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Quebec Scene: Simoneau, Allegro uniting on Turner suspenser Dead Ahead

Montreal:Treat Williams is confirmed as the lead in Dead Ahead, an Allegro Films suspense movie from director Yves Simoneau (Free Money) and producers Jacques Methe and Stephane Reichel….

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Atlantic Scene: Ship race project a tall order for Ad Vantage Productions

Ad Vantage Productions is setting sail on a huge project called Tall Ships 2000….

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News Brief: Ground set for July 29

Shooting will begin July 28 in Bragg Creek, Alta. on cbc and Alberta Filmworks’ mow In The Blue Ground based on the North of 60 series….

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Radical Sheep shooting 1 for 2 preschool shows in Toronto

Radical Sheep Productions, the producers of The Comfy Couch, are currently shooting two separate pre-school shows Ruffus The Dog and Panda Bear Daycare in Toronto….

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Storyboards: Brandworks/TOPIX/MD tackle G&M re-think

Many Canadians waited with great trepidation – and startling visions of USA Today dancing in their heads – to see what would become of beloved National Newspaper and font of reason The Globe and Mail as it went under the knife…

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Word: Five hundred spot folks Spy a party

The rain came and went quickly but didn’t put a damper on things at Spy Films’ annual summer bash….

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Jolly Roger director Curtis Wehrfritz is taking his first steps into the movie biz and is getting ready to make his feature film directorial debut on a Cite-Amerique production in Montreal. Although he says it is too soon to reveal any…

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Commercial Directions: Less tours Ontario for 13 days

Director/DOP Henry Less shot the continuation of an Ontario Tourism campaign for Axmith McIntyre Wicht. The 13-day job had Less on a cross-province trek covering Toronto, Ottawa, Algonquin, Ganonoque and the Niagara, to name a few locations. Norm O’Dell is editing…

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F/X Files – How’d they do that? Loop Media

Toronto animation company Red Rover and 3D animation shop Loop Media recently provided a letter-perfect way to push the traditional animation approach on ‘Toys,’ a new spot for Alpha-Bits, while staying in tune with the style of the cereal’s past spots….

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Special Report on Cinematographer’s Tools: Lights and cameras action

While film camera basics have remained unchanged for decades, the voluminous flow of up-to-the-minute accoutrements available to the discerning cameraperson has remained constant….

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Special Report on Cinematographer’s Tools: Good results on L’Ombre de l’Epervier: Dramatic differences with Digital Betacam

Broadcasters and producers alike promptly noted the pleasing quality of the Digital Betacam cinematography on the historical primetime series L’Ombre de l’Epervier, when the 13-hour drama aired during the past season on Radio-Canada….