Mary Ellen Armstrong

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Commercial Directions: KooshBalls for Sheehan

At Apple Box, Vancouver, director/cameraman Bobby Sheehan was up to his neck in KooshBalls. Sheehan spent a day shooting ‘Koosh Lings’ for Sive y&r in Cincinatti, Ohio. The spot includes a cast of 30 for a wedding scene called KooshBall Mayhem….

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Cabbing it in St. John’s

Little Jimmy Gullage is a loser at poker and Pis Parsons’ a ‘bit of a low-life.’…

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Special Report: Gemini Nominees: The National’s `long march back’

That which does not kill you, makes you stronger….

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Special Report: Gemini Nominees: Rasky’s parables: art and creation

‘A poem,’ Wordsworth said, is ’emotion recollected in tranquillity.’ Film gives you the possibility of experiencing and filming emotional circumstances and then, in the quiet of the editing room, to reassemble them to make a poetic statement….

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Storyboards: The one that got away

Alright, so the whale in this Canada Tourism spot isn’t wild and free in the ocean. She’s a member of MarineLand’s roster, and a pregnant one at that. And yes, her magnificent splash was created by a four-ton piece of sewage…

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Special Report: Post, Animation & Special Effects: Voice talent: look who’s talking

o seven-year-olds stay up late enough to know Paul Shaffer? D’es Kiefer Sutherland send the hearts of four-year-olds aflutter? D’es the name ‘Donny Osmond’ ring a bell with any nine-year-olds you know?…

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Buy low, sell high

‘They’re not doing it because they’re greedy bastards.’…

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Storyboards: Day for night

It opens like an epic movie, with a huge mountain vista reflected in an equally huge lake. Headlights winking, a tiny car makes its way through the dark….

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Special Report: The Genies: Rude’s crossover challenge

What does the arts/specialty film audience have in common with twentysomething disenfranchised youth? Probably not a whole lot. But Cineplex Odeon and the producers of Rude are hoping a mixture of provocative marketing and critical acclaim can grab the attention of…

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ACT market simulation: a limited game

At the Alliance for Children and Television’s first-ever market simulation for children’s tv, the story was less about what happened and more about who missed it….

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Bizet’s Dream and Watatatow take ACT Awards

The Alliance for Children and Television’s Awards of Excellence was both a walk down memory lane and a glimpse at the road ahead….

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Top Spots: Craft Awards: Animation/FX: Neil Williamson, Finesse ‘Lion Queen/Tornado’

Talk about your bad hair days. Even on those Tuesday mornings when a baseball cap seems the most merciful solution, most of us have never had to contend with a lion or a tornado on our heads….