Animated
video production
in Toronto.
Viva Media makes animated videos for marketing and communications teams across Toronto. You bring the idea, and we handle the script, storyboard, animation, voice and sound.
3D in a released film.
For Lagostina's Elite Clad cookware, we filmed the product in the kitchen and built a 3D cross section that pulls its layers apart. The released film combines live action footage and animation, and text and sound do the explaining.
Lagostina
Product film · Live action footage and 3D animation
Animation + motion.
Adastra · Product explainer
IPC Ontario · PHIPA explainer
Royal LePage · ProForma explainer
Active Business Services · Product explainer
Colliers · Connect launch animation
Vialto Partners · Process explainer
What we animate.
Viva Media does animation video production for marketing and communications teams across Toronto. We start every project with what your viewers need to understand. Any of these can mix animation with filmed footage.
Explainers + training
Animated explainer videos for products, services and processes, plus training modules your people can follow step by step.
For animated corporate and training videos, we work out the words and the visuals together, then storyboard every scene. Your subject experts check the steps and the detail before anything moves. Let us know where people will watch it and which parts might change later, and we'll plan the modules, captions and languages around that.
2D + motion graphics
2D animation and motion graphics that turn diagrams, titles and brand artwork into something people can follow.
We start from your brand guidelines and any artwork you already have, then design what's missing. A diagram can follow along with a voiceover, or animated type can carry the message on its own. You'll see style frames before we animate, and we'll make sure the text still reads on a phone.
3D + product visuals
3D animation and product visualisation for showing what's inside, how it's built and angles a camera can't reach.
Send us product references, dimensions and any existing models. We'll agree how much modelling and detail the job needs before we start. Your technical team checks the shape, labels and how it works. If the film mixes footage and 3D, we storyboard exactly where the animation comes in, like the Lagostina cross section above.
Commercials + promos
Animated commercials and promotional videos for your offer, with social cutdowns planned from day one.
The script and storyboard set up the opening, the explanation and the final frame. We decide early what each shorter cut needs to keep. Widescreen, square and vertical versions often need different framing and text placement, so we design for them before animating. Your media team tells us the placements and the claims you're cleared to make.
From script to sound.
You work directly with a Viva Media director and producer the whole way through. Your proposal spells out who reviews what, when you'll see each stage and when files are delivered.
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We start with your message
Tell us who it's for, what it needs to do, your budget and your deadline. We'll write the script, or work from one you've already approved.
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You see every scene first
We sketch each scene with its words and on screen text, so your team can check the order and the detail before any animation starts.
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You sign off on the look
Style frames show the illustration, type, colour and level of detail. Once you approve them, we build the animation. Changes to approved work get scoped before we keep going.
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We finish the sound + versions
We add voice, music and sound design, then make the captions, languages and formats you need. One person on your team gathers feedback at each review.
Before you brief us.
The questions people ask us most about cost, timing, files and reviews.
Viva Media's animation projects start from $10,000+. The quote depends on length, style, how much needs to be designed or modelled, sound and how many versions you need. The script, storyboard and style frames are approved before animation starts. Talent, music licensing, location fees and travel outside the GTA are quoted separately. GTA travel is included. Your written proposal lists everything before you approve it.
It depends on the length, the style, any modelling or illustration, voice recording and how many review rounds you need. Tell us your launch date and who signs off, and we'll plan the script, storyboard, design, animation and finishing around it. We confirm the timeline once the scope is set.
For an explainer, it comes down to what people need to see: a diagram, a product model or on screen text. 2D works well for illustrated stories and processes. 3D shows how a product is built from any angle. Motion graphics organise words and brand elements. We'll recommend one based on your references, schedule and budget.
Viva Media plans script, storyboard and style-frame approvals before animation starts. Your team checks the words, scene order, on-screen text and technical detail, then signs off on the illustration, type, colour and level of detail. The proposal names the reviewers and review stages. Changes to approved work are scoped before animation continues.
Viva Media can write the animation script with your team or work from wording you've already approved, and arrange voiceover. Your reviewers check technical terms, product names and pronunciation before recording. Voice talent and licensing are quoted separately, with the channels, territories and length of use agreed during scoping.
Yes. Let us know at the brief which languages you need for voiceover, on screen text and captions, so we can leave room for both in the design. Tell us who approves the wording in each language. Lagostina's released product film went out in English and French.
Your proposal sets out the finished videos, your usage rights and the files you receive. Editable animation files, models and working assets are not included by default. If you'll need them for future updates, we agree ownership, software compatibility and file delivery before production. Licensed music and voice can carry their own usage terms.
Two revision rounds are included. Extra rounds are billed at $150/hour. Viva Media agrees the review stages in your proposal, with one person gathering your team's feedback. Your team reviews the message, storyboard and style before full animation. New concepts, extra versions and changes to approved work are scoped separately.
Your audience, message, budget, deadline and where it will run. Brand guidelines, approved claims, any scripts or artwork, and product references help too. Let us know who your subject experts and final approver are, including any procurement or legal reviews. If parts of the brief are still open, your producer can help you work through them.
Yes. We use animation to show what a camera can't. For T-fal's Infrared Air Fryer film, we animated the infrared coil and airflow inside the appliance and combined it with filmed product shots, food and on screen copy. The case study shows how it came together.
What needs explaining?
Tell a Viva Media producer about your product, process or campaign. We'll talk through the script, the style and the versions you need, then send a written proposal. Projects start from $10,000+.
Talk with a producer
