Director/dop Ron Baxter Smith has joined NewNew Films. The Toronto-based filmmaker and photographer represents NewNew’s first Canadian-based director/dop, making the jump from Blink….

A new spot from Rave Films for Coca-Cola titled ‘Pond’ hits its Canadian adult audience with nostalgia, sympathy and pride – and it even may even make you thirsty….

With beaming lights and rich brocade curtains as the backdrop, a suave, overly slick announcer in a tux takes centre stage flanked by two beautiful blondes in evening gowns. With the over-the-top opulence and glamor reminiscent of the Oscar Awards clearly…

In the world of 3D animation, the century’s turn is particularly poignant. Most of the techniques pioneered in the field have come only in the last four years and therefore will more easily fit in as innovations of the 2000s than…

Vancouver: On the set of Skullduggery – a wacky six-part series that debuts in January on The Comedy Network and follows in the steps of Dr. Who and other earlier low-cost, big-hearted fantasy programs – it was best to be in…

For Canadian effects companies, competition to get the big jobs is a constant. In order to stay on top, these effects houses must be forever investing in newer and better equipment. Many say the new innovations in effects technology could make…

Dilemma: The script calls for a pivotal scene with star Sharon Stone under San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. But you are filming in Vancouver. Do you swallow the expense of flying cast and crew to Frisco for a mere eight shots,…

Toronto-based Command Post/toybox has been building a reputation in Hollywood as a creator of top-line visual effects. This, in turn, led the company to open an office in l.a. last year to help streamline client liaisons….

Ever since TOPIX/Mad Dog finished posting a 14-spot campaign for Pepsi in Mexico last year, work has been streaming out of that country to T/MD’s Toronto offices….

Let’s just say Rainmaker is doing some shebang on The Whole Shebang….

Montreal: Last year saw a record number of film shoots in Montreal. An estimated $725 million filtered into the city’s pockets, $210 million coming from the u.s. And though some American productions stay for post-production and effects work, most still shoot…

Toronto post and duplication stalwart Creative Post is undergoing an expansion that has seen the 13-year-old shop open a new facility in Ottawa to focus on digital services, along with plans to add 3,000 square feet to its Toronto operation within…