Wienot Films

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Customer Experience of Pawrade

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Pawrade provides a reliable marketplace for pet-seekers to connect with reputable dog breeders in order to adopt a puppy.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Wienot Films to accomplish?

• Explain our process in the form of a story
• Highlight the benefits of our company
• Capture the emotions behind our customer journey

SOLUTION

How did you find Wienot Films?

• Online Search
• Clutch Site

Why did you select Wienot Films over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Wienot Films were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

We hired Wienot Films to create a 90-second explainer video detailing our customer journey in a story format. Wienot provided professional scriptwriting, a storyboard, voiceover options, sound effects, and animation to complete the project. Wienot Films was flexible with the start and end date and provided assets from the video for our company to use as assets on our homepage. Wienot Films was constantly available for calls and always quick to respond to emails and questions. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Increased leads and sales

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Wienot Films managed our project with care and enthusiasm. Wienot Films felt like a direct extension of our team and provided world-class customer service and amazing attention to detail. Wienot Films delivered items in a timely manner and stayed patient with all of our changes and requests. Wienot Films was responsive and made the whole process fun and enjoyable for us. Their team was readily available whenever we needed them and gave us everything we asked for, and more.

What was your primary form of communication with Wienot Films?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Wienot Films strives for perfection and guarantees satisfaction. Wienot Films takes a collaborative approach to their video production and extends their knowledge and professionalism to take our ideas to the next level and bring them to life. Wienot Films has access to fantastic voice artists and their animators are creative. Wienot Film's customer service goes above and beyond every step of the way.  They gave us the best rate and created a professional explainer video that would have cost double to triple the amount with other agencies.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Wienot Films could have done differently?

Wienot Films has perfected its process! There is nothing we would have changed. 100% satisfied working with Wienot Films.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Associate Director, Digital Cotent of Stanford University

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Our mission is to create ideas that deepen and advance our understanding of management and with those ideas to develop innovative, principled, and insightful leaders who change the world.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Wienot Films to accomplish?

• Create engaging video content
• Highlight key take aways from a faculty course
• Animation

SOLUTION

How did you find Wienot Films?

Referral

Why did you select Wienot Films over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Wienot Films were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

In our Class Takeaways video series, we give you five lessons in just five minutes. Learn directly from our faculty who teach in the degree and executive programs. Explore a total of 21 course videos in strategy, startups, leadership, team management, communication, and disruption. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We gained thousands of views, growing out YouTube channel, with Wineot Film's amazing work to help us share out MBA course content! We have also had a high level of faculty engagement on this series.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Marc and his team were always prompt and communicative with their timing and delivery. 

What was your primary form of communication with Wienot Films?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Marc's abilty to communicate and distill high lelvel topics and to work with faculty, who are a particular client and expect a high level of care and dedication to not only their content, but also to their video recording. Marc and his team were marvelous. 

Are there any areas for improvement or something Wienot Films could have done differently?

none at this time

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an Executive at Trust in Media

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

The Trust in Media (TIM) Cooperative is a public impact non-profit dedicated to enabling a different world, one where people demand transparent, quality and safe information and work together to achieve it.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Wienot Films to accomplish?

• Awareness building

SOLUTION

How did you find Wienot Films?

Referral

Why did you select Wienot Films over others?

• Great culture fit
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned
• Quality of Work

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

2 minute introduction video to TIM purpose and mission, including scripting, 2D live motion animation, music, voice talent recruitment and voice over, and post production editing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Deliverable met BEFORE final deadline and on budget. This review was posted from a Media Executive on LinkedIn in response to posting the video: Yevgeny SimkinView Yevgeny Simkin’s profile Co-founder at Samizdat Online That video is incredibly well done. It manages to identify the root causes of how our information space is degrading in an incredibly pithy and yet entirely comprehensive way that begs no questions and doesn't come across as ideological or biased in any way. Bravo.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Yes. Very responsive and timely.

What was your primary form of communication with Wienot Films?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They genuinely cared about their clients; they helped us meet our goals and the utmost quality of the final output.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Wienot Films could have done differently?

We were absolutely delighted at all levels.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Senior Communications Manager of mothers2mothers

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

mothers2mothers is an African NGO that employs women living with HIV who provide integrated primary health care services across sub-Saharan Africa.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Wienot Films to accomplish?

• Explain our new five-year Strategic Plan in a clear and engaging way.

SOLUTION

How did you find Wienot Films?

• Online Search
• Clutch Site

Why did you select Wienot Films over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Wienot Films were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Create a short (under 4 minute) animated explainer video for mothers2mothers, including: 

• Draft script 
• Develop visual ideas 
• Create style frames to hone the look of the video 
• Craft full storyboards for review and approval 
• Pick voiceover artist 
• Record voiceover narration 
• Edit and animate the video 
• Add voiceover tracks, sounds effects, and stock music 
• Provide video draft for review and revisions 
• Electronically deliver the final 1080p HD video 
• Produce three additional versions of the video translated (both in voiceover and on screen captions) in Chichewe, Kiswahili, and Portuguese

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• The video was very well received within our organization and by key stakeholders. It is frequently shared externally to inform current and prospective funders and partners about our new strategic direction. Most notably, it has received more views that any other video we have produced.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Marc and his team were very punctual and responsive to our needs. We had a firm deadline tied to the launch of the new Strategic Plan, and they guided us through the process to ensure they would deliver the film on time. They listened to and addressed all of our suggestions and edits. It was a wonderful collaborative process.

What was your primary form of communication with Wienot Films?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I spent considerable time researching companies that produce explainer videos. What I liked about Wienot Films is their videos are very creative and unique, and do not look like typical explainer videos. Marc and his team were a pleasure to work with. 

Marc was very communicative and receptive to capturing even the smallest details, like creating different hairstyles for the characters based on photographs we sent. He also spent time working with the voiceover artist and our team to capture the right tone and delivery, and found voiceover artists to record Chichewe, Kiswahili, and Portuguese versions of the film and painstakingly ensured the audio and visual translations were accurate. The final videos exceeded our expectations.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Wienot Films could have done differently?

I honestly can't think of anything. Wienot Films is one of the best vendors we have worked with.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of VisionSpring

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

VisionSpring is the international social enterprise creating lifelong earning, learning, safety and well-being through eyeglasses for people vulnerable to poverty in emerging and frontier markets.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Wienot Films to accomplish?

• Deliver the video on a short-turn around in time for our 20th anniversary celebration
• Create an animated timeline of VisionSpring's 20 year journey to correct the vision of 10 million people with eyeglasses

SOLUTION

How did you find Wienot Films?

Referral

Why did you select Wienot Films over others?

Great culture fit, Good value for cost, Company values aligned

What was the size of Wienot Films’s team?

2-5 Employees

What was your primary form of communication with Wienot Films?

Virtual Meeting

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

At the end of 2022 VisionSpring achieved a major milestone. We corrected the vision of our 10 millionth customer. This achievement occurred ahead of plan and just a few weeks before our 20th anniversary celebration.

We wanted to a video with an animated graphic timeline of our organization's journey that revealed the 10 million people served announcement at the end. The Wienot team worked with us to produce the video inside of a week! And were super to partners and communicators in the process.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Creative animation that featured VisionSpring photos, graphics and text
• In-keeping with VisionSpring's brand guidelines, look and feel
• Delivered on-time

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

The Wienot team understood what we were trying to create from the very start. Under the leadership of Marc Strong, founder and creative director, they produced a video that centered on an animated timeline of our history and achievements.

We prepared the assets - text and photos - and they created the motion graphics in the form of a timeline. The team was super responsive to our input, did fast turns on edits, jumped on a video call to do live edits when needed, and worked with us to understand our look and feel. They were proactive communicators and were very composed under deadline pressure.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

We didn't have a strong sense of how the animation might work, and they produced a piece that we are really proud of. We have shown it now on numerous occasions. Who knew a timeline video could be a tear-jerker? From the music selection to the build-up and reveal of our "10 million people with clear vision" achievement and the invitation for others to join in our next chapter, the piece is engaging, crisp, paces well, and has great movement. Wienot are animation and explainer video pros!

Are there any areas for improvement or something Weinot Films could have done differently?

We were really happy with Wienot Films' work.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

CEO of a consulting company that supports federal government national security innovation.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Wienot Films, and what were your goals?

Our goal was to inform citizens about the threat of Disinformation/misinformation and to offer suggestions on how they can mitigate the impact of such information on our society.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We were looking for a vendor that was highly experienced at providing explainer videos for a very complex issue and producing a creative, interesting, and compelling video. We chose Wienot because they met all of our criteria and demonstrated a nuanced and sophisticated approach to effectively and efficiently develop a vdieo.

Describe the video(s) and the process in detail, including the project steps and all stages of production.

We had several ideation sessions where described what we were trying to achieve. We co-developed content draft that captures the essence of our message. Wienot selected animators and identified possible voices for our product. There were several levels of reviews to ensure the creative process aligned to our goals.

Who did you work with and what was the feedback process like?

We had multiple levels of review of our video as part of the creative process. Each review resulted in tweaks to the content to refine the product.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The product was outstanding by all measures. The graphics and images were compelling and interesting and highly impactful. The voiceover greatly added to the dramatic effect of the video. We received enormous positive results fro our audience and online reviews more generally. Just what we wanted!

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

The process was collaborative, cooperative, and very clear in terms of time lines and deliverables required.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The ease and creativity of the process and the outstanding product. So professional and appealing!

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

None that I can think of.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the product marketing director for an IT security company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Wienot Films, and what were your goals?

We needed to explain the unique thing that our product does --- we are the first in the world to do a really important thing in the cybersecurity area.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

I looked at several explainer video companies. Some produced videos that seemed too childish and simplistic. Others produced awesome videos, but they were too expensive. Weinot Films was in the "Goldilocks zone" -- Fairly simple, not too cartoonish, flexible, and not too expensive.

Describe the video(s) and the process in detail, including the project steps and all stages of production.

I filled out their questionnaire and sent them some additional background information about the story we wanted to tell. They responded with an awesome script that was a perfect distillation of our story, in an efficient 70-second video. This first step that they did was criticially important, and they did it very well.

Who did you work with and what was the feedback process like?

I worked with the owner of the company (Marc) and his storyteller, Linne. Feedback cycles were rapid (hours or at most three days) and effective.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Everyone who has seen the resulting video has said "WOW". They absolutely love both the story (the efficiency and accuracy of the story) and the execution -- the upbeat and appropriate graphics, music and voiceover.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

There were no cumbersome project management tools. They just sent us results in a step-by-step fashion in a timely manner.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They were able to help us tell our story elegantly, simply, efficiently, and engagingly.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

There is nothing that they could have done better.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Vitally is a Customer Success platform for B2B SaaS companies. I am our senior marketing manager, owning Demand Gen and Content.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Wienot Films, and what were your goals?

We hired Wienot to produce a 1 minute explainer video of our technical product.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We evaluated multiple vendors before deciding on Wienot, but the decision was obvious. Our deciding factors were Wienot's portfolio of fantastic work, Marc's (Wienot's founder) passion for producing phenomenal illustrated videos, and Wienot's explanation of their timeline and research process.

Describe the video(s) and the process in detail, including the project steps and all stages of production.

Started with a Discovery call, then we shared a V1 version of a script, Wienot helped us cut down the script so it would fit our 1 minute timeframe, Wienot created a V1 storyboard, we collaborated to finalize the storyboard, voiceover was recorded, animation, final feedback, added captions.

Who did you work with and what was the feedback process like?

We worked closely with the founder Marc, who was the best possible partner to produce this video. He is very solution-oriented, responsive, and overall an absolute pleasure to work with.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We kept the final video under wraps for a while, and when we finally shared it with our team it was meant with rave reviews. We place to use this on multiple advertising channels, as well as across our website.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Marc is a fantastic project manager and was flexible with our timeline, while also managing expectations for when the final video would be completed. We communicated via email, video calls, and google docs.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their entire team was kind and genuine. We appreciate how committed they were to helping us carry out our vision.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Honestly, no.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work as a marketing specialist at an ed-tech company that helps to place certified teachers virtually into classrooms in pursuit of greater educational equity.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Wienot Films, and what were your goals?

We were looking to develop an animated explainer video with a tight turnaround to share at a conference. Our team was looking for something that was clear and engaging.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We looked at local, national and international vendors and reached out via contact forms or emails. Wienot replied in a timely fashion and from the start made it clear that they knew exactly what they were doing and could meet our deadlines. They also had great examples that aligned with what we were looking for.

Describe the video(s) and the process in detail, including the project steps and all stages of production.

The process was very clear from the start. The team reviewed our script and provided feedback. They then shared some concepts on direction to get our sign off to move forward into sotryboarding. We were able to review the entire storyboard to make sure we were comfortable with the direction before the full animation started. We selected a voice actor and music then reviewed the entire video for small changes before it was finalized.

Who did you work with and what was the feedback process like?

We worked directly with Marc. He was extremely communicative and helpful throughout the entire process! He also kept us on track since we had a quick turnaround.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Our video was well received at the conference and from the entire organization! We will begin to put it on social channels and our website as well and look forward to more success from it.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We used email and google documents to lead us through the process. Marc was always quick to jump on a call as well if we wanted to talk through any feedback.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They knew what we wanted and needed and delivered so seamlessly. We were thrilled with everything from project management, communication, design, implementation... all of it!

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

We were extremely happy with our experience.