Medical Animation Studio

About Microverse Studios

Microverse Studios is a full-service scientific and medical animation studio. Our 3D medical animation services include every aspect of animation production from research and scriptwriting to sound design and final delivery. Our clients come to us with an idea, and we turn it into a deployment-ready video.

We have had the honor of delivering game-changing innovators in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device fields with best-in-class, award-winning scientific filmmaking since 2005. Microverse Studios’ medical animators all have advanced degrees and the experience and expertise to quickly and completely understand the science behind our clients’ technologies, whether it’s AI-driven drug discovery, next-gen PCR technologies, or drug mechanism of action/MOA and mechanism of disease/MOD.

Production Process

Our medical animation production process has been highly refined over more than a decade of service to provide our clients with a seamless, responsive experience that easily flows from first idea to finished product. As a full-service medical animation studio, we provide scriptwriting and concept development, storyboarding, music, and professional narration, as well as all animation and video editing services as part of our scientific animation service package, incorporating client review at each milestone of project development. Once the project is complete, we can also manage translation and captioning at our clients’ request. We utilize several metrics to accurately establish project scope from the very beginning and to maintain this scope throughout the life of the project, so that our pricing remains predictable and the finished product is always exactly what our clients expect.

We typically request 2 months for our medical animators to bring an animation from initial brainstorming to finished product, however we can usually accommodate customers with sudden and pressing needs.

To find out more about how we might be able to provide your team with high-end, custom 3D medical animation services, on time and on budget, fill out our contact form to schedule a quick 15-30 minute call for a free consultation.

 

Our Clients

Frequently Asked Questions

Why did you stop using the name Cosmocyte?
Microverse Studios is easier to spell, more memorable, and truly captures our mission to bring the microscopic world to vivid life. Cosmocyte is still our legal name, but doing business as Microverse Studios makes things run a little more smoothly.

How long does it take to produce an animation?
We typically request two months from kickoff meeting to finished product, but our record is three minutes of animation in one week for clients with very urgent deadlines.

How is pricing determined?
We charge per minute of finished animation (rounded down to the nearest 15 seconds). The per-minute rate varies based on the complexity of the subject. For an accurate quote please contact us and we’ll be happy to jump on a quick call to hear the details of your project.

How do you determine the length of an animation?
We can accurately predict the length of a finished animation once we have a detailed list of the concepts that should be understood by the audience. When we provide a quote for your project, we include a breakdown of screen time estimates for each concept for your review. We determine these times based on cognitive factors, including short term memory residence time and working memory integration, all while maintaining optimum pacing– never tell a story too slowly! During production, we manage the project scope with other metrics, ensuring that the project stays within scope and on budget.

What is the average animation duration?
While we occasionally produce shorter animations to accompany in-person presentations such as TED talks or powerpoints for investor meetings, stand-alone animations typically range from 90 seconds to 2.5 minutes, depending on the story our clients need to tell. We always recommend that our clients allow us to keep the message succinct and compelling, ensuring that audiences watch our films all the way through. Occasionally our clients request projects that are much longer than usual. In these cases, it is often better to split the story by theme into two or more parts to allow viewers to control their information dose. In these cases we always also produce a single, long video in addition to the parts at no additional cost, so that our clients can be in complete control of how their story is told.

How are your animations used?
Animation is a perfect way to prime an audience with a frame of reference and a basic understanding of the principles at work in our clients’ technologies. As a result, our animations are useful during almost any contact with potential customers. Our work has been deployed in trade show booths, on tablets during sales visits, in powerpoint demonstrations with investors, as links in emails, and embedded on our clients’ websites. We optimize our deliverables for embedding with Vimeo and YouTube (although we prefer Vimeo) in order to maintain the highest streaming quality, and we work with our clients’ web developers to make sure the deployment process is seamless.

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