Price Ranges2026

Our work, and what it costs.

Every project is scoped on its own, so these are ranges rather than a fixed menu — but they are the real numbers. Six years, twenty-plus organizations, mostly by word of mouth and usually with a deadline.

In every project

One creative idea built for your story
Real footage and real voices
Original animation in your colors
Sound treated as craft
Two revision rounds as standard
You always know where it stands

Promos and brand films

Short social pieces through to full concept-led productions.

Range$3,000–$14,000

Explainer & short-form

$1,000 / finished min

3-min minimum · from $3,000

Script and storyboard
Professional voiceover
Custom animation in your brand colors
Music, sound design and captions
Two revision rounds
Lifetime license

Full animation

$4,000–$12,000

No shoot · baseline ~2 min

Fully animated, nobody on camera
An art style built for the story
Clean abstract through to high-detail concept work

Feature film — real footage

$6,500–$8,500

~3–4 min · ~6 hrs filming · ~3 interviews

Real interviews and footage, one film
Animated logo and lower thirds
Audio design and color grade
Two revision rounds

Concept-led production

$10,000–$14,000

~8 hrs filming · up to 3 days

Everything in the feature film, plus

An original concept, not a format
Full script and professional voiceover
Advanced motion graphics

On-site day + short series

$2,500 / day + $250–$500 per short

Day rate is flat · edits billed per video

One full day filming inside your organization
As many people as you want to schedule
A day plus eight shorts runs about $5,500

Event and dinner videos

Filmed on the day, or cut from footage you already have.

Range$7,000–$11,000

Event or dinner film

$7,500

Full day of filming

B-roll and interviews across the day
A concept to hold it together
One finished film

Main film + promo cutdown

$7,300–$7,800

One videographer · 6 scheduled hours

A 3–4 minute main film
A 40–60 second promo cut for social
Unused filming hours refunded

Event film + honoree videos

$10,950

Four finished pieces

One b-roll film of the event
Three honoree videos

Recap / highlight edit

$7,000–$11,000

From footage you supply · no shoot day

Lower end: a clean edit with basic intro animation
Top end: consistent graphics, sound design, natural voiceover, elevated pacing

Music and lyric videos

Priced per finished minute, four-minute minimum.

From$6,000

Guided Build

$1,500 / finished min

4-min minimum · from $6,000

You send the finished song and how you picture it
An art style designed for that track
The full animation built to the song
Sound design and audio mix
Two hours of revisions

Concept + Collaboration

$1,500 / min + $2,400 concept

4-min minimum · from $8,400

Everything in Guided Build, plus

A scene-by-scene script outline you approve before a frame is built
Symbolic visuals from your own lyrics
Original art direction
Unlimited revisions

Priced separately

Script + professional voiceover$1,200
Social promo cut-downs (up to ~3)$500–$800
Film direction on set, local (1–2 days)$850–$1,700
Extra finished minute beyond baseline$450–$800
Hours beyond the included rounds$150 / hr

What moves the number

Finished length past the baseline
Filming hours, locations, days
How many people get interviewed
Depth of animation
Revisions past the included rounds, $150/hr
Rush under two weeks adds 20%

Motion Media · Nechama Toporowitz, Creative Director · motionmedianj.com · Current as of 2026