Vepo Studios is a production company based out of Toronto that specializes in providing web video solutions for the publishing and arts industries. Our work ranges from commercials to short films to documentaries to tv series to in-depth interviews with artists, writers, musicians and other creators.
Company Profile
Our partners and senior producers are Ian Daffern and Tate Young. We each gained first-hand knowledge and experience of the publishing and the arts industries through work at BookTelevision, The CBC, The Globe and Mail and more. Now, as independent producers, we put these skills to work for you.
Collectively We Are:
• Experienced writers and story producers with more than 15 years of production experience specializing in the promotion and coverage of the arts and publishing industries.
• Award-winning commercial directors and post-production editors.
• Creators of commercials, documentaries, profiles, news and full factual entertainment series.
• Producers of hundreds of hours of content for TV broadcast, websites and interactive exhibits.
• Possessed of an extensive understanding of arts and literature. We hold Masters Degrees in English literature, have published books of poetry and worked as technology columnists and arts journalists.
• Interviewers of hundreds of artists and authors, including: Margaret Atwood, Buffy Sainte-Marie, William Gibson, Billy Corgan, Michael Ondaatje, John Irving, Vincent Lam, Rohinton Mistry, Martin Amis, Hulk Hogan, Luis Guzman, Chuck Palahniuk, Rudy Wiebe, Austin Clarke, Seth, Chester Brown and Daniel Clowes.
Our Clients
Vepo Studios' producers have made proven web content for arts-related companies and government organizations. These include Penguin Books; Random House; The Royal Ontario Museum; The Learning Annex; ECW Press; Get Lit; OMDC (Ontario Media Development Corporation); Markets Initiative; The Ontario Book Publishers Organization; The 3-Day Novel Contest; Youthwrite; and Open Book: Toronto. Our work has also been broadcast on BRAVO!, CBC, CLT, BookTelevision, and VisionTV.
Our Services include:
• Consultation, concept creation and scripting of ideas for promos and trailers
• Full video production including: standard or high-definition camera, lighting, audio
• Full video post-production including: editing, motion-graphics, post-audio
• Formatting and delivery for the web or DVD, putting the final product in your hands.
• Posting of videos to the web on video sites and web portals (Youtube, vimeo, bliptv; AOL; MSN)
• Consultation on marketing and distribution strategies to help your video best reach its desired audience, both online and in real-world approaches.