TORONTO’S Eyes Post Group is not the sort of post house that gathers moss. Nor will it allow its competitors to win a game of one-upmanship. In a move that further solidifies it among the top shops in town, Eyes recently…

For the new generation of Canadian film buffs, Taxi Advertising has made sure ‘The Fly’ means more to moviegoers than a bug buzzing around crying ‘Help me.’ Now, thanks in part to Flashcut’s Gord Koch and Command Post/TOYBOX senior Inferno artist…

Sean Valentini has established himself as one of the busiest commercial cinematographers in the country. Over the last decade, the DOP has shot some of the biggest spots for the biggest clients and agencies in the country, racking up awards and…

Halifax’s imX communications has officially started production on its ambitious series of five digital feature films known as Seats 3a and 3c. Production began at the end of April on the first of the five, Dragonwheel, which producer Dean Perlmutter says should be wrapped by the end of May.
The premise of the series is the relationships born of a chance meeting of two people on an airplane. In Dragonwheel, Gloria, the manager of a boy band, is seated next to Sherman, a soon-to-be-married custodian and supposedly the band’s biggest fan. A relationship develops between the two in the air and on the ground as they travel to Mexico, Barcelona and Tokyo. What unfolds between credits, as with each of the films, changes the lives of both principal characters.

Beverly Cornish is touting herself as the Canadian commercial production industry’s new head cheerleader, and looking at her resume, there may be few people more qualified for the job.
Through her newly launched company, A White Dog Productions, Cornish will spin her 26 years in the Canadian advertising biz into a consulting service for Canadian commercial production.

Vancouver effects shop Rainmaker Digital Pictures has had a recent string of post successes with an ongoing campaign for Manitoba-based telecommunications company MTS. The shop has elicited many a grin in the birthplace of the Guess Who with its contributions to the campaign – about 20 spots to date and counting.
The ads feature Morty, the talking bison, who, to the surprise of Rainmaker producer Terry Hutcheson, has become somewhat of a cultural icon in the province.

Who’s gone where? From where? And when? As the Revolving Doors spin, we put the spotlight on spot-makers on-the-move….

Toronto’s Head Gear Animation has completed a new series of interstitials for Astral Media’s TMN-The Movie Network and Moviepix, and has several other new projects on the go that are keeping the shop among the busiest in town. …

Toronto commercial director Jeff Siberry has left Trailer Park Films in favor of the Big Film Company. The attraction between Siberry and his new spot shop was mutual and undeniable. According to Big executive producer Angie Colgoni, once Siberry walked into the Big offices, he wasn’t going to get away.
‘He came in a couple of times and we didn’t want to let him go,’ says Colgoni. ‘We had a couple more meetings with him and there was something about him – we couldn’t let him walk away from the company.’

You thought awards season was over? Not a chance. While Toronto commercial folk pretty themselves up for the Bessies on May 24, residents of Calgary are set to go completely glam once again for their commercial event….

Toronto’s Command Post and Transfer has completed its transaction with Netstar Enterprise’s Dome Productions, acquiring the assets of Dome’s audio and visual post-production business DAVE, also based in Toronto. …

In order to glitz up the 2001 Bessie Awards, Toronto’s Spin Productions has undertaken a project that will see the shop working feverishly to create a show-stopping show opening. This is no easy task, especially when working gratis for the Television…