Animated Video

Animated video comes in a wide range of styles and is effective for various use cases. These posts showcase different styles of animation and animated videos, what they can be used to accomplish, and techniques that make them more effective. Content includes animated elements such as logos, lower thirds, timelines, and calls to action; explainer videos in whiteboard and other styles, 2D and 3D animation, and animation to enhance training and instructional design.

AI vs Human Voiceovers – Pros and Cons

2024-03-12T16:22:16-04:00March 12th, 2024|Animated Video, Technical Tips, Video Storytelling|

AI voice vs human voiceover? This choice often arises on video projects these days. Can you tell the difference in these two videos MiniMatters produced?

Human Voice or AI Voice?

This first video uses the voiceover to grab attention and assert clarity […]

Gift Planning Videos Can Be Fun

2023-07-07T17:57:21-04:00March 14th, 2023|Animated Video, Fundraising Videos, Planned Giving, Video Marketing, Video Storytelling|

Gift planning videos…fun?

Do you think of gift planning, videos, and fun in combination? It’s been drummed into us that gift-planning marketing is an awkward task. To be successful, we need to avoid speaking about death and mortality. And yet, we […]

Animating a Logo – Share Your Story in Seconds

2023-07-07T16:05:03-04:00February 9th, 2023|Animated Video, Video Storytelling|

As the owners of a Washington-DC-area video production company, we find that even some of our savviest clients haven’t taken advantage of the possibilities for animating their organizational logos. When it comes to animating a logo, branding guidelines are […]

How to Make Animated Videos

2023-07-07T17:05:13-04:00February 25th, 2021|Animated Video, Technical Tips, Video Inspiration|

How to make animated videos is a question many people ask. These videos, which are also sometimes called “Explainer Videos” or “Whiteboard Videos,” can be fun, challenging, and gratifying to make–and they can have a huge impact even in only […]

Virtual Fundraising Videos Can Achieve Funding Results

2023-07-07T17:19:47-04:00July 7th, 2020|Animated Video, Fundraising Videos, Health and Medical Videos, Video and Social Media, Video Inspiration, Video Storytelling, Virtual Video|

With the COVID-19 pandemic, many nonprofit organizations and professional associations have been forced to reconsider large gatherings. At the same time, organizations depend on such galas, conferences, charity walks, symposia, and meetings for program and operating revenues. To mitigate potential […]

Animated Video to Support Diversity and Inclusion

2023-07-07T17:35:42-04:00June 16th, 2020|Animated Video, Video Inspiration, Video Storytelling|

Animated video can support your organization’s diversity and inclusion efforts, with animated characters representing diversity in leadership, membership, staff and stakeholders. Animated videos (also sometimes called “explainer videos”) have the additional benefit that they can be produced remotely when in-person […]
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