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Commercial Directions: Staub scores Games, Robitussin shoots

The Partners’ Film Company director Clay Staub and dop Mirolsaw Baszak shot three spots for the Pan American Games through Palmer Jarvis, Winnipeg. David Baxter at Panic & Bob edited….

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News Briefs: Partners’ on the move

The end of the year will see the fruition of some major investments by The Partners’ Film Company in its operations. Partners’ is undertaking the revamping and upgrading of its post and control facilities, relocating its Revolver Films and Videogenics companies,…

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Storyboards: A soupcon of laughter with lunch

Casting was the fundamental challenge on three new Campbell’s frozen soup spots from Radke Films….

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Atlantic Scene: Bright prospects for Newfoundland murder story

‘Once when I was a young man, I killed a man in Newfoundland.’ Thus reads a line from the feature script Misery Harbour. Ken Pittman, executive producer of St. John’s based Red Ochre Productions (Finding Mary March, Anchor Zone, No Apologies)…

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Quebec Scene: Reno headlines Tremblay film adaptation Laura Cadieux

Montreal: Quebec singing legend Ginette Reno is the star of C’t’a ton tour Laura Cadieux, a Cinemaginaire feature film from director/writer Denise Filiatrault based on the 1972 Michel Tremblay novel….

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Ontario Scene: Sitcom takes behind-the-scenes look at a music video company

A half-hour comedy series centering on the ins and outs of a music video production company could be landing at MuchMusic….

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B.C. Scene: Union turmoil inspires talk that Vancouver is too hot to handle

Vancouver: While the actors union has signed collective agreements with Police Academy and Sleepwalkers and has an agreement in principle with Wrongfully Accused, the legacy of its summertime uprising is haunting the Vancouver industry….

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Canadians in Wyoming

A small group of Canadians made the journey to the festival. Here’s a selected Canuck delegatography:…

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Special Report on Audio Production, Audio Post & Post-production: Editors walk the razor’s edge

In this report Playback looks at the state of the union for editors, getting the opinion of tried and true talent on creativity, technology and where do they go from here? (See story this page.) We also talked to a couple…

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Special Report on Audio Production, Audio Post & Post-production: Modulations at the sound crossroads

In this report Playback looks at the state of the union for editors, getting the opinion of tried and true talent on creativity, technology and where do they go from here? (See story this page.) We also talked to a couple…