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Prods get crash course on U.K. issues
James Weyman is currently program officer, skills development and marketing initiatives, at the Ontario Film Development Corporation….
The Writers: The Big Easy: A hard first act to follow
Dr. Robert Gardner is a professor of media writing and the chair of the School of Radio and Television Arts, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto….
Pinewood wins $1.8 million settlement
Vancouver: Longtime Vancouver studio Pinewood Sound has won a precedent-setting legal case for businesses that have suffered from neighboring construction. The award: $1.8 million plus interest….
A kid, a bear and a star but not enough room for an ego
It takes a big man, apparently, to play third fiddle to a kid and a bear….
B.C. Scene: New Vancouver drama gains momentum, plans spring start
Vancouver: Local writer/producer Chris Haddock is working up Canada’s first multi-genre series for cbc. The writer from MacGyver and creator of Mom p.i. is merging a police drama with a medical drama and, you guessed it, a legal drama in a…
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Flash Forward: looking back
The very first clue is that all the grips are in cruise wear – blinding tropical prints, a Tilley hat or two, shades and shorts. It’s the first week of December….
deluxe moves into video
Motion picture lab and sound facility deluxe toronto has expanded into the video end of the industry with the acquisition of the video assets of Toronto’s Multi-Track Recording Systems. The purchase was made Nov. 1 and included two Rank Cintel telecine…
Network: Short takes on people, things and what’s shaking out there in the prod tech universe
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Commercial Directions: Wehrfritz, Goldsmith wrap Alcan shoot
Out of Aviator Pictures, director Curtis Wehrfritz recently wrapped five days on location around Vancouver for client Alcan through bbdo Vancouver. dop was Peter Goldsmith and producer was Mylene Ava Pilutik. Richard Unruh handled editing at Third Floor in Toronto, with…
Word: Partners’ knows how to party
It just keeps getting bigger and bigger. You know you have a fun party on your hands – a real hot-dog-eating, game-playing party, not just an industry networking event – when 3,000 ad types make the trek to an Armed Forces…
Storyboards: Sticking his neck out
‘Canadian commercials tend to air on the politically correct side all the time and that means they are quite bland,’ says Aviator director Phil Brown, in defense of his spot for Fong’s Fresh Poultry….
Special report: Industry Unions & Guilds: The state of the unions
Operating in what sometimes seems like the shadow of the Borg, Canada’s film and television industry must pull together to maintain its independence. This manifests itself in the finessing of the flexible labor agreement, wily lobbying and professional development strategies. This…
Special report: Industry Unions & Guilds: SOCAN: still waiting for that money
For socan, the first highlight of the year was the Copyright Board’s approval of a tariff covering the use of music on pay, specialty and other cable television services in April. Ironically, the second highlight of the year is the fact…
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