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Yale leaves CCTA to join telecom sector
Janet Yale surprised her Canadian Cable Television Association colleagues and many industry watchers by her sudden resignation as CCTA president and CEO in late September.
NSI selects TV teams
The National Screen Institute in Winnipeg has selected the participants for its Totally Television program, and in its second year, there is a definite lean toward Toronto-based talent.
Three industry vets win Governor General’s awards
Film and television veterans were well represented in the annual Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards for 2003, announced Sept. 30. Director Norman Jewison, television comedian Dave Broadfoot and writer/actor Micheline Lanctot were among the six award recipients this year.
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* CBC has shuffled several execs in its arts and entertainment department in hopes of spurring more work with independent producers and other network branches, including news, radio, and CBC.ca.
Product placement is no Hershey’s cash cow
The release of Foolproof Oct. 3 has for many in the film and TV business brought the practice of product placement front and center. The film is rife with strategically placed brands and it also features a tie-in with Pizza Hut.
The perils of parodies: no laughing matter
Sharon Groom is a partner in the Toronto law firm McMillan Binch LLP and a member of the firm’s KNOWlaw group.
Good luck on your next production
This issue is the last for a while for Playback publisher Marcelle Wallace. She’s having a baby.
Amaze and AAC go the distance
After two years in development, Amaze Film + Television has just wrapped its first feature project Saint Ralph, an ‘overcoming impossible odds’-type heart-warmer about a teenage boy running the Boston Marathon.
Monster Island scares up stop-motion animation biz
Vancouver: Princess, the preying mantis, is the muse for the animation artists at Vancouver-based Bowes Productions, which is creating and manipulating the stop-motion insects used in the $3-million Monster Island, MTV’s homage to B-movie monster flicks.
Canuck shops making noise
Emmy win Critical
Who’s picture posting what for whom
Calibre’s Foolproof F/X
Dialogue editing: a voice in the dark
Fred Brennan has worked in every aspect of sound editing during his 27 years in sound post in Toronto. As a supervising editor, he specializes in dialogue and ADR editing. His name appears on sound editing Genies for Sunshine, Love Come Down and Max.
McClement rolls with the Stones
Doug McClement, chief recording engineer at Toronto’s LiveWire Remote Recorders, was part of the team that helped bring the music alive for viewers tuning into the Rolling Stones SARS concert that took place at Downsview Air Force Base on July 30.
Sheridan looks to make stars in live-action world
Sheridan College is known worldwide for animation – the Oakville, ON campus turned out Jurassic Park’s boy wonder Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams, among others – and it is hoped, as the school moves forward with new projects, that some of that sterling reputation will rub off on the new Advanced Television and Film program.
Film Centre revamps writing programs
The Canadian production industry is an ever-evolving animal, and the Canadian Film Centre likes to keep the makeup of its programs fluid enough to be able to adapt to changes in the biz.
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