Make the most of your campaign with a production plan built around its message, audience and placement. We develop, film and edit commercials, brand films and product videos, including the versions your campaign needs.
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Bring your company's people and ideas into focus. We plan and produce company stories, interviews, recruitment and training videos, with clear messaging and a considered visual approach. Your team stays involved in the brief and approvals.
Explore Corporate Video
Explain a product, process or idea with animation and motion graphics. We develop the script, visuals and movement together so the finished video is clear, easy to follow and consistent with your brand.
Explore Animation Services
Build a practical plan for recurring social video. We plan shoots and edits for Reels, TikTok, paid social and other placements, with versions that suit each channel and support your content schedule.
Explore Social Media VideoViva Media has been producing video since 2017, with 1,700+ videos made. As a Toronto video production company, we bring campaign strategy, creative direction and production to brand marketers, with our own commercial studio and equipment.
We develop and produce commercials, corporate video, animation and social content alongside in-house creative teams. You work directly with a director, backed by a producer and crew sized to the project. We prepare the versions each channel needs, including English and French edits and widescreen, square and vertical formats. Our services page sets out the production options and starting prices.
Compare video production servicesOur commercial studio is on The Queensway in Toronto. A core team of five works with crew assembled for each project, from 3 to 15 people. Viva Media is the parent company of Viva Camera and Viva Studios. We film across the GTA, elsewhere in Canada, the United States and internationally. GTA travel is included.
We're Telly Award-winning and trusted by Fortune 500 brands. Watch the Lagostina EliteClad product film, the Xanadu Quantum corporate documentary and the Smart Serve Cares brand campaign in our work collection. Our clients also include McDonald's, Pepsi, TD Bank, RBC and Nestlé.
See recent workProjects start from $10,000+, and ongoing social content on a monthly retainer starts from $2,500+ per month. Two revision rounds are included, with extra rounds at $150/hour. We carry $5M in insurance, with a certificate of insurance available. A producer replies within 24 hours.
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We start with the audience, business goal and the job the video needs to do. Together, we define the brief, budget, deliverables and approval process so production can move ahead with clear priorities.
We develop concepts, scripts and visual references around the brief. You can review the creative direction before filming, whether we are leading the project or working alongside your brand team or agency partner.
Our Toronto production team plans the crew, equipment and shoot around the creative. We capture the footage your project needs, from a campaign film to a planned batch of social content, with your agreed scope in view.
We edit, grade and mix the footage, then prepare the agreed versions for their intended placements. We confirm delivery formats with your team. Media buying, posting and performance tracking are separate unless included in the project scope.
I can't say enough good things about Matt Watts and the incredible team at Viva Media! They recently created a short video for our Instagram, which we used for a media launch in Toronto for StretchLab.
Not only did the video perfectly capture the essence of our business, but it also achieved an astounding record low cost per lead (CPL) of just $0.84!
We had a fantastic experience working with VIVA. The entire team were knowledgable, professional, helpful, patient and detail-obsessed, making our lives so easy at what is typically a very stressful time.
Every step of the process was planned meticulously which led to a seamless shooting and editing experience. We and our clients were delighted with the final products. Looking forward to working with the guys again!
Would give VIVA MEDIA a 10/5 if I could!
They did a COVID video for my company who is new to releasing video content for our social media - needless to say, they were SUPER accommodating and had a very fast turnover rate. From beginning to end, Matt (our project manager), and his team was able to deliver a video that was everything we needed and more; his team even worked overtime to get us our video before the timeframe we needed it.
Fantastic to work with!
They seemed to easily understand what I was after. Viva not only delivered what I was asking & hoping for, they exceeded my expectations and delivered aspects that I didn't even think to ask!
Projects start from $10,000+, scoped to your brief. The estimate depends on the creative approach, shoot days, locations, crew, talent, editing and final versions. A campaign film and a recurring social content plan may need different resources, even when the finished videos are short.
Tell us who the video is for, where it will run, your deadline and any budget you have in mind. Some clients bring a marketing team and a developed brief; others need help deciding what to make. We can discuss the production approach that fits.
The written quote should make the deliverables, assumptions and exclusions clear before work begins. If the brief changes, confirm the effect on the scope, schedule and cost before approving the additional work.
The schedule depends on the production. We need to understand the brief, the required deliverables and the date you need them before confirming a timeline.
A filmed interview has different planning needs from a multi-location campaign or a custom animation. Casting, locations, shoot days, graphics and the number of people reviewing the work all affect the schedule. We also need to allow time for your team's feedback and approvals.
If you have a fixed launch date, share it early. We can review the available production time and discuss what is achievable. Rush work depends on the scope and availability; the agreed schedule belongs in the project plan.
Depends on what you're making and what's at stake. DIY works fine for quick social clips, internal updates, or anything where speed matters more than polish. Your phone and decent lighting can get you surprisingly far for that stuff.
A production team can help when you need a developed concept, several contributors or locations, specialist filming, animation or a set of finished versions. Consider the skills and time your team already has, along with the work that needs outside support.
Bring us the brief and examples of the style you want. We can talk through which parts your team can handle and where production support would be useful. The decision should fit the project, budget and intended audience.
The written quote defines what is included. Depending on the brief, production can cover concept development, scripting, crew and equipment, filming, editing, colour, sound, music licensing and final delivery versions.
Confirm the number of shoot days, revision rounds, captions, graphics and formats before work begins. Talent and music usage, locations, travel and any other exclusions should also be clear. Extra requests may change the scope and cost, so they need to be agreed separately.
We start by discussing your audience, message and production needs. Media buying, posting and ongoing performance reporting are separate unless they are specifically included in the project scope.
No. You can come with a detailed brief and an agency partner, or with a business goal and an idea that needs shaping. Tell us who you want to reach, what you need to communicate, where the video will run and when you need it. Examples of work you like are useful too. We can discuss the concept, script and production support your project needs from there.
We start with the audience, the message and the job the video needs to do. That guides the concept, production choices and final versions. The portfolio and client feedback show examples of our work; results still depend on the offer, audience, distribution and measurement. We work with brand teams and agency partners on campaign films, corporate videos, animation and ongoing social production.
Production brings together Viva Media's team and specialist collaborators according to the brief. A project may need a producer, director, camera crew, editor, sound specialist or motion designer. We confirm the project lead, responsibilities and production plan with you. If your brand team or agency already owns part of the work, we define how the teams will collaborate and who approves each stage.
Viva Media is based in Toronto and works across the Greater Toronto Area. A local production team can coordinate with your people, locations and suppliers when the project needs on-site filming.
Location planning still depends on the brief. We need to confirm access, permissions, travel, weather considerations and the resources required for the shoot. Those details belong in the production plan and estimate.
If your team or agency is based elsewhere, we can discuss the support needed for a Toronto shoot and the parts that can be reviewed remotely. Share the proposed location and schedule so we can assess the production requirements.
