Brand films
Human, cinematic brand stories with animated overlays that explain what the camera can’t show.
Services · Mixed Media
Where footage meets animation.
Live action combined with motion graphics overlays, animated characters and visual effects — documentary credibility with the expressiveness of animation.
What it is
A cinematic hybrid format.
Mambo Studio produces mixed media animation — live action footage blended with motion graphics, animated characters, data visualization and visual effects. It is the format that lets a brand film feel real and human while still explaining the abstract, the technical, or the invisible.
We have been blending these crafts since 2013 across brand films, product launches and event content for clients across the US and Latin America. Working at ET−2 from Cali, Colombia, we overlap with the full US business day — and most of this work ships white-label under our partner agencies’ brands.
Whether you bring the footage or we art-direct the shoot alongside the animation, we plan both tracks together from the storyboard so the live action and the animated layer feel like one cohesive piece — not effects bolted on in post.
What we make
Footage, elevated.
Product launches
Hero launch films mixing real product footage with motion graphics that highlight features and data.
Event & sizzle content
Recap reels and sizzle pieces that turn raw event footage into a high-energy branded story.
Have footage that needs to come alive — or a story that needs both real and animated? Let’s figure out the right blend.
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Why Mambo Studio
Why this works with Mambo.
Planned as one piece
We design the live action and the animated layer together from storyboard, so the result feels cohesive, not bolted on.
15+ years building the craft
Animating since 2010 for Airbnb, McGraw Hill, Absolut Vodka, Zumba and hundreds more. You are not training us — you are deploying us.
White-label by default
Most of our work ships under your brand, under NDA. Your clients, your pricing and your strategy stay yours.
Award-winning quality
5 Telly Awards across animation, motion graphics and branded content. Quality is the reason clients come back.
FAQ
Mixed media questions.
Mixed media animation combines live action footage with animated elements — motion graphics, animated characters, data visualization and visual effects — in a single piece. It blends the credibility of real footage with the expressiveness and clarity of animation.
Either way works. You can supply existing footage and we add the animated layer, or we art-direct the shoot alongside the animation so both tracks are designed together from the start. Planning both early produces the most cohesive result.
Mixed media pieces usually run 4–8 weeks depending on shoot logistics, the amount of animation and revision cycles. We give you a milestone schedule at kickoff so there are no surprises.
Yes. Like most of our work, mixed media projects are frequently white-label — we deliver under your brand, under NDA, in your formats and on your deadlines.
Let's work together
Real footage, elevated.
Tell us about the story and the footage, and we will show you how the blend brings it to life.