Molson calls Chase for six-day shoot

For his first Canadian creative in over a year, Steve Chase of Jolly Roger directed a six-day shoot for Molson Breweries through Vickers and Benson. The dop was Bob Gantz and the spot was cut by Richard Unruh at Third Floor Editing.

At Spy Films, Peter Henderson directed a pool of four spots for Molson’s Dave’s Beer through MacLaren McCann. Sean Valentini was behind the camera. George Vale did double duty as director/ dop on two Billy Graham spots out of Chiat/Day, a spot for Cantel through Gee Jeffery, and two spots for Cycle Path, with Duncan Bruce and Aubrey Singer the creative team.

Vale also spent a week in Istanbul shooting a music video for Tea Party’s The Bazaar.

At Heathgate Films, Gordon Clark was director/dop for Bell Canada’s new calling card spot through Leo Burnett. Clark has also been awarded a McDonald’s Olympic Caps spot which will feature Silken Laumann. The agency is Cossette.

Director Derek Case and dop Chris Berry of Magic Inc. shot seven days in two weeks, including one day for kfc through Ogilvy and Mather and three days for Kraft through Leo Burnett. The team also got a call from their second Israeli client, this time Elco Air. The shoot resulted in an f/x-driven spot where a Rolls-Royce motors up the side of an apartment building. Post and f/x were handled by Michael Clark of Canazz. Gord Ogland directed and Simon Mestel was behind the camera for a Reactine spot through Taxi.

At Chaos International, Rich Carroll directed a Colgate-Palmolive spot for fcb. The dop was Gabor Tarko and Barry Farrell from Smash handled post.

At Circle Productions, Fred Frame directed two days for Zest through dmb&b. Peter Hartmann was behind the lens.

Shin Sugino and Wade Ferley handled director/dop duties on shoots out West. Sugino shot a day in Calgary for Sun Microsystems, direct from Japan, and Ferley logged a day in Vancouver for Bollums Bookstores through Wasserman and Partners.

Louis Lyne also shot in Vancouver – two days for the pne through Palmer Jarvis, with Jan Kiesser as dop.

Radke Films director/dop Ron Baxter Smith shot two days for Fruit of the Loom through Leo Burnett. Gillian McCarthy of Third Floor cut the spot. Working with Optic Nerve of New York, Jon Kane and Warren Fischer directed a one-day shoot for Crayola, with Tarko on camera. The agency was Avrett Free and Ginsberg.

Director Christopher Gentile and dop Harry Makin have been busy at L.T.B. Productions. The team partnered on a Ronald McDonald House spot through Harrod and Mirlin (edited by Barry McMann at Third Floor) and a Captain Crunch spot for Chicago agency Bayer Bess Vanderwarker. And David Hackl is finishing a 20-day shoot package in St. Louis for Bud Light.

Stonehenge Filmworks has been approached by another insurance company, The Cooperators, to create and produce a spot. Directed by Aaron J. Shuster and lensed by Kim Stephenson, the spot will be part of a multimedia blitz. Shuster has also been signed by Fountainhead Pictures to produce and direct a music video for Bob Wiseman’s new album through Warner.

In Montreal, Films Figaro International director Claude Brie and dop Jean-Pierre Trudel shot a French 30 plus tag for General Mills Avoine Croquante cereal. The one-day shoot was out of Auger Babeux fcb and was posted at Centre de montage electronique and Creation Montage. Studio Marko handled sound.

DHD PostImage was awarded the production, effects and post-production on a Samsung tv commercial valued at over $400,000. The Montreal shop beat out various l.a. bids, says dhd president David Donald. The live-action portion is being produced by John Lambert, Greenlight Communications production executive in l.a. The spot is out of Cheil Communications America, a Korean ad agency based in California. Shooting begins immediately.

At Cinelande, director Serge Jacques and dop Walter Bal teamed on a Clan Bleue ‘Moving Day’ commercial for Labatt Bleue and agency PNMD/Publitel. The two-day shoot was posted at Creation Montage and Hybride Technologies.

Jacques also got the call on a Loto-Quebec French/English 30 for a new scratch-n-win card called Explosion d’Ete. Hybride created the spot’s f/x and Daniel Jobin was the cinematographer. The job is also out of pnmd.

And finally, director Lyne Charlebois and dop Bruce Chun shot three English/French 30s for a national Tourism Canada campaign out of agency bcp.

In the June 5 issue, Chameleon Film and Video was credited for editing a Kodak project directed by Tim Pike for y&r. The editor was Mick Griffin.