com
A2Z Represents is a company who helps vendors sell their products through Amazon.com.
A2Z tasked Rip Media Group to create a character animation video that helps explain their services in an engaging way. This video is a fun, creative take on how vendors can work with A2Z to overcome the potential selling hazards of the largest marketplace in the world.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Creative Producer: Kyler Ernst
Account Manager: Dallas Amsden
SmartSource: "Rentals"
SmartSource Rentals commissioned Rip Media Group to come up with a fun new take on the explainer video, handdrawn animation style. SmartSource Rentals wanted to show how they can be hired to help companies with scalability inside of their growing office spaces or out at large conference and event centers. By carefully crafting and building entire scenes demonstrating the complexity of their business, Rip Media Group was able to deliver a one of a kind video that shows how multifaceted SmartSource Rentals can be.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Client: SmartSource Rentals
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Creative Producer: Ted Saunders
Spotter Fitness: "Check This Out"
This video was a blast for us to make! Spotter Fitness' app matches you up with other like-minded work out addicts to help keep you motivated and stay in shape. We wrote some edgy and hilarious banter for this video, making it one of our favorites.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Client: EveryFit LLC
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Creative Producer: Kyler Ernst
NetApp: "Office Turtle Transformation"
Produced by: RipMediaGroup.com
NetApp (netapp.com) a world-class data storage and management corporation, came to Rip Media Group to help them design and build an innovative new ergonomic training and education station which includes several videos that will be deployed in dozens of their officies worldwide.
This first phase of the project entailed designing an interactive interface to help guide employees through the hand-drawn animation video series - enabling users to get to where they want quickly and with style. Additionally, we were tasked to produce a short video that presented the many ergonomic issues facing today's modern office worker.
Rip Media put their most experienced producer on the project who immediately went to work. With our team of talented artists, we created a futuristic city that served to guide the user effortlessly and with a sense of fun. Then, our team got to work writing, deisgning and animating a colorful world of the future. In this world we reveal the simple way each of us can remain healthier throughout our workday.
The launch of their flagship installation went off without a hitch and received universal praise for both concept and execution. As a result of this resounding success, NetApp has placed orders for 2 more series of animated videos to be produced soon.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Client: NetApp
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Creative Producer: Barry Silver
QLess: "Stop Waiting"
Qless came to us with a compelling service that promised to eliminate hours of wasted time standing in line for many people, but they had a hard time explaining their service and the good it can do to the right people.
They needed a short explainer video that would not only show what their software/service does, but one that outlines the different scenarios where it can be most effective. Their goal is to tell the world about what they do to signup many more businesses that could use their service. In addition, they wanted an even shorter cutdown that could be shown in noisy environments that would tell their story - silently.
We came up with a concept they loved, turned it into a script and art. Once animated, the sound design became a critical aspect of the 'talking' version, and we created a text overlay that helped move the silent version along clearly and concisely.
In true Rip Media Group fashion, we over-delivered by providing them with not only the two videos they ordered, but one extra set for the Secretary of State in Michigan who was responsible for rolling out the Qless service for all of the DMVs in Michigan.
When Michigan's Secretary of State saw their custom version, her office wrote me to tell me the word "Wow!" literally came out of their mouth upon first viewing, and she approved the final video without changes.
Qless is very happy with their videos and they are looking forward to the continued growth and expansion of their service in the US, thanks in part to the work we delivered for them.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Client: Qless
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Creative Producer: Barry Silver
LexisNexis: "Risk Solutions"
Combining cutting-edge technology, unique data and advanced scoring analytics, LexisNexis provides products and services that address evolving client needs in the risk sector while upholding the highest standards of security and privacy.
LexisNexis commissioned Rip Media Group to produce a 2D animated video aimed at humanizing the Risk Solutions brand. Focusing on a specific storyline instead a general overview of the entire program, the video illustrates the impact on innocent lives when personal information isn't properly protected from criminals looking to commit government benefits fraud.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Client: LexisNexis
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Creative Producer: Kyler Ernst
Bio Tech: "Short Reel"
Created to display a complex and very cerebral scientific subject in a fun, and compelling way using whiteboard animation hand drawn art, but animated using 2D techniques
KnowRe Motion: "Gamifying Learning"
KnowRe is a math program that teaches middle school students mathematics in an amazingly fun way. We made KnowRe a graphic animation that explained this in an easy-to-understand way. Teachers benefit from the program with KnowRe's self-learning style, as well as amazing reporting. Learn more at KnowRe.com
Alliance For Education: "Fundraising"
RipMediaGroup.com was founded by a team of sales and marketing directors who developed creative, visual, and compelling campaigns that resulted in record setting growth. RipMedia focuses these same skills on increasing sales, creating demand, and generating growth in companies as well as charitable organizations.
RipMedia’s mission is to expand your business by incorporating integrated marketing: motion graphic videos, website optimization, and social marketing.
AmeriQuest: "Road Rescue"
AmeriQuest Road Rescue is a state-of-the-art call center with thousands of fleet roadside assistance service providers across North America, ready to assist you during a trailer or truck breakdown. That means you receive truck roadside assistance and repair with one simple phone call.
AmeriQuest tasked Rip Media Group to produce an entertaining and lighthearted animation that would convey how easy it is to receive reliable, timely and expert breakdown service when shipments and deliveries are on the line. While you may never breakdown in paradise, getting help doesn't have to be a nightmare.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Client: AmeriQuest Transportation Services
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Creative Producer: Warren Tessler
iTrade: "Order"
iTrade Network (itradenetwork.com) and their ongoing partnership with Rip Media Group looked for a highly creative way to showcase their new Order Platform.
With iTrade Order, both large and small markets are afforded the ability of transparency in a competitive marketplace. iTrade Order allows customers to search out the best prices on perishable goods, track their order, and get real-time updates on deliveries.
Producers at Rip Media Group worked on a highly creative story arch that allows customers to see themselves in the main character Jane. Identifying with the struggles of being a small/mid-market shop and needed a reprieve from the frenetic world of shipping and receiving.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Client: iTrade Network
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Creative Producer: Daniel Tundis
Alliance for Education: "Fundraising"
This is a short opening video is designed to be shareable guide pointing to this non-profit's web series, "Impatient Science". You can see the full series in this playlist: Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation
Accela: "Planning"
Accela (accela.com) is a purpose-build solution to help governments around the globe drive efficiency and help communities grow. Inside of their platform, they offer a large number of services including helping both citizens and cities connect over zoning, building, planning, licenses, and managing operations. Accela needed a short explainer video helping to attract new customers in explaining all that Accela can do to help their customers (Government Agencies) grow their cities and connect better with their citizens. Rip Media Group stepped in with the idea of blending the 2D vector art style reflected on its website with smart and well animated videos to help local governments realize their potential with Accela Production Company: Rip Media Group Client: Accela Executive Producer: Maury Rogow Account Manager: Dallas Amsden Creative Producer: Daniel Tundis Produced by: https://ripmediagroup.com was founded by a team of sales and marketing directors who developed creative, visual, and compelling campaigns that result in record setting growth. Rip Media Group focuses on increasing sales, creating demand, and generating growth in public as well as charitable organizations.
Act-On: "Marketing Automation"
Act-On, a powerful marketing automation platform, approached Rip Media Group to explain their services in a not-too-detailed, not-too-superficial, and still super fun video.
We put our heads together and came up with the Molly the Marketer: Act-On's super heroine in action! We set about to write an informational, yet playful script that explained the how Act-On empowers organizations to engage with buyers across the entire lead-to-revenue process, diving into every important step, but not getting too tangled in every minute detail. In the end, Rip Media delivered an engaging 2D animation video that will draw visitors from all over the web.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Client: Act-On
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Producer: Kyler Ernst
Schneider Electric: "Convenient Updates"
Maggetti Productions has a long-time client who wanted to use animation to explain their new software products. They chose one of their more popular products and laid out their message of efficiency and automation.
Working with a limited budget, we were able to deliver a beautiful motion graphic video with a great sound track that the animation seems to pulse to in some places. A unique and elegant look, we told their story to the delight of Maggetti's client.
Production Company: Rip Media Group
Client: Maggetti Productions
Executive Producer: Maury Rogow
Creative Producer: Barry Silver