Aviator Pictures director David Straiton shot two days in Vancouver for Western Canada Lottery Corporation through Palmer Jarvis Communications. dop was Marcus Elliott and Laurie Case handled post. Pirate Radio in Toronto looked after audio post.

Director Curtis Wehrfritz shot two days through BBDO Vancouver for Alcan. Miroslaw Baszak was dop and Melanie Snagg at Coast Mountain handled post.

Steve Brook directed one day for the BC Lottery Corporation, with dop John Houtman behind the camera and Case editing.

At Maxx Productions, director/ dop David Simpson is off to Halifax to shoot a spot for Oland Breweries’ Schooner Beer through Corporate Communications. Andy Attalai at Chameleon will be handling post.

Director Larry August is shooting a spot for Casino Rama with dop Gabor Tarko through Marshall Fenn Communications. Alex Eaton at Stealing Time will be taking care of the post.

August is also shooting a spot through FCB Canada for General Mills with James Gardner behind the camera and Eaton, once again, looking after the post.

International Shooters director Lesley Robson-Foster shot two days for Cottonelle through Bozell Worldwide. Sean Valentini was dop and post was handled by Panic & Bob’s David Hicks.

The Partners’ Film Company’s director Allan Marr and dop George Willis shot four days of McDonald’s for Cossette Communication-Marketing. Handling post is Brian Williams of Panic & Bob.

Matthew Vibert directed one day of Liberty Health through Grey Advertising. dop was Ray Dumas and Tara Law of Partners’ Post edited.

Vibert also shot two days for Foodland Ontario through Gingko Advertising, with Derek Vanlint behind the camera. Editor was Jeff Bessner of Partners’ Post.

Larry Hutson shot and directed five days for Transalta through Leo Burnett. Andy Ames of Panic & Bob edited.

Director/dop Ian Leech shot two days of Wrigleys for bbdo, with Mick Griffin of Flashcut editing.

Clay Staub directed and Baszak shot two days of Carlsberg out of J. Walter Thompson. Panic & Bob’s David Baxter is the editor.

At Cactus, Jon Stanley directed five spots in three days for BC Ford and Mercury Dealers through Young and Rubicam. dop was Jan Kiesser and Deb Tregale of Coast Mountain is editing.

Kessler Irish Films director Michael Grasso and dop Andre Pienaar had two days for Compaq Computers through Ammirati Puris Lintas, with Bob Kennedy of Flashcut editing.

Avion director Mark Story and dop James Gardner shot one day for Pizza Hut through bbdo. Baxter at Panic & Bob edited.

Director Jeremy Warshaw and dop Evan Estern had three days for Bell Canada through bbdo, with Chameleon’s Attalai editing.

At Revolver, Allan Mestel directed one day for The Ontario Science Centre, with Mike Andringa on dop duty and Ross Corindia of Partners’ Post handling the edit.

Baszak shot one day at Edgefest for Molson Canadian spot ‘Blind Date’ through Encore Encore Strategic Marketing. Michelle Czukar of Panic & Bob edited.

Apple Box director Bob Keates and dop Martin Julian shot one day for Time Life Music through the Time Life Agency. Post is being handled by Henninger Arlington.

Louder Music recorded the original music track for a Mastercard spot through Communique. Track director and composer was David Krystal, production manager was Christine Leslie, and recording studio digital music engineer was Mike Jones.

Tantrum is busy coming up with new sound ideas for ctv’s News 1, which g’es on air in September.

And Rosnick MacKinnon has just completed two spots for Budweiser through Bozell. Steve MacKinnon, meanwhile, is working on a new spot for Coke through MacLaren McCann as well as tv and cinema spots for Dentyne Ice through Bates.