Bring Your Story to Light
Your brand has a purpose...
One that everyone should know.
Share your best stories with your audience, winning their attention & dollar.
Video Storytelling
welcome to storyteller studios
We’ll bring together the tale as old as time elements of storytelling with a cinematic documentary approach & strategic marketing savvy through a creative process with tact, sensitivity, & integrity.
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There are some boring videos out there...
The story of your organization is way too important to let mediocre video production muck it up.
Your brand is sitting on some incredible stories (whether you already know them or not) that are begging to be documented with boldness, respect, & striking visuals.
But here’s the truth :
When told well, great stories can move people to action.
Let’s win your audience’s attention (and dollar) with stunning & compelling video storytelling.
We’ll help you carry out your mission in bigger & better ways.
We’re documentary style storytellers & compassionate interviewers ... with expert level lights, camera, & action skills.
Our video production studio serves purpose driven brands by creating cinematic videos for fundraising, community outreach, branding, & more.
how we do things:
we'll help you with:
Positioning
Position yourselves as the solution to your audience’s needs.
Story
Tell complex, sensitive stories with clarity & compassion.
Attraction
Authentically attract like-minded people who will become long term champions (and patrons) of your brand.
Your brand isn’t actually about you.
It’s about the individuals and communities you serve. We’ll demonstrate your brand’s importance by detailing its impact.
you may already know this, but ...
01
Identify authentic stories.
Everyone has a story, but not everyone can unwind the meaning behind the story. We know where to look to find authentic, relatable stories that put real faces and results to the work you do.
Some of our clients come to us and already know the story they want to tell. Some want us to help uncover it. Whatever your position, we’ll find the most engaging angle to show the world why your organization matters.
At Storyteller Studios, we:
02
Hook
your viewers.
Visual communication has been a key part of civilization since early humans carved images of aurochs — their source of survival — on cave walls.
Our tools are a bit more sophisticated now, but our goal is the same: to tell about & celebrate the things that matter most. Our Emmy® Award-winning team of producers, directors, and editors goes out in the field, gathers the elements of your story, and comes back to the studio to carve out an emotions-driven masterpiece.
03
Compel action.
All that work is pointless if people walk away unchanged. Otherwise, it’s just entertainment. As small business owners & strategy nerds, our work is always designed to further the goals you share with us — whether that’s attracting new clients, increasing donations, spreading community awareness (with measurable KPIs), or “other.” If you need help honing in on the goals that make the most sense for your business’ trajectory, we’ll coach you through that, too.
by the numbers
9
Regional Emmy® Awards and nominations earned by our team
29
Telly Awards earned by our team
74
Combined years of experience on our team of seven
Unlimited
Hours spent improving our craft — so the version of Storyteller you get is always the best
How the stories get made
Planning
Once we have your goals on lock, our team starts with the underwater part of the iceberg: preparing, researching, planning, and strategizing.
We figure out the storytelling elements so you can focus on your own tasks and goals, rather than trying to juggle a bunch of freelancers.
Filming
Next, we enter your space (or your customer or client’s space) with respect, gathering B-roll and interviews. We ask questions boldly yet with sensitivity, making interviews feel like conversations (our "hot" seat is actually room temperature).
Editing
We take that footage back to our studio to edit your film in the most cinematic, compelling way we can, before collaborating with you on final edits. Finally, we’ll deliver your final product (with a few extra cuts for social media and digital ads), ready for you to share with the world.
we're storyteller studios
documentary-style film for brands & causes
In 2013, we started leveraging the power of documentary-style film for brands and causes in our hometown of Springfield, Illinois (hence our affinity for Lincoln).
Since then, we’ve worked with clients nationally and traveled to cities including Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Louisville, and Des Moines.
No matter where you are, we’d be honored to serve your brand next.
FROM OUR CLIENTS:
“After using the ad for this year’s event, we were able to increase participation by roughly 15%, and sponsorship revenue almost doubled !
"We hired Storyteller Studios to capture the raw emotion and heart of our event, and create a social media video ad we could use to promote it and gain new sponsors.
"This is our largest fundraiser of the year, and the additional revenue will help support our mission now and in the future."
Frank Grobmeier
– The Maddog Strong Foundation, Chicago
Where to next?
Meet the Storytellers
We’ve got the heart of a romantic, the nose of a journalist, and the brain of a marketer. In a world where authenticity wins trust & quality wins loyalty, learn how our compassionate team can help your cause stand out — a cut above.
How We Roll
Our method follows some very specific
guidelines — we lead with integrity, we respect every person and space we work with, and we believe in partnerships over dictatorships. If that’s what you’re looking for, let’s get down to brass tacks.
