Grow Your Influence.
We create videos to clarify your message and strengthen your brand.
The right videos will express your vision and engage the people who matter most to you.
Join the 100+ clients we’ve served.
Express your vision
It can be difficult to communicate what’s important. We’ll help you express key messages and emotions more clearly so your audience listens.
Scale your communication
It’s a challenge to deliver a consistent message to customers and team members. The right video and digital content gets everyone on the same page.
Build your brand
Video, photography, and audio impacts how your audience views your brand. Let’s work together to leverage these across your relevant platforms.
10+ years of video production experience.
For over 10 years, our team has helped top organizations in Canada and the U.S express who they are, and the value they bring to their customers.
Portage Creative Client Testimonials
“I've used Portage Creative on numerous occasions and love their work...”
— Carey Nieuwhof, Author and Founding Pastor, Connexus Church
“They are creative and fun to work with and have a keen understanding of messaging and how their work aligns with the overall big picture.”
— Jesse Barton, Founder of Fireside Creative Agency
“Fantastic group! their work on a recent project with us exceeded expectations...”
— Mike P Jacques, Sales Manager, Deltic Wash Force
Wherever you need us, we come to you.
A local video production company with an international impact.
Our clients range in size from local businesses to international corporations. We travel far and wide to capture and deliver video content that stands out from the crowd.
We go where the stories are.
While the majority of our work happens in and around Barrie, Ontario — we fly across Canada and into the United States to tell our client’s stories.
We’re an effective media production team with complementary skills and passions.
Cole keeps a constant eye on marketing and communications trends and is passionate about creativity. He generally takes charge of lighting, camera, and audio during our video production days.
Lydia has an education in psychology and years of experience directing, producing, and editing video; she has a special ability to keep our client goals first and foremost from the beginning to the end of each project.
Cole, appreciating our mini-van rental during a video shoot for VacuTech in Las Vegas.
Safety glasses on, as we collect b-roll in a Barrie machine shop.
Lydia, standing in, as we place final touches for an interview.
Cole, working on producing our first client podcast.
Cole, running the camera. Lydia, listening and guiding the interview.
Lydia, working in our home-office just outside of Orillia.
Video Production & Digital Content
How and where you present branded media will directly impact the way your customers view your organization.
With the right video and digital content, your business can express complex concepts to the right people at the right time and experience the benefits of clarity and growth. Portage Creative is more than a video production company – we’re a branding and marketing partner. Your social media channels and website are an incredibly meaningful part of the brand message you present, and digital content is how to make those places shine.
We’ve seen our client’s videos propel their brand and marketing in ways that are simply not possible with other media.
Beyond Video Production
It’s not all about producing cinematic video, either. As we’ve grown our video production agency, we’ve kept our eyes on market trends and adapted our skills to better meet the needs of our clients. We’re producing live streams, radio spots, and currently working on our first client podcast – all in an effort to leverage our skills to best suit your needs. In addition to producing top-notch content, we also periodically host workshops to teach organizations how to better leverage video content in-house using affordable equipment like DSLRs and Smartphones. We also provide consultation for brands looking for guidance for their specific situation.
Our 3-Step Process
When you work with us, here’s what to expect.
01: Discover
Our first step is to schedule a phone call to discuss your communication goals. We’ll want to know the outcome you’re looking for and the resources available for reaching that outcome. We’ll often discuss potential solutions in this initial conversation.
02: Plan
Once we understand the outcome you’re looking for and resources available, our team will develop solutions and start to craft a plan. How heavily you’re involved in this step is up to you. Either way, we keep everyone in the loop as the plan and schedule emerges.
03: Produce
At this point, we move into producing and delivering your digital content. We clarify messages through scripts and storyboards, direct interviews, capture video and audio content, and pull it all together in the editing suite. This is a collaborative process that will always include input from you before finalizing.
Meet the Team
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Lydia Bennett
PRODUCER & DIRECTOR
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Cole Bennett
CINEMATOGRAPHER & DIGITAL STRATEGIST
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Karl Piwowarski
EDITOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
More than a video production company.
Our clients want more than fancy cameras and lighting; they want clear and effective communication.
You want content that is useful to your customers and will increase your brand presence and influence in the marketplace. While video production remains the largest part of what we do, our services continue to expand deeper into other areas of communication and digital content in order to reach those important goals for our clients.
It all begins with our client’s goals.
As we listen to what our client wants to achieve, and begin to understand the platforms and channels their brand occupies, we can start to craft an effective plan of action.
Branding & Marketing Direction
Your content should not only reflect your current brand, it should define and amplify it. That’s why we start with your objectives and then brainstorm and develop content solutions.
We start with your organizational and/or communications and marketing objectives
Consider potential solutions
Create a plan of action for digital content
Move into action
Live Streaming
We’re equipped to live stream high-quality video and multi-channel audio to multiple social media channels simultaneously. Livestream your event publicly, or to an exclusive audience.
Sounds a little intimidating? We’ll work with you to develop a plan to gain the best results leading up to the event, during, and after.
Collaboration on planning and scheduling the live stream event
Multi-cam and multi-channel audio
Livestream pre-recorded videos, include graphic and images, or present a slideshow
Share the completed livestream with people who missed it, or edit it into shorter videos for social media
Full-Service Video Production
We’ve been producing video content for nearly 10 years. We continue to adapt our approach to meet the needs of our clients within the current digital landscape.
Creative brainstorming and scripting for video
Sourcing locations and talent
“Run & Gun” video coverage
Multi-camera video production
Video Editing
Podcast & Audio Production
The world of podcasting is still growing. We’re equipped to produce your podcast with professional audio capture, intros and outros for each episode, and distribution to the major podcast platforms. Radio spots are another way to reach your audience in a traditional format, and we produce those too.
Podcast planning
Direction for capturing quality audio and interviewing guests
Recording panelist discussions
Video recording and editing of podcast episodes for promotion on social media platforms
Barrie | Simcoe County | Muskoka | Toronto Video Production
Barrie
Barrie is a growing city with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our connection to Barrie may one of the biggest factors to our success.
Simcoe County
Simcoe County is our main stomping ground. We continue to be impressed with the variety of businesses in the area.
Muskoka
Muskoka is where we head for those outdoor adventures and northern stories.
Toronto
Our home office is only an hour and a half drive from Canada’s largest city. We happily make the drive for the right projects.