Your Story is a visual storytelling studio and video production company in Ottawa, leading corporate video production for public institutions, associations and technology companies, alongside commercials and brand films.
We’re an Ottawa video production company built around a simple belief: the best work starts with something worth communicating. From corporate video production for public institutions, associations and technology companies to commercials and brand films, we bring strategy, creative direction, production and post-production together under one roof. Every project is shaped with intention, grounded in something human, and made to stay with you.
Ottawa moves between historic stone, modern institutions, neighbourhood streets, rivers, bridges and open green space: Parliament Hill and Sparks Street, the courtyards of the ByWard Market, the Rideau Canal, the Glebe and Westboro, and Gatineau Park across the river. That range lets a story feel established, contemporary, intimate or expansive. The city also hosts a busy screen industry, with dozens of films and series shot here each year with support from the Ottawa Film Office.
Selected commercial, brand, and corporate productions managed from planning through final delivery.
Every story is different. The principles behind great storytelling are not. Shaped over more than a decade and thousands of stories, the Your Story Structure™ brings clarity to the creative process by aligning three interdependent forces.
Every story is different. The principles behind great storytelling are not. Shaped over more than a decade and thousands of stories, the Your Story Structure™ brings clarity to the creative process by aligning three interdependent forces.
Understanding who the story is for, when they’ll experience it, and what they bring with them.
Shaping the story through structure, perspective, rhythm, emotion, and visual intention.
Defining what the audience should feel, remember, perceive, or do because the story exists.
We work with a curated roster of commercial directors, bringing different perspectives, visual languages, and areas of expertise to each production. Projects are matched with directors based on the story, creative direction, audience, and needs of the campaign.
Our studio model is built around bringing together the right creative and production talent for each project. We are always interested in meeting experienced directors, producers, cinematographers, production crew, photographers, editors, animators, and other specialists working in Ottawa. If your work reflects strong craft, thoughtful decision-making, and a collaborative approach, introduce yourself and share your portfolio.
Your Ottawa Video Production Partner
Planning a corporate video, commercial, brand film or campaign in Ottawa? Our team can lead corporate video production from early creative development through filming and final delivery, or join an existing communications team, agency or client workflow at the production stage.
Our production network spans across major Canadian and U.S. markets allowing us to maintain consistent creative and production leadership across locations.
Video production services across Vancouver and British Columbia.
Video production services across Toronto and Ontario.
Video production services across Calgary and Alberta.
Video production services across Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
Video production services across Montreal and Quebec.
Video production services across New York and the surrounding region.
Video production services across Los Angeles and Southern California.
Available for productions across North America and internationally.
Strategy, concept development, scripting, storyboarding, and creative direction.
Editorial, colour, sound, visual effects, motion graphics, and final delivery.
A full-service video production company in Ottawa manages the complete process: creative development, budgeting, scheduling, casting, locations, permits, crews, equipment, filming, post-production and delivery.
Your Story can manage a project from concept through completion or provide production support within an existing agency or client workflow.
We produce corporate videos, commercials, brand films, documentaries, product videos, testimonial films, interviews, event films, recruitment videos and integrated campaigns for organizations in Ottawa and across the National Capital Region.
The production approach is built around the audience, creative direction, platform and objectives of each project.
Timelines vary by scope.
Smaller productions may move from planning through final delivery within several weeks, while larger commercials and campaigns can require several months of creative development, pre-production, filming, post-production and approvals. In Ottawa, winter shapes exterior schedules and larger organizations often have several review stages, so we plan both from the start and build permit lead times in wherever a location needs them.
We establish a clear schedule and approval process at the beginning of each project.
Yes. Ottawa’s film and television work keeps a capable local crew base, and we assemble crews from it around the requirements of each production, supported by our North American network.
Crew may include producers, directors, cinematographers, camera teams, lighting, grip, sound, art department, production personnel and specialized technicians.
Yes.
We manage location research, scouting, access, permits, agreements and production logistics across Ottawa and the National Capital Region, from downtown and the ByWard Market to the Rideau Canal, Kanata and Gatineau Park.
Locations are evaluated for both their creative suitability and practical production requirements.
Yes. Our production team coordinates film permits, location agreements, production insurance, releases and other documentation.
Where a shoot needs them, we handle locations and permits across Ottawa and neighbouring municipalities, along with the insurance and releases each production requires.
Yes. We regularly work as a production partner for agencies and internal brand teams that already have an approved strategy, script, treatment, or creative concept. We can focus entirely on execution while working within the established creative direction and approval structure.
Yes.
Across the region, we take on productions in Gatineau, Kanata, Orléans, Nepean, Barrhaven, the Ottawa Valley and Kingston.
Our network also supports projects in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, New York and Los Angeles, including productions that span several cities or travel-based locations.
Yes. Our post-production services include editorial, colour grading, music, sound design, visual effects, motion graphics, finishing, versioning and final delivery.
Link: Post-production
Yes. Creative development, pre-production meetings, reviews, approvals, and post-production can all be managed remotely. When filming takes place in Ottawa, our production team coordinates the local logistics while maintaining clear communication with agency and client stakeholders wherever they are based.
Yes. Ottawa hosts a steady slate of film and television production each year, supported by the Ottawa Film Office, and the city has become a frequent home for holiday movies, with places like the ByWard Market, Sparks Street and the Rideau Canal standing in for towns across North America. For corporate and commercial work, that means experienced local crews and services close at hand.
Yes. Many Ottawa organizations speak to audiences in both official languages. We plan bilingual projects from the script stage, whether that means interviews in both languages, separate English and French versions or subtitled and voiced edits, so each version feels written for its audience rather than translated.
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