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Commercials & Ads
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Product Technical Videos
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VFX Shots Sequences
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Brand Packages
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Broadcast Design Packages
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Out of Home Experiential
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What we make
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What we make
Animated commercials and video ads are short spots with one job: make people want it. We create them for TV, streaming (CTV/OTT), YouTube, and social, blending 2D, 3D, motion design, and live-action integration. Sometimes we build the whole spot for a brand's launch. Sometimes we're the animation team inside an agency campaign, crafting the UI shots, the type, and the motion that make the work shine, under the agency's name. Either way, the skip button is the enemy, and every frame is built to beat it.
Commercials & Ads
Product and technical videos are photoreal 3D animations of the thing you actually make: hero shots, exploded views, cutaways, internal mechanics, materials, and engineering detail. We build them for product launches, campaign hero films, sales and investor decks, and tradeshow screens, usually working straight from your CAD models and engineering data. Accurate to the bolt, millimenter, or micron.
Product Technical Videos
VFX shots and sequences are finished effects work, delivered shot-by-shot: 3D design and animation, photoreal CGI integration, compositing, matte painting, roto, and full effects sequences inside commercials. We work as the VFX partner to agencies, production companies, and brands.
VFX Shots Sequences
A brand package is your whole identity delivered as one bundle: the visual identity, the logo and its animation, the guidelines that keep everyone aligned, and the motion system that brings your brand to life. One package, one coherent system, ready for web, video, social, and print on day one.
Brand Packages
A broadcast design package is everything a show needs to look like itself: the title sequence, lower thirds, transitions, bumpers, credits treatment, and the editable toolkit that lets your edit team cut every episode on-brand without us in the room. We've packaged series and episodes for Discovery, MTV, NBC, History, VICE, PBS, and many more.
Broadcast Design Packages
Featured projects
We work with agencies and in-house brand and marketing teams. For agency creative directors and producers, we help develop ideas and deliver work that lives up to the pitch. For brand teams, we help turn a launch, a product story, or a new identity into something people want to watch.
Bring us in wherever you need us. We can shape a concept and carry it through production, animate approved boards, or handle the design, VFX, and finishing within a larger project. Our eight creative services are available individually or together, and we plan the work around your existing team’s process.
Explore our services to see what each discipline can bring to your project.
Our services
Industries we serve
We create animation and video for software, technology hardware, consumer brands, retail, finance, broadcast, and energy. Each brings different audiences, different details, and a different reason to watch. Our job is to understand what matters in your world and make it come through in the work. Explore the industries we serve below:
Retail & E-Commerce
Animated commercials and video ads are short spots with one job: make people want it. We create them for TV, streaming (CTV/OTT), YouTube, and social, blending 2D, 3D, motion design, and live-action integration. Sometimes we build the whole spot for a brand's launch. Sometimes we're the animation team inside an agency campaign, crafting the UI shots, the type, and the motion that make the work shine, under the agency's name. Either way, the skip button is the enemy, and every frame is built to beat it.
Consumer Brands
Animated commercials and video ads are short spots with one job: make people want it. We create them for TV, streaming (CTV/OTT), YouTube, and social, blending 2D, 3D, motion design, and live-action integration. Sometimes we build the whole spot for a brand's launch. Sometimes we're the animation team inside an agency campaign, crafting the UI shots, the type, and the motion that make the work shine, under the agency's name. Either way, the skip button is the enemy, and every frame is built to beat it.
Software & SaaS
Animated commercials and video ads are short spots with one job: make people want it. We create them for TV, streaming (CTV/OTT), YouTube, and social, blending 2D, 3D, motion design, and live-action integration. Sometimes we build the whole spot for a brand's launch. Sometimes we're the animation team inside an agency campaign, crafting the UI shots, the type, and the motion that make the work shine, under the agency's name. Either way, the skip button is the enemy, and every frame is built to beat it.
Energy & Power
Animated commercials and video ads are short spots with one job: make people want it. We create them for TV, streaming (CTV/OTT), YouTube, and social, blending 2D, 3D, motion design, and live-action integration. Sometimes we build the whole spot for a brand's launch. Sometimes we're the animation team inside an agency campaign, crafting the UI shots, the type, and the motion that make the work shine, under the agency's name. Either way, the skip button is the enemy, and every frame is built to beat it.
Finance & Fintech
Animated commercials and video ads are short spots with one job: make people want it. We create them for TV, streaming (CTV/OTT), YouTube, and social, blending 2D, 3D, motion design, and live-action integration. Sometimes we build the whole spot for a brand's launch. Sometimes we're the animation team inside an agency campaign, crafting the UI shots, the type, and the motion that make the work shine, under the agency's name. Either way, the skip button is the enemy, and every frame is built to beat it.
Tech Hardware
Animated commercials and video ads are short spots with one job: make people want it. We create them for TV, streaming (CTV/OTT), YouTube, and social, blending 2D, 3D, motion design, and live-action integration. Sometimes we build the whole spot for a brand's launch. Sometimes we're the animation team inside an agency campaign, crafting the UI shots, the type, and the motion that make the work shine, under the agency's name. Either way, the skip button is the enemy, and every frame is built to beat it.
Broadcast & Streaming
Animated commercials and video ads are short spots with one job: make people want it. We create them for TV, streaming (CTV/OTT), YouTube, and social, blending 2D, 3D, motion design, and live-action integration. Sometimes we build the whole spot for a brand's launch. Sometimes we're the animation team inside an agency campaign, crafting the UI shots, the type, and the motion that make the work shine, under the agency's name. Either way, the skip button is the enemy, and every frame is built to beat it.
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Smart. Our pricing guides explain broad market planning ranges and the choices that affect a budget. These are market benchmarks, not Garbanzo rates or quotes. Start with what animation costs, or compare video production costs.
FAQ
What is Garbanzo?
Garbanzo is an animation-led creative studio in NYC, working with brands and agencies nationwide. We make animated commercials, photoreal 3D product animation, brand packages, broadcast design, out-of-home and experiential content, and VFX shots and sequences, from concept sketch to final delivery.
Is Garbanzo an animation studio or a video production company?
Animation, design, and post-production are our core. We also deliver finished videos that combine live-action footage with CGI and visual effects, including compositing, editing, color, and sound. Our video production services page explains how those parts come together.
Where is Garbanzo located?
Garbanzo is based in New York City, with a distributed network of senior creatives across the United States. We work with brands and agencies nationwide. All correspondence should be sent to Garbanzo Group LLC, 347 5th Ave, Suite 1402, New York, NY 10016.
Do you work with brands, agencies, or both?
Both. We work directly with brands and in-house marketing teams, and collaborate with advertising agencies and production companies. White-label work is welcome. Bring us a complete project or the part you need help with; we'll scope our work around what your team already has in place.
Wes Townsend and Garbanzo are a pleasure to work with and a go-to partner for me. They deliver great projects under tight deadlines and make it seem easy. They aren't afraid to try new things and they are fast learners too. I often recommend them.
Matthew Mento
SVP Director of Creative Technology
Arnold Worldwide
My company has worked with Garbanzo multiple times, and their quality of work and attention to detail keeps us coming back.
David Sepulveda
Partner/ Architect
GSA
Work Editorial has been working with Garbanzo since October 2021. We have been through some pretty tough campaigns since then and Wes has maintained such a high degree of professionalism and patience.
Christopher Delarenal
Head of Production
Work Editorial
We came to Garbanzo initially with a tightly budgeted 15 for in-store usage. We left with a beautiful 30, on budget and better than the client thought possible. The process was smooth. The teamwork was genuine. The result was impressive. Look forward to working with them in the future.
Scott Barbey
Creative Director
Dentsu / 360i