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Vision board 2027A moodboard and video with youA corporate New Year video greeting is a short video from your company to clients, partners or your own team, sent instead of a card or alongside a gift. The ones that land are specific: your people, your office, your product and the year in review, not stock snowflakes with a logo. Below are ideas for each audience, formats, a checklist of what to prepare, and what to approve so you finish comfortably before the holidays.
The short answer: how to make a corporate greeting
The order is simple: pick the audience (clients, partners or team), choose one idea instead of a list of wishes, gather photos of people, the office and the product, approve the copy and languages, and then the script and key frames. No shoot day is needed: video generation builds scenes from photos, so your employees can be on screen even if the team works from different cities and countries.
The classic mistake is starting in the last week of December. Internal sign-offs on the copy, the list of people and the language versions often take longer than the production itself. That is why November is exactly the right time to write the brief.
Ideas for clients
Clients don't want to see your tree. They want to see themselves in the story of the year: what you did together and what comes next.
1The year in scenes
A few scenes about the year's highlights: a product launch, a new office, a big project. No numbers for the sake of numbers - only moments the client will recognize.
2A gift that comes to life
A character opens a box with your logo, and a winter city, a snowy forest or your new product grows out of it. A simple storyline that adapts easily to any brand.
3A personalized version for key accounts
One greeting, with the final scene or title card naming the client's company. For a short list of key partners it reads as personal attention, not a mass mailing.
Ideas for partners
4A shared story
Your products or people and your partner's in one scene, as a symbol of a year of working together. It works when the partnership is genuinely visible to both sides.
5Thanks from people, not from a logo
The employees who work with the partner every day appear on screen, from photos, with a few words of thanks. The partner sees the actual people they solved problems with all year.
6A greeting in several languages
For international partners: one picture and several language versions of the voice-over and subtitles, in Ukrainian, English and other languages.
Ideas for your team
7The team as the cast
Employees in a festive scene: the office turning into a winter city, a shared toast, a storyline full of inside jokes. Show it at the holiday party or post it in the company chat.
8A thank-you from leadership
A short message from the founder or CEO, framed by scenes from the team's year. The message itself can be recorded on a phone and the scenes generated around it.
9A distributed team, together
If people work from different cities and countries, video generation brings them into one frame from photos - no joint shoot and no hunting for a day when everyone is in the office.
Corporate greeting formats
Choose the format by the channel that will carry the greeting to its audience. Often several versions come out of one project.
10A short video for messaging apps and social
Vertical 9:16 for Stories and Reels, square 1:1 for the feed. One idea and a strong final shot with the logo.
11A film for the holiday party
A longer 16:9 version for the big screen: the year in review, the people, the plans. Play it mid-evening, once everyone has arrived.
12Video for an email campaign
Most email clients don't play video inside the message, so the email carries a cover frame that links to the video. Handy for clients who don't use messaging apps on work accounts.
13Your brand mascot in a holiday scene
If your brand has a character, New Year is a reason to put it in a new story. If it doesn't, this is a good moment to create a 3D mascot and keep using it.
14A greeting with your people on screen
Corporate greetings are one of the Milodia Studio formats: your employees, office and product appear in cinematic scenes created from photos, with no shoot day. Examples and brief
What to prepare
15Photos of people
Clear portraits in daylight, without sunglasses or heavy filters, ideally from a few angles. Get consent from everyone who will appear on screen - especially if the video goes outside the company.
16Photos of the office and product
Wide shots of the space, the entrance, the sign, work areas; the product from several sides. These are used to recreate the location and objects on screen.
17The greeting copy
One main message and a few specific lines. The voice-over for a short video is a few sentences, not a page.
18Languages and formats
Decide up front which languages you need and for which platforms: 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1. Language versions and formats are easier to plan at the start than to add at the last minute.
19Brand guidelines
A vector logo, colors, fonts, usage rules. A New Year video is part of the brand too.
What to approve before generation
The approval order is the same as for any AI video: first the script and voice-over, then the style frames - key frames of the film in final color and light. Only then is the video generated. At Milodia Studio the client approves the script and key frames before generation, so there are no surprises in the final cut.
Inside the company, appoint one person in advance to collect feedback from every department. When comments arrive from several chats at once, the time goes not into production but into reaching agreement.
Check the formalities too: consent from people on screen, music rights, and how the company name is shown in each language version.
Frequently asked questions
When should we order a New Year video greeting?
As early as possible - November is right on time. By late December everyone is busy: your approvers, your vendors, your recipients. Work backwards from the send date: brief, script, style frames, production, sound and versions, plus time for internal sign-offs.
Can our employees appear in the video?
Yes, from photos - no shoot day needed. You will need clear portraits and consent from each person. A distributed team from different cities and countries appears in one scene without a joint shoot.
How much does a corporate video greeting cost?
It depends on the length, the number of scenes and people on screen, the language versions and the formats. After the brief the studio sends a concept, plan and estimate, so you see the cost before work starts.
Can we get several language versions?
Yes: one picture, with the voice-over, subtitles and on-screen text in Ukrainian, English or other languages. Useful when your clients and partners include international companies.
How long should the video be?
For email and social, keep it short with one idea so people watch to the end. For the holiday party you can make a longer 16:9 version for the big screen. Often both come out of the same project.