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Animation simplifies the complex and brings abstract or difficult to film ideas to life.
We partner with brands, educators, government teams, and product leaders to create animated content that delivers a clear message. Whether you are rolling out policy, launching a new product, or educating a statewide audience, animation provides the visual evidence needed to help your audience align with your goals. Everything is handled in-house from concept to final delivery, ensuring consistent quality and a process that makes every frame count.
Explainers are one of the most powerful formats in video and animation. We produce animated explainer videos for government departments, healthcare, tech companies, and more—breaking down complex ideas into simple, visual stories. We also use accessible language so your message lands clearly, no matter who is watching.
Product animation helps customers understand your offering without the need for lengthy text or demos. Our animations show your product in action, clearly highlighting key features and benefits. Whether you're marketing product videos to consumers, or explaining functionality in a B2B context, we turn complex information into visually clear content people enjoy watching.
Motion By Design is an animation studio based in Adelaide, South Australia. Illustration, design, storyboarding, animation and sound are handled in house, so the people who scope your project are the people who build it.
In Adelaide the choice is usually a solo freelancer with limited capacity or an interstate studio where a South Australian job sits low in the queue. We sit between the two: an animation agency running a full production team here.
SA Power NetworksNetwork safety animation
Ilim CollegeAnimation for education
Find Satoshi LabBrand video for global techWe have produced animation for SA Power Networks on network safety and customer communication written for the public rather than engineers, and for SA Health where accuracy matters more than style. Both sit behind our government video work and our healthcare video work.
Wider animation and design work includes Woolworths, Northern Health, Ilim College, Wise Wolf Wines and Find Satoshi Lab. A supermarket, a health service, a school and a wine label all need different animation. Finished pieces are on our work page.
Being in Adelaide suits clients who want to sit in a room with the animators, and it limits nobody else. Animation needs no crew on the ground, so briefing, storyboard reviews, animatic feedback and approvals happen remotely. Plenty of our work is for clients in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and overseas.
If a project needs filmed footage as well, we combine both with our corporate video production team, shooting in Adelaide or at your site.
Tell us what the animation has to achieve and who has to understand it, and we will scope what it takes.
Planning a project? See motion graphics examples and explainer video examples, or read what explainer videos cost in Australia.
Most animations with a run time of a minute to a few minutes take about 4 weeks including appropriate revision time. If you’ve got a tight deadline let us know during the initial meeting as we can probably make something work!
When it comes to your project, we can take care of every step of the creative process or provide support to you and your team along the way.
Nothing is off limits. From crafting a script or captivating animation based on your project’s key focus and company story to the voice-over or music selection and even designing social media posts from the content we create.
We’re also happy to work with what you have, whether that be a script, illustrations, music or voice over talent.
Throughout the production process we have various approval stages where you’re invited to provide feedback and insights before giving us the green light to proceed with the next step. We describe these points as “milestones”.
Everything we produce at Motion By Design is bespoke to each client, so turnaround times can vary. If you have a tight deadline there are also ways to speed up a project—let’s have a chat about what’s possible.
The cost of an animation depends on its scope, complexity, duration, and production requirements. We provide tailored quotes to ensure the work aligns with your objectives and represents strong value. As a guide, animation projects typically start from around $5,000 per minute and can exceed $100,000 per minute for more complex, high-end productions. For organisations producing animation regularly, our Content as a Service offering can provide better value and flexibility.
Video animation cuts through the noise, explains ideas clearly, and helps your message stick. With so much content competing for our attention, it’s never been more important.
