Snow Elephant Animation
Snow Elephant Animation
A cinematic brand-animation treatment built around movement, atmosphere and a memorable visual identity.
Flagship Service
Commercial Video
Video is the only medium that communicates your people, your product, your credibility, and your character all at once. It's the highest-leverage asset a business can own — and the one most Northern Ontario businesses don't have.
Why video first
Nothing else does the job as completely.
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A 90-second commercial communicates more than a website can in 10 minutes of reading.
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Video builds trust before the first conversation — customers arrive already sold.
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It works everywhere: your website, Google Business Profile, social media, and paid ads.
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Most of your local competitors don't have it. That gap is your advantage.
Production bands
Choose the level of production your outcome needs.
✳ Each tier reflects a different level of story development, production coverage, and campaign utility. Shoot days, locations, crew, scripting, graphics, licensing, and deliverables determine the final scope.
Essential Scope
By proposal
Focused brand story
Ideal for focused brand stories, founder profiles, or high-impact social assets.
- ✳One efficient shoot day (up to 6 hours)
- ✳Professional camera, lighting, and location audio
- ✳A polished primary film with focused cutdowns for web and social
- ✳Essential titles, licensed music, colour, and sound finishing
- ✳Two focused revision rounds and delivery for web and social
Most chosen
Story Production
By proposal
Narrative campaign
Comprehensive narrative campaigns designed for multi-channel product or service launches.
- ✳Up to two efficient shoot days
- ✳Pre-production guidance, interview prompts, and shot planning
- ✳A polished primary film with supporting edits for key platforms
- ✳Professional colour grade, sound mix, titles, and licensed music
- ✳Two short cutdowns and three revision rounds
- ✳Drone coverage where useful and legally practical
Campaign Production
By proposal
Multi-channel launch
Full-scale cinematic productions with dedicated creative direction, advanced editing, and multi-location shoots.
- ✳Expanded pre-production, story structure, and production planning
- ✳Multi-scene or multi-location coverage
- ✳A connected family of films and campaign-ready cutdowns
- ✳Advanced finishing, graphics, cutdowns, and three revision rounds
Signature Partnership
By proposal
Full creative partnership
Our most complete cinematic partnership, with dedicated creative direction, expanded crew and locations, and advanced post-production finishing.
- ✳Detailed creative development, scripting, and production management
- ✳Multiple production days, locations, or specialist crew as scoped
- ✳A highly finished flagship film with campaign versions and cutdowns
- ✳Advanced sound, colour, motion graphics, versions, and campaign cutdowns
Recurring video services receive continuity advantages when planning, production days, and post-production can be scheduled together. Cadence and scope are confirmed in writing.
What we produce
Every format your business needs.
Business commercials
Promotional films for broadcast, social, and web.
Brand films
Full story — your people, process, and place.
Drone & aerial
Cinematic coverage for tourism, real estate, and construction.
Customer testimonials
Real clients, real results. The most trusted format in marketing.
Recruitment videos
Show candidates what it's actually like to work with you.
Product & service demos
Show the work, not just describe it.
Our process
Diagnose
We start by understanding your business, your customers, and what the video needs to accomplish, then define the right production scope.
Script
We write the brief, the shot list, and the narrative structure. Every word and frame is intentional before we pick up a camera.
Shoot
Professional lighting, audio, and direction. Location scouting and scheduling handled. You focus on your business; we handle the rest.
Edit
Cut, colour grade, sound mix. We deliver a first cut for review and work through revisions until it's right.
Deliver
Final files in every format you need — web, social, broadcast. Optimised for each platform.
Distribute
We advise on where and how to deploy the video for maximum reach — website, Google Business Profile, social, and paid.
Commercial examples
Products, experiences and people in motion.
Motion identity
Business Profile
Business Profile Video
A profile-led example built around a person, their work, and the story behind the business.
Rotary Fest · July 2026
Three cuts. One community story.
Rotary Fest — 3 Minute Film
A three-minute event film capturing the performances, people, and community energy of Rotary Fest.
Rotary Fest Parade — 1 Minute Recap
A fast-paced one-minute recap of the Rotary Fest parade.
Stage 3 — 30 Second Teaser
A concise Stage 3 teaser cut for social and promotional release.
Common questions
Common questions
Not much. After the Diagnostic and pre-production call, we'll give you a simple brief — what to wear, what to have ready, what to expect. Most clients say the shoot day was easier than they expected.
Timing depends on production depth, availability, locations, and revision cadence. Focused productions commonly take 2–4 weeks; Story, Campaign, and Signature engagements are scheduled in writing after the Diagnostic.
Yes. We're based in Sault Ste. Marie and regularly work across Algoma and Northern Ontario. Travel to other regions is available by arrangement.
Every package includes revision rounds, and we don't consider a project complete until you're satisfied. We've never had a client walk away unhappy — and we intend to keep it that way.
Because a video made without a clear strategy is just an expensive guess. The Diagnostic ensures we're making the right video for the right audience with the right message, and its fee is credited toward your package.
Ready to own the most powerful asset in your market?
Start with the Diagnostic. We'll audit your entire business presence, hand you a roadmap, and credit the Diagnostic fee toward your video package.