In the first video of the series, our team blended live video production with custom animation to tell the story of two different businesses facing tha challenge of keeping their email secure. Through the contrast, Mimecast's ability to service all sizes of business is presented beautifully. This was then followed with a series of animated videos featuring character animation – each one outlining a specific service in more detail.
Mimecast came to Richter looking to not only explain their services in more detail, but present them in an engaging manner. Frankly, there are many companies vying for attention in the cyber security space and it was imperative that Richter be able to show Mimecast as different to their competitors.
Richter presented a two part solution. First, we would create a live video featuring a narrative story, as opposed to a typical corporate "talking head". In the video we would present two different people, each responsible for administering the email systems in their business. One, working in a small firm would be looking for the ability to manage it themselves and know their employees and data are kept safe. The other, working in a larger firm, is looking for a robust and scalable solution that can handle the larger workload and still keep things totally secure.
This would then be cut as a contrast, going back and forth between each person to outline where they are the same and different. The resulting video is an engaging look into the real world reasons why someone at any size business would benefit from Mimecast's services.
Next, to back up this first video we would create a series of animated videos , each focusing on one specific service. For this sequence we worked with Mimecast and selected a characater animation style, once again with the aim of brining the stories of those benefiting from these services to life.
This strategic series of videos has allowed Mimecast to bring their value proposition to life in a vibrant and engaging way. Rather than relying on walls of copy on their website, prospective customers are presented with a clear and simple solution to the very real problems Mimecast is able to solve.