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The ins and outs of shooting architectural works
Andrew Tolomizenko is corporate counsel for a large
Trio opens up Zoo Music
Former Padulo Integrated SVP, creative director Mark Dwyer has hooked up with audio producer Doug Pennock and composer Blair Packham to launch music production house Zoo Music.
Correction
Director/DOP George Willis, represented by The Park City Film Company in Toronto, is not represented in South Africa by Velocity as reported in the Sept. 16 issue of OTS.
Our own post-MIPCOM
In his closing remarks at MIPCOM 2002, Reed Midem’s Michael Weatherseed told the press, ‘Despite the complicated and difficult economy, the figures have surpassed our expectations. There are little shoots of recovery in our industry – it’s very positive.’
Jump Cuts
Nelvana’s Hirsh steps down
BC Lottery is a ‘Mad Scramble’ for Gordon
Shots & Chasers submission forms are now available online at: www.playbackmag.com/onthespot.
People
* Toronto animation and F/X house Calibre Digital Pictures has announced the return to the fold of veteran compositor Gudrun Heinze. Heinze’s decade in the business has included credits on the features Spy Kids II, Undercover Brother, Panic Room and Jason X, the miniseries The Arrow, which won a Gemini for best visual effects, and numerous other TV and commercial productions. She has also worked at F/X shops Hybride Technologies, Command Post/TOYBOX, Spin Productions and GVFX.
Trevor Cornish flies out of the gate
Trevor Cornish, this year’s recipient of the First Cut Award, has only just hit the directing scene with less than two years experience and has never worked on a spot with a budget over $30,000. Proof positive that directors do not necessarily need big budgets to demonstrate their skill.
Your First Cut Judges Roll
Judging Chairs:
VIFF attendance jumps 10%
Vancouver: More screenings meant a 10% increase in movie attendance at the 2002 Vancouver International Film Festival, which wrapped Oct. 11.
Math adds second First Cut tally
Directing a feature is like writing a novel and television like tackling a short story, but for Zach Math, directing commercials is pure poetry.
Singer ‘never stops’
After wrapping a recent campaign for Canada Reconnect, it occurred to director Aubrey Singer that the talent could have put more of his head into it.
Telefilm spends more, rethinks envelopes
Telefilm Canada backed a record number of projects last year – putting $208.3 million into the production, development and marketing of 956 Canadian movies, television, new media and music. And although some new policies caused confusion and ruffled a few feathers, executive director Richard Stursberg says fiscal 2001/02 was ‘a good year.’
Downing on the upswing
Michael Downing’s directing career took off when his first short film, Clean-Rite Cowboy, screened at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and secured him a scholarship at the American Film Institute in L.A., where he started studying in the fall of that year.
Franchi hopes to spin short success into big things
Quebec director Alexandre Franchi’s imagination is a little hyperactive. As a kid he always wanted to bring his toys to life, now as a director he’s been able to make it happen.
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