Leverage the power of story-driven animated videos.
Animated videos work best for abstract products or services. They represent way to simplify complex topics and bring them to life, by engaging the audience with stunning visuals.
If you need to explain a complex notion in a short amount of time, animation is often your best bet. It brings even the most challenging concepts to life giving you endless possibilities to tell your brand’s story.
Perfect explanation.
Communicate technical
concepts with ease.
Resonate with your customers
on an emotional level.
Using your explainer video in ads?
Expect a 3-5x lift in CTR over static images
Explainer videos made simple.
We have a proven record of making complexity disappear. Videos for fin-tech, machine learning, quantum mechanics, data analytics, you name it.
Our scripting and storytelling abilities enhance and simplify your product messaging so you can communicate all your value props in seconds.
Be inspired.
By clever companies that are winning with explainer videos.
Oakbeam Pictures is a boutique animation studio.
We are made up of a core team of illustrators, art directors and animators. We manage your project from start to finish, with our in-house production & design team collaborating with the best creative talent all over the world. Our projects range from social media campaigns for local start-ups to complex animations for global brands.
What People Are Saying
“Oakbeam were a joy to work with and went above and beyond. They were always pushing for the highest standards and never complained when we’d make last minute requests of them. I hope we get to work together again soon!”
— Karl Warner, Electric Ray / E4
“Oakbeam produced a high-quality animation under significant time pressure. We were so impressed with the final product that we immediately commissioned a second. Throughout the production process, Oakbeam provided ample opportunities for inputs, sharing his proposed visual treatment, a draft storyboard, and relevant artwork. Any suggestions were rapidly taken into account and incorporated into the animation. We were also given us the opportunity to select preferred voiceover options, music, and sound effects. In this way, although Oakbeam managed the entire production of the animation, we were able to feed into the process and ensure that the final product met our needs and expectations.
Oakbeam are responsive, motivated, and creative. Cooperating with them on the production of these animations was a pleasure. I cannot recommend them highly enough.”
— Chloe Sydney, IDMC
“It's been a pleasure working with you on this product. I appreciate your creative and enthusiastic approach and how you emersed yourself in the brief and quickly understood the complex context in which the outcome would be delivered. I enjoyed the creative process and seeing how you brought our ideas to life. The outcome of using Oakbeam Pictures is we have developed a creative, contemporary animation that both engages and entertains the audience whilst delivering a clear communication to our clients. I look forward to working with you again on future projects.”
— Liz McCarthy-Williams, The Open University
Explainer FAQs
Explainer videos?
Explainer videos are animations the explain your product, platform or value proposition. We like using animation in particular for technical, hard to understand products. Our explainer videos make up the majority of our agency’s output, where we have specific focus on quality and where the animated assets can be used over time. Our animation studio has won over 17-Behance awards for vector animation, frame-by-frame animation, app explainer videos and 2D-animation. Our studio also produces 3D animation for complex products. In short, we’re the animated explainer video company you’ve been looking for.
Do you also do storyboarding?
Yes. All of our explainer videos include storyboarding — we see this as one of the most integral parts of the entire animation process. You cannot have a quality explainer video result without a strong script, storyboard and animatic.
What’s an animatic?
Animatics are animated storyboards that often contain a base sound layer like voiceover alongside the visual narrative. It’s one of the best testing methods for video creative, and can assess a number of important factors like tonality, pacing and sequencing. Our studio includes them in our animations, brand videos and product videos.
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