Animated Commercials, Trailers and Series

Big Fleet Films is an independent animated film production studio. We make animated commercials and social ads, music and artist promo videos, cinematic trailers and series teasers, character-based brand stories, animated TV pilots and episodic series, and original entertainment of our own. Commercial work for clients sits alongside FLEET, our own animated series.

15 to 30 secondsThe lengths most commercial work lands in
9:16 and 16:9Built for social feeds and websites alike

Animation built for the business behind it

We work with companies of different sizes and stages. The animation style, length and format change depending on who you are selling to and where the video needs to run.

Local businesses
Entrepreneurs and founders
Product brands
Home-service companies
Established companies
Musicians, artists and labels
Series creators and producers
Brands building a character

FLEET, our original animated series

All fifteen episodes of FLEET season one, based on a true story, are the studio’s own production. FLEET is our long-form work: one cast, one look and one voice held steady across a full season. That same character consistency is what a mascot needs across a campaign, or a cast across a pilot and its episodes. Alongside our own series, we produce commercial work for clients. Play it here, or open the series page to watch every episode.

Commercials

Short-form vertical pieces built for social feeds. Everything is labeled, so you always know what is a studio piece, what is concept work, and what was made for a paying client.

Commercial and series production

Every project starts with what the video has to do, then the format follows. We produce short commercial work for businesses and longer story-driven work for artists, creators and brands. Here is what we make.

Animated commercials

A complete short commercial for your business, built around one clear message and a call to action your customer can follow.

Short-form vertical ads

Ads cut for 9:16 feeds and stories, designed to hold attention in the first two seconds and read clearly with the sound off.

Product and service videos

Animation that shows how a product works or what a service includes, including steps that are hard to film in the real world.

Character-based brand stories

An original character or mascot who carries your brand across a series of videos so people recognize you before they read a word.

Animated explainer videos

Clear, paced explanations for offers that take a minute to understand, built for websites, landing pages and sales conversations.

Campaign cutdowns

Shorter versions of your main commercial, trimmed for different placements so one production carries a whole campaign.

Music and artist promo videos

Animated visuals for a single, an album or a tour, built around the music and cut for the platforms where your audience listens and watches.

Cinematic trailers and series teasers

A trailer or teaser of up to 60 seconds that sets the tone, introduces the characters and shows what a film or series is about.

Animated pilots and episodic series

Series development, a pilot episode and continuing episodes in one approved style and cast. Always quoted in writing after a creative brief.

Branded social content

Ongoing animated pieces that keep your feed active between campaigns, produced to a schedule agreed in writing.

What moves the price. Scope, animation style, run time, voiceover, music and the number of delivery formats all affect the price. Fixed packages are paid at their listed price plus any extras you choose; trailers, pilots, series and other custom work are quoted in writing after a creative brief.

Pricing

Fixed packages and monthly plans are paid on this page at the listed price, plus any extras you choose. Each card shows what is included and what costs extra. Anything that changes the scope beyond the package is quoted in writing before it is done. Trailers, pilots and series are always custom-quoted; see the section below.

A revision round is one consolidated set of notes on the current approved stage. Revisions are not unlimited; new concepts, major script changes after approval, new scenes, deliverables or languages are quoted separately.

One-off projects

35% off through Dec 31

Animated social ad

Starting at$163 launch priceStandard price $250
  • One animated ad up to 15 seconds
  • One creative direction
  • One primary format, vertical 9:16 or landscape 16:9
  • Basic branded text and graphics
  • Two revision rounds

Voiceover, character animation, a second format or rush turnaround cost extra.

35% off through Dec 31

Brand story commercial

Starting at$488 launch priceStandard price $750
  • One animated commercial up to 30 seconds
  • Concept development and scriptwriting
  • Storyboard or visual plan
  • Custom branded visuals, with character accents where the concept calls for them
  • Two revision rounds
  • One final delivery format

Full character animation, professional voiceover, licensed music and extra formats cost extra.

35% off through Dec 31

Business campaign package

Starting at$975 launch priceStandard price $1,500
  • One main animated commercial up to 30 seconds
  • Two shorter cutdowns for social media
  • Concept development, script and storyboard
  • Branded visual direction
  • Three revision rounds across the package
  • Delivery in up to three agreed formats

More cutdowns, longer run times, voice talent and paid-ad usage rights are quoted separately.

Monthly plans

For businesses that need a feed that stays alive. Deliverables and a posting calendar are agreed in writing each month before work starts. Plans are billed to a card each month and renew automatically until you cancel — Afterpay and Klarna cover one-time packages only and cannot be used on a plan.

35% off through Dec 31

Starter

Per month$650 a month for the first 3 monthsThen the standard $1,000 a month
  • Two vertical shorts a month, up to 15 seconds each
  • One format, 9:16
  • One revision round per piece
  • Monthly content calendar

Best for a local business that wants to post consistently without a big budget.

35% off through Dec 31

Growth

Per month$1,300 a month for the first 3 monthsThen the standard $2,000 a month
  • Four shorts a month, up to 15 seconds each
  • Two formats, 9:16 and 16:9
  • Two revision rounds per piece
  • Monthly planning call and content calendar

Best for a brand running a weekly cadence across social and web.

35% off through Dec 31

Studio

Per month$2,275 a month for the first 3 monthsThen the standard $3,500 a month
  • One short every week, up to 15 seconds each
  • One 30-second commercial every month
  • Three formats
  • Priority turnaround
  • Two revision rounds per piece
  • Monthly planning call, calendar and quarterly review

Best for an established company treating animation as a standing channel.

Rights and files. What you may do with the finished video, including music and voiceover licensing and paid-ad use, is set out in your written scope. A purchase does not include unlimited usage. Editable source and project files are not included in any package; if you need them, they are quoted separately.

Trailers and Animated Series

Starting prices for teasers, pilots and episodic series. This work is always quoted: we agree a creative brief with you, send a written quote, and nothing is paid until you approve it. There is no checkout for series work on this page.

The launch discount applies to the fixed packages and monthly plans above. It does not apply to trailers or series.

Cinematic series teaser

Starting at$1,500
  • Up to 60 seconds
  • Concept and script
  • Storyboard or visual plan
  • One approved visual direction
  • Two revision rounds
  • The agreed delivery formats

Quoted separately: voice talent, licensed music, extra cutdowns and extra formats, when they are not in your written scope.

Series development and character package

Starting at$2,500 one time
  • Short series premise and format
  • Visual style guide
  • Title treatment
  • Up to three principal character reference designs

Quoted separately: additional characters and extensive series-bible work.

Limited AI-assisted animated episodes

Starting at$1,000 per finished minute
  • Episode production in your approved visual style and cast
  • Priced per finished minute of runtime
  • Available after you approve the visual style and pilot scope

Quoted separately: the complexity items listed below this grid.

5-minute pilot

Starting at$7,500
  • The series development and character package ($2,500)
  • One 5-minute episode ($5,000)
  • Revision rounds as set out in your written scope

Quoted separately: the complexity items listed below this grid.

23-minute pilot

Starting at$25,500
  • The series development and character package ($2,500)
  • One 23-minute episode ($23,000)
  • Revision rounds as set out in your written scope

Quoted separately: the complexity items listed below this grid.

Continuing episodes

5-minute episodes from$5,000 each
23-minute episodes from$23,000 each
  • Produced in the approved style and cast
  • Same runtime and revision terms as agreed in writing

Quoted separately: new characters, new locations and anything outside the approved style or cast.

Volume pricing

A volume price is offered only for a signed multi-episode commitment with locked runtime, cast, visual style, schedule and revision terms. For a 15-episode commitment, an optional discount of up to 10% applies to episode production only. The development fee is separate and is not discounted.

Illustrative budget estimates

These are estimates, not quotes. Both assume a signed 15-episode commitment with the full 10% volume discount, plus the development package.

15 × 5-minute episodes
15 × $5,000 = $75,000, less 10% = $67,500, plus $2,500 development
from $70,000
15 × 23-minute episodes
15 × $23,000 = $345,000, less 10% = $310,500, plus $2,500 development
from $313,000

What can raise the price. Longer or more complex episodes cost more. Custom character animation, action scenes, lip-sync, the number of characters and locations, voiceover, music licensing, sound design, rush schedules and delivery formats all affect the figure. Complex projects are quoted after a creative brief and a pilot-style test. No price is guaranteed until you approve the written scope.

Series budget calculator

Choose an episode count and runtime to see a starting estimate based on the prices above.

Runtime per episode

Available from 15 episodes. Applies to episode production only, never to the development fee.

Series development package$2,500
Episode production (1 × 5 min at $5,000)$5,000
Volume discountNot applied
Starting estimate$7,500

Budget estimate only. A written quote, approved by you, comes before any payment.

Included in this estimate

  • Series premise and format, visual style guide, title treatment and up to three principal character reference designs
  • 1 episode of 5 minutes in one approved visual style and cast
  • Revision rounds as set out in your written scope

Needs a custom quote

  • Custom character animation, action scenes and lip-sync
  • More characters or locations than the approved scope
  • Voiceover, music licensing and sound design
  • Rush schedules and extra delivery formats
  • Additional characters or extensive series-bible work

Prefer to spread the cost?

Any one-time package can be split into four payments over six weeks with Afterpay or Klarna. No interest and no extra fees from us — the total is the same. Pick a package to see exactly what you would pay, and when.

  1. 1$40.75Todaywhen you order
  2. 2$40.75In 2 weeksautomatic
  3. 3$40.75In 4 weeksautomatic
  4. 4$40.75In 6 weekslast payment

Four payments of $40.75 — $163 in total, the same as paying in one go.

Totals shown use the launch price, which applies to packages booked and paid by December 31, 2026. After that, the same split applies to the standard package price.

Afterpay and Klarna are available to customers in the United States paying in US dollars, on one-time packages. Monthly plans are billed by card and cannot be split this way. Approval is decided by Afterpay or Klarna at checkout and is not guaranteed; their terms apply. Big Fleet Films is not affiliated with either company.

Paying for your project

Fixed packages and custom projects are paid differently. Payments are encrypted and processed securely.

Fixed packages, paid on this page

Packages and monthly plans are paid from the pricing cards above, at the listed price plus any extras you choose. Payment reserves your place in the schedule. Next comes the project intake, then a creative brief that you approve in writing before anything is animated. Anything that would change the scope beyond the package is quoted before it is done.

Custom projects, including trailers and series

Inquiry first, then a creative brief, then a written quote. Once you approve the quote, we send an invoice or deposit request with a secure payment link, and production starts after payment. Deposits and balances follow the schedule in your agreement.

Client Portal

Your project lives in the client portal. It is where you approve briefs and quotes, see payment status, send messages, review previews, submit revision notes and download final files. It always shows the current stage and the next step.

Not sure which you need? Request a quote. We will tell you plainly whether a fixed package fits or whether the job needs its own brief and quote, and there is no charge for finding out.

How it works

Ten steps from first message to final files. You approve the direction and the price before production starts, and the client portal shows the current status and the next step throughout.

Buying a fixed package on this page? Payment comes first and reserves your place. The creative brief is still written and approved in writing before anything is animated.

1

Inquiry

Tell us what you need through the project intake or the form on this page, at no cost and with no commitment.

2

Creative brief

We write up the goal, audience, length, format and deliverables so we agree on exactly what is being made.

3

Written quote or package selection

Custom work gets a written quote based on the brief; a fixed package keeps its listed price plus the extras you chose.

4

Your approval

Nothing moves forward until you approve the brief and the price in writing, in the client portal.

5

Payment

You pay the package price, or the invoice or deposit in your quote, through a secure payment link.

6

Script and visual approvals

You approve the script, the storyboard or visual plan, and the look before animation starts.

7

Production

We animate the approved script in the approved style, and the portal shows when your project is in production.

8

Client review

You watch a preview in the client portal and send one consolidated set of notes.

9

Included revision rounds

We make changes within the revision rounds included in your package or quote; extra rounds cost extra.

10

Final delivery

Finished files in the agreed formats, ready to download from the client portal.

An independent animated film studio

Big Fleet Films is an independent animated film production studio. We create animated commercials and social ads, music and artist promo videos, cinematic trailers and series teasers, character-based brand stories, animated TV pilots and episodic series, and original Big Fleet Films entertainment.

Our own work matters to our client work. FLEET, our animated series, is fifteen episodes of long-form storytelling with the same characters holding together from start to finish. That is how a studio builds character design, pacing, timing and voice, and that craft goes straight into every commercial, promo and pilot we make for clients. When you hire us for a thirty-second commercial, you get a team that thinks about it as a film with a job to do.

Faith-based animated storytelling is part of our creative mission and part of what we produce as a studio. Our commercial production services are open to any business, in any industry, whatever its mission.

How we talk about results

Animation can earn attention and make an offer easier to understand. It cannot guarantee sales, views, streams or a particular return, and no pilot or series comes with a promise of network, streaming or distribution pickup. What your video does depends on your business, your offer, your audience and how it is distributed. We will tell you honestly when video is not the thing holding your marketing back.

Where we work

We work out of the Memphis area with businesses across the United States. Production and reviews run remotely, so where you are does not change what we can make.

Questions businesses ask first

How much does an animated commercial cost?

Standard prices: animated social ads from $250, brand story commercials from $750 and business campaign packages from $1,500. Monthly plans are $1,000, $2,000 and $3,500 a month. Through 31 December 2026 the 35% launch price applies: $163, $488 and $975, and $650, $1,300 and $2,275 a month for the first three months of a plan.

Fixed packages are paid at the listed price plus any extras you choose. If you want something that changes the scope beyond the package, such as a longer runtime, more scenes or more deliverables, we quote it in writing before it is done. Custom work is quoted after the creative brief, because length, animation style, voiceover, music and the number of delivery formats all change the figure.

How much do trailers, pilots and series cost?

Starting prices: a cinematic series teaser of up to 60 seconds from $1,500; the series development and character package from $2,500, one time; limited AI-assisted episodes from $1,000 per finished minute; a 5-minute pilot from $7,500; a 23-minute pilot from $25,500; continuing episodes from $5,000 (5 minutes) or $23,000 (23 minutes) each.

Series and trailer work is quoted, not checked out. We agree a creative brief, send a written quote and you approve it before any payment. Complexity can raise the figure, and no price is guaranteed until you approve the written scope. The series calculator gives a starting estimate.

What counts as a revision round?

One consolidated set of notes on the current approved stage, such as the script, the storyboard or a preview, sent together. We make those changes and come back to you. Each package and quote states how many rounds are included; revisions are not unlimited.

New concepts, major script changes after approval, new scenes, new deliverables and new languages are not revisions. They are quoted separately. Extra revision rounds on a package cost extra.

When does work start?

For a fixed package, payment reserves your place in the schedule. You then complete the project intake, and we write the creative brief. Nothing is animated until you approve that brief in writing.

For custom work, including trailers and series, production starts once you have approved the written quote and the invoice or deposit is paid. Either way, your start date and timeline are confirmed in writing once the brief is approved.

Can I pay in instalments?

Yes, on any one-time package. Afterpay and Klarna split the total into four payments over six weeks — you pay the first when you order and the rest come off the same card automatically, a fortnight apart. There is no interest and we do not add a fee, so the total is the same as paying in one go. Choose it at the card step. Monthly plans are billed by card each month and cannot be split this way, and approval is decided by Afterpay or Klarna rather than by us. Custom projects, including trailers and series, are invoiced through a secure payment link rather than checked out on this page.

How long does production take?

It depends on the scope. A single short social ad, a multi-format campaign and a 23-minute episode are very different jobs. We confirm your timeline in writing once the creative brief is approved. We do not promise a deadline before we have seen the brief. Rush turnaround costs extra, subject to the schedule.

What is the client portal?

The client portal is where your project lives once it starts. You approve briefs and quotes, see payment status, send messages, review previews, submit revision notes and download final files there. It shows the current stage of your project, from inquiry to final delivery, and what the next step is.

Can you make a trailer or series for my music, label or brand?

Yes. Music and artist promo videos, trailers, teasers, pilots and series are all part of what we produce. You need to have permission for any artist, label, likeness, music, logo or footage that goes into the project, and we will ask about it in the brief.

We do not imply that any artist, label or brand endorses the work unless they have approved it, and we do not promise views, streams, or network or streaming pickup.

Will an animated commercial increase my sales?

We will not promise that. A commercial can win attention and explain your offer clearly, but results depend on your business, your offer, your audience and how the video is distributed. Anyone guaranteeing you sales, viral reach or a specific return on a video is guessing. The same goes for trailers and series: we make the film, and we do not promise views or pickup.

Do you write the script, or do we?

We write it. Concept development and scriptwriting are included in the brand story commercial, the campaign package and the series teaser. For a fifteen-second social ad, the message is usually short enough that we build it directly from your creative direction. You approve the script before production starts either way.

Do you run or buy the ads for us?

No. Media buying and advertising placement are not included in our packages. We produce the video and deliver the files in the formats you need; you or your media team place them. If placement support is something you want, ask on the discovery call and we will tell you plainly whether we can help.

What formats do we receive?

The formats agreed in your brief. Most businesses take a vertical 9:16 cut for social feeds and a landscape 16:9 cut for websites and video platforms. Each package states how many formats are included, and extra formats cost extra. Editable source or project files are not included unless they are quoted.

What do you need from us to start?

Your logo and any brand colors or fonts you use, a clear sense of who you are selling to, and examples of work whose tone you like. For music, trailer or series work, also any characters, scripts, tracks or footage you already have, with permission to use them. If you do not have brand assets yet, say so in the project intake and we will factor that into the brief.

Do you only work with faith-based organizations?

No. We produce faith-based animated films as part of our own creative slate, and our commercial production is open to any business in any industry.

Do you work with businesses outside Memphis?

Yes. We work with businesses across the United States. Discovery calls, script approvals and reviews all run remotely, through the client portal.

Tell us what you need made

Answer a few questions and we will come back with next steps. Nothing here is a commitment, and there is no charge for the discovery call.

Know what you need? Start the project intake on the path that fits.

Not sure yet? Use the quick form on this page and we will reply with next steps.

Book a free discovery call

Use the form and note your preferred times in the project description. We will confirm a slot by email.

What happens next

  • We read your answers and reply with questions or a time to talk.
  • We write the creative brief with you and, for custom work, send a written quote.
  • Fixed packages are paid at checkout to reserve a place in the schedule, but nothing is animated until you approve the creative brief in writing.
  • Custom projects, including trailers and series, are not charged until you approve a written quote.
  • Your client portal shows the current stage and the next step.

Prefer to write to us directly?

The form is the fastest route. It gives us everything we need to quote your project accurately.

We only ask for what we need to quote your project. We do not ask for payment details or any sensitive personal information on this form.