As On The Spot was going to press, The Partners’ Film Company announced the launch of yet another production house – Bedlam. Former Players Film Company player Jenny Montford will head up the new company, currently in the planning stages. Due…

Third Floor Editing’s Barry McMann is ‘a production hound from way back.’ Turns out, the high-level Toronto spot editor played more than his share of roles in the production community before settling in as the cool, Canadian cutter he is today….

Spot editor Dennis Kutchera has ‘worked all over.’ After 10 years honing his trade in Toronto, he moved to Halifax in the early ’90s There, in ’98, he opened his own editing shop, the aptly named Dennis Kutchera Post Production….

Jean-Francois Bergeron operates his editing career like a game of hopscotch. He’s always bouncing around. ‘I jump from features, tv shows and commercials. But I do lots and lots of commercials.’…

In 1994, Montreal spot editor Yvann Thibodeau expressed an interest in editing to the director he was assisting. The director, looking to support his young ad, introduced him to the editor on the project, Gaetan Huot….

With the strike by American performers unions sag and aftra against the u.s. commercial producers nearing an end, the new Television Commercials Contract needs only to survive a vote by the membership of the two unions to officially take effect. Results…

Established commercial directors are the subject of this regular feature. Each issue we will profile their careers, accomplishments and the ideas that propel them to new advertising heights….

Industry Films director Vadim Perelman has helmed some complicated shoots in his career, but none so challenging as his latest effort – a 30-second number for GMC Sierra….

Oh what a year it’s been. From the Olympics to elections, to another Christmas rush, the last 12 months have opened borders, minds and wallets. With our service explosion, the world has been watching to see if Canadian spot-makers make all…

Although the legendary owner of The Partners’ Film Company claims, contrary to all the laws of physics and biology, to have been in the business for ‘200 years,’ it is safe to say Don McLean has been around the industry for…

Tucked away in scenic Vancouver, the University of British Columbia may be the only institution in Canada that offers a nude beach. Until Ryerson’s venture into communications and culture this September, it was also the only place in Canada where students…

Ryerson Polytechnic University’s communications degrees, with their ‘integrated’ four-year programs that combine theory, production and liberal studies, are a choice scholastic destination for those wishing a career in media….