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Word: The Devils went down to Georgia
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Commercial Directions: Spy shoots in Mexico
Avion picked up three days for Motorola through McCann, Atlanta. Norman Seeff directed two days of the shoot and Laurie Rubin shot a day, creating three spots of various lengths….
Storyboards: The look of silence
The first filmed message from a Canadian liquor distiller hit the big screen early this month with a spot that won’t be mistaken for a reconfigured beer ad. The spot for United Distillers’ Silent Sam vodka, appropriately titled ‘Shadowlands,’ is a…
Monitor nominees
A generous helping of Canadian projects was among the list of finalists for the 1996 International Teleproduction Society’s Monitor Awards, including four nominations for Toronto facility Magnetic South….
News Brief: Ferocious Fish scores Corman’s Death Game
Film composers Jim Guttridge and Daryl Bennett of Vancouver’s Ferocious Fish Productions have been chosen by Hollywood producer Roger Corman (The Little Shop of Horrors, The Raven) to write the music for his latest film, Death Game. The futuristic action flick…
Special Report: Studios & Production Services: Impact of digitalia on services
Increasingly complex computer imaging and graphics, online Internet access, Web sites, digital transmissions…
Special Report: Studios & Production Services: High demand, low capacity: Studios boom east and west
‘If you build it, they will come’ may be a well-worn cliche in midwestern corn fields, but it rings true for many studio operators in Canada. In b.c., the Prairies and Atlantic Canada, the film creation market is ripening at a…
Special Report: Focus on Cinematography: Busy days for camera equipment suppliers
While reports from each sector of the industry vary in terms of overall levels of production, Canadian purveyors of cinematographers’ tools are reportedly jumping….
Special Report: Focus on Cinematography: Canada building good DOPs
Part artist, part chemist, part meteorologist; dops, no matter where or how they were trained, must have a mind for the mechanics and an eye for the more elusive elements like composition, light and shadow. And whether they made their name…
Shaw’s black box rollout on track for fall
Pulling dvc black boxes out of theory and into reality, Shaw Communications’ rollout of 30,000 smart dark cubes in Calgary this fall is not considered training ground for new specialty services….
Lord directs new generation in Lobby
Montreal: Director Jean-Claude Lord may have been feeling just slightly cursed by bad weather – unlike last summer – as he huddled with press and crew in a suburban Ile Perrot basement against torrents of rain….
First Cut makes deep impression
An impressive turnout, a gracious winner and universal acknowledgment of the importance of recognizing Canadian talent marked the first annual Saatchi & Saatchi/Playback First Cut Award for best new director of the year. Spy Films’ Pete Henderson thanked supporter Don Allan…
It’s better than real: it’s F/X
For the functioning member of society who hasn’t completely abandoned the last vestiges of adolescence, it’s a dream home, complete with gadgets of every conceivable misuse – a hydraulic fire-breathing dragon head to greet visitors, a virtual-reality chamber, life-sized models of…
Distrib fight begins
Montreal: Sparring between the telephone companies and the cable industry is predictably vigorous as both sides prepare for an extended crtc hearing on new broadcast distribution regulations scheduled to begin Oct. 7….
Landmark Alberta hearings
Galgary, Alta.: If the broadcasting year plays out as the majority say it should – wic with a licence to cover Ontario, Baton landing Vancouver, and CanWest in Alberta so the three major homegrown networks have equal distribution opportunities in Canada’s…
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