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Bigger and fewer for GFT Entertainment in 2001

In the last year alone, GFT Entertainment produced 15 feature films, 11 of which were coproductions, and in all rung in a total budget of $136 million….

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Delivering spots from the birthing room

Third Floor Editing’s Barry McMann is ‘a production hound from way back.’ Turns out, the high-level Toronto spot editor played more than his share of roles in the production community before settling in as the cool, Canadian cutter he is today….

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Cinema spots require painterly touch

Not even a limb breaking in digital surround sound can match the horrific noise of a packed movie theatre when the pre-preview commercials come on. They are inevitable these days, and nothing short of an angry rush on the projector room…

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Walker helms HD special F/X fantasy

Montreal: Muse Entertainment Enterprises and The Movie Factory of Munich, Germany have started production on the 13-hour adventure fantasy The Neverending Story….

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Dennis Kutchera: East Coast ‘editor at large’

Spot editor Dennis Kutchera has ‘worked all over.’ After 10 years honing his trade in Toronto, he moved to Halifax in the early ’90s There, in ’98, he opened his own editing shop, the aptly named Dennis Kutchera Post Production….

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Editing houses investigate desktop machines

Some editors believe that sometimes the less expensive gear will help achieve the better work. One of those is Ian Jenkins, one of three senior editors at Vancouver’s Coast Mountain Post Production, which specializes in commercials….

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Wildhorse Town to boost production in Kamloops

Vancouver: After three years of political wrangling, stuntman/studio entrepreneur Danny Virtue should get the green light this month [January] to proceed with construction of Wildhorse Town, a large-scale set for period westerns….

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Jumpin’ Bergeron makes the cut

Jean-Francois Bergeron operates his editing career like a game of hopscotch. He’s always bouncing around. ‘I jump from features, tv shows and commercials. But I do lots and lots of commercials.’…

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Thibodeau gets the keys to Montreal edit biz

In 1994, Montreal spot editor Yvann Thibodeau expressed an interest in editing to the director he was assisting. The director, looking to support his young ad, introduced him to the editor on the project, Gaetan Huot….

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When you’re presented with a search warrant

Brad Hanna is a lawyer at the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch and a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group….

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The editing evolution

Alex Eaton is owner/editor at Stealing Time in Toronto….

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Spots still priority at JMB Post

Jayne Morris-Berry’s JMB Post Production has been operating out of Vancouver for nine years. With a very loyal client list from both Canada and the u.s., the New Jersey-born Morris-Berry has one of the busiest post facilities in town….