Revolver gets on Coke’s case…

The commercial scene slowed down over the holidays, as usual, but it looks like things are rolling along again….

montreal: After 15 years in operation, commercial production house Films 24 has closed its doors. A division of Cleo 24, headed by president Charles Ohayon, the house had attracted many talented directors and producers over the years including Nicole Giroux, now…

The Alberta Educational Communications Corporation network turned 20 years old last fall. But at a time when it should, like Global Television, be celebrating its achievements, access is struggling in an increasingly uphill battle to make it to 21. As Playback…

You’ve got to grab people,’ says Leo Zaharatos, a Toronto-based editor. ‘You can’t lie in this medium, you can’t hide.’…

There’s no place like home…

Sitting alone in a dark room all day listening to a myriad of odd and obscure sounds isn’t everyone’s vision of the ideal way to spend their working life, but for sound editor Gael MacLean it’s pure bliss….

As recently as a year ago, boasts by the computer industry that it would create tools to replace traditional on-line post-production hardware were still being greeted with skepticism. But events evolve at dizzying speeds in this field, and those early doubts…

To gauge the level of film and television activity coming down the line in Quebec, Playback approached a cross-section of producers to find out what types of projects are currently in development. To give the survey a focus, producers were asked…

Looking at the big picture…

Duties expanded…

The sun is breaking through the clouds for the first time in days. It’s a fitting time to compose a letter, an invitation to production and post-production craftspeople and technical experts to play a more vocal (or maybe written?) role in…