Pam Swedko

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Atlantic Scene: Cochrane’s Pit Pony heads to series

Following the success of Cochrane Entertainment’s mow Pit Pony, which aired on cbc last December, the Halifax-based prodco is gearing up to shoot the 26 half-hour Pit Pony drama series with the cbc….

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Man. series goes ahead

Five years after the original pilot was shot – which never aired – Manitoba’s Sky West Productions is gearing up for production on 13 episodes of its Prairie series Number One West – with or without a broadcaster on board….

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Storyboards: Alien nation

The place: Planet Astro in a galaxy far, far away….

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Halifax hosts toon crowd

Halifax: East Coast toon talent came together to focus on the potential of Atlantic Canada’s growing animation industry at the first Halifax Animation Festival April 24-25….

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Atlantic Scene: Furie in the courtroom

Sidney Furie is in Saint John, n.b. shooting his newest courtroom/ mystery drama, In Self Defence….

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Storyboards: The heat’s on in the fridge

It’s your classic story of good versus evil, only the conflict takes place in a virtual refrigerator between a fresh box of Arm and Hammer baking soda and some foul-smelling onions and sardines….

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On set: Clutch

Writer/director Christopher Grismer and coproducers Allison Lewis and Chan D. Park exit a post shop and there it is across the street, the director’s wood-paneled vision come to life, an early 1970s oversized Mercury station wagon. It’s the vehicle of choice…

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Sheridan, partners create animation facility

Sheridan College has formed a $30-million partnership with major technological leaders Alias/Wavefront, ibm and Silicon Graphics to create the Sheridan Centre for Animation and Emerging Technologies….

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Hot Docs fetes winners

The fifth annual Hot Docs! wrapped Sunday, March 22 in Toronto with an awards gala honoring the best of independent documentary filmmaking, with the first annual Lifetime Achievement Award presented to director Allan King….

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Atlantic Scene: Additional NSFDC funding sparks doubling of production

Over the last 15 months, the Nova Scotia film industry has grown from $47.5 million to $92.5 million in production as of March 31….

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One step back, two steps forward

It’s a virtual fashion flashback for women: poofy prom dresses, bad feathered dos, horrifying bridesmaid garb (that you only wore once), painted-on-tight jeans (that you couldn’t get off), conservative school uniforms, matching outfits for siblings. Dub in the raunchy yet melodic…

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Special Report on Audio Production, Audio Post & Post-Production: Canucks get Lost in Space

Like many nostalgic television series which once entertained the after-school crowd, Lost In Space has been revamped for the ’90s, hitting the big screen April 3 complete with over 700 complex visual effects executed in part by Toronto’s Command Post/toybox, which…