# Double Whammy Studios > Double Whammy Studios is a boutique film and video production company in Calgary and Toronto. Commercials, documentaries, branded films and social content, made end to end: idea, script, storyboards, shoot, edit, colour, VO, sound design and motion graphics. - Website: https://doublewhammy.co - Studio: 7130 Fisher Rd SE, Bay #10, Calgary, AB T2H 0W3, Canada - Cities: Calgary (studio and post-production) and Toronto (production). Works across Canada. - Founder, director and producer: Thi Vo - Contact: https://doublewhammy.co/contact/ (brief form; replies within one business day) - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@doublewhammystudios6253 ## What Double Whammy makes - Commercials & campaigns: TV, cinema, pre-roll and social. We take a brief (or write one with you), find the idea, then cast, shoot and finish it in-house. Every campaign ships with the cut-downs it needs, not the ones someone remembers at the last minute. - Documentary & mini-docs: From feature documentaries to three-minute series for city programs. We research, find the people worth listening to, and shoot interviews that feel like conversations. Our founder made a feature doc about his own family. We know what it takes to earn trust on camera. - Social & short-form: Short-form built for the feed, not shrunk down for it. We plan the vertical frame on set, write hooks for the first second, and deliver captioned versions for every platform. It works as a monthly content run too. - Branded & fundraising films: For universities, cities, non-profits and brands with something true to say. Story-first films for donors, recruits, communities and boards: the rooms where a spreadsheet won’t get anyone to say yes. - Post-production: Edit, colour, voiceover, sound design, mix and motion graphics under one roof, and one conversation. Bring us your footage or bring us nothing. Either way, you get one team accountable for how it finally looks and sounds. - Production services: Shooting in Calgary or Toronto? We’ll staff it, scout it, permit it and run it, for agencies, out-of-town productions and in-house teams who need a local partner that’s done this before. ## Selected work - [My Transit App](https://doublewhammy.co/work/transit-app/): Commercial series for City of Calgary. Four tiny comedies about the moment you realise you have no bus fare. Ran: Online and social, supporting the Calgary Transit app launch. - [Better Recycler](https://doublewhammy.co/work/better-recycler/): Commercial for City of Calgary. A recycling spot made for Calgary’s Punjabi community, in its own language and its own sense of humour. Ran: Online and in Cineplex theatres, driving viewers to calgary.ca/therecyclers. - [Dream Big](https://doublewhammy.co/work/dream-big/): Fundraising film for University of Calgary. From small moments come big dreams: a film that shows donors exactly what their gift sets in motion. - [Affordable Housing](https://doublewhammy.co/work/affordable-housing/): Mini-doc for City of Calgary. A mini-doc about the people who make affordable housing happen, and the neighbours who make it home. - [Downtown Recovery](https://doublewhammy.co/work/downtown-recovery/): Mini-doc series for City of Calgary. After the pandemic emptied the core, downtown business owners explain what it takes to bring it back. Ran: City of Calgary downtown strategy channels. - [Made in Vietnam](https://doublewhammy.co/work/made-in-vietnam/): Feature documentary for Double Whammy Original. Our founder fled Vietnam at four. Decades later, he went back with a film crew to find his father. ## Reels - Double Whammy reel (2023, 1:10): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhcOq7Ty5gI ## Frequently asked questions ### How much does a video cost with Double Whammy? It depends on shoot days, crew size, cast, locations and how much post the piece needs. A social content day and a cinema commercial are very different budgets. Tell us your range in the brief and we’ll tell you honestly what it buys, including where we’d spend it and where we wouldn’t. ### How long does a production take? Most commercials and branded films take four to eight weeks from signed brief to final delivery. Social content can turn around faster. Documentary work runs longer because real life doesn’t keep a schedule; mini-doc series usually take six to twelve weeks. ### What’s included in end-to-end production? Everything from the first idea to the final file: concept, scripts, storyboards, casting, locations, crew, the shoot, edit, colour, voiceover, sound design, the final mix, motion graphics, captions and every cut-down you need. You can also hire us for any single stage. ### Do you only work in Calgary and Toronto? Our studio is in Calgary and we shoot regularly in Toronto, but we work across Canada. We bring a core team and hire trusted local crew where it makes sense, so travel stays sensible. ### Can you work with our agency or in-house creative team? Yes. Plenty of our work starts with someone else’s creative. The Calgary Transit and recycling campaigns were made with the City of Calgary’s creative team. We can take a script to screen, or come in earlier and help shape it. ### What formats and cut-downs do we get? Whatever your media plan needs: broadcast and cinema masters, 16:9, 9:16, 4:5 and 1:1 versions, 6, 15 and 30-second cut-downs, and captioned files. We plan the vertical frame on set so social versions don’t feel cropped. ### Can you produce in languages other than English? Yes. Better Recycler was made for Calgary’s Punjabi community with in-language casting and direction, and it ran in Cineplex theatres. We cast, direct and subtitle in-language rather than dubbing an English ad. ### Who owns the footage and the final video? You own the final deliverables. Talent, music and stock are licensed for the media, territory and term your campaign needs, and we spell those out in the estimate so nothing surprises you later. ### Do you make documentaries and long-form? Yes, from mini-doc series for the City of Calgary to Made in Vietnam, our founder’s feature documentary. We handle research, interviews, story structure and festival or broadcast delivery. ### Can we hire you for ongoing content? Yes. Monthly content runs work well for social: we plan a quarter, shoot in blocks, and deliver on a steady schedule so your feed never goes quiet. ## Pages - https://doublewhammy.co/ - https://doublewhammy.co/work/ - https://doublewhammy.co/work/transit-app/ - https://doublewhammy.co/work/better-recycler/ - https://doublewhammy.co/work/dream-big/ - https://doublewhammy.co/work/affordable-housing/ - https://doublewhammy.co/work/downtown-recovery/ - https://doublewhammy.co/work/made-in-vietnam/ - https://doublewhammy.co/services/ - https://doublewhammy.co/studio/ - https://doublewhammy.co/contact/ - https://doublewhammy.co/video-production-calgary/ - https://doublewhammy.co/video-production-toronto/