Pam Swedko

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Video Innovations: Of Webcasters and telerobots

In January 1996, Michael McHale and Keith Holding formed MediaTribe Interactive and today are recognized as pioneers at the leading edge of the world of live multimedia events….

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Storyboards: Shot to the head

Four headless bodies were ordered a la carte from International Rocketship as the visual grab for Star Choice Digital Satellite tv’s latest subscriber-seeking effort….

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On the set: Riverdale

Eighty-five carpenters, 18 electricians and 30 painters worked around the clock for three months to create 47 standing sets and transform an empty lot into a community for Toronto-based Epitome Pictures’ new soap Riverdale, premiering this fall on cbc. The facility…

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Command Post’s Milo-stone

Command Post and Transfer is about to become the first post house Canada to own the newest in motion-control technology, the Milo Precision Control….

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Storyboards: Animal crackers

The Komodo dragon is the newest addition to the Metro Toronto Zoo and in eight new spots by Spy Films he is wreaking havoc on the lives of a peacock, rabbit, pig, hyena and deer….

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Special Report on Animation ­ Opportunities and Growth: Toons expand spots’ horizon

Commercial clients’ love affair with animation has only intensified since computers nosed their way into storyboards, adding heightened reality to the fantastical scenarios originally made possible via cel animation….

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CFC facility prepping new media training

On July 29, the latest incarnation of the Canadian Film Centre, MediaLinx h@bitat, will open its doors, introducing writers, graphic designers and computer programmers to new media production….

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Special Report on the Banff Television Festival: Hanley profiles festival

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Special Report on the Banff Television Festival: Comedy Cabaret, Centre workshop focus on the funny

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Storyboards: Ikea gets goosed

C. O. R. E. Digital Pictures is quickly becoming known in production circles as the digital goose master….

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Spy expands with separate entity, Mad

While the Spadina Street offices above Spy Films are still in need of a fresh coat of paint and some telephones, Mad Films executive producer Mark Bisson is already putting in quotes on their first jobs, rounding up directors and getting…

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Special Report on The Bessies: Hartmann: behind the camera

Canada’s TV spot awards fete the best and the brightest ­ Playback looks at the talent behind this year’s crop…