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Storyboards: Powerful PSA without graphic scare tactics
Ring around the rosie…
Telefilm pares back at Vancouver office
Vancouver: The Vancouver office of Telefilm Canada has eliminated three jobs to address the parliamentary demand for budget cuts. Gone are Gretchen Doyle and Janet Bowell, who were involved in the feature film investment program, and project co-ordinator Colleen Macdonald….
Ontario Scene: Toronto production up 15% to $190 million for first half of ’96
Toronto production levels, according to the number-crunchers at the Toronto Film and Television Office, were up slightly in the first half of 1996. There were 61 productions (excluding music videos) in the period from January to June, up from 59 in…
B.C. Scene: Omni Films makes more out of Wild idea – doc goes to series
Vancouver: The first documentary to ever post a profit for British Columbia Film is evolving into a series. The award-winning nature special Killer Whales of the Wild, shot in 1989 and bought by National Geographic, earned in the ‘mid five-figures’ for…
Quebec Scene: InformAction’s 25 years on documentaries’ front lines
Montreal: Now in its 25th year, international documentary producer InformAction has a wide slate of productions on the go, including In Search of Tarzan, Rwanda-Burundi: The Roots of Hope and Mystere B, a portrait of little-known Quebec surrealist painter Marcel Baril….
Prods split on Alberta licence
Calgary, Alta.: Producers big and small gathered for ringside seats at the Alberta hearings mid-month to debate microcosm versus macrocosm….
French companies target new world markets
Paris, France: A country steeped in a rich history, France has offered the world a wealth of cultural endowments, including an important film tradition. When reflecting on the French film industry, however, the immediate associations are not 3D characters and cutting-edge…
Special Report on Music & Sound: Composers: making music to be seen
‘Music is one of the best buys for the money in the entire film production process.’…
Special Report on Music & Sound: Audio facilities help build indie sound scene
Six years ago, Paul Sharpe heard the jingle of coins in his pocket and wondered if he was taking the right steps. Returning home to Vancouver to start his own sound editing company, he was about to capitalize on his experience…
Special Report on Music & Sound: Commercial music: You must remember this
Blame it on elevator music and the musical stylings of malls…
Special Report on Commercial Production – First Cut Awards
First Cut: The Genesis…
Special Report on Commercial Production – The judges
The judges for the first annual Saatchi & Saatchi/Playback First Cut Award were:…
Special Report on Commercial Production/First Cut Awards: I Am Adaptable: Henderson wins
It’s easy to see why Pete Henderson won. Just watch his reel. It covers a wide genre of commercials, and does so in a style that seems too accomplished for someone who’s been in the game for a relatively short span….
Special Report on Commercial Production/First Cut Awards: Jarvis: a talent for talent
Drew Jarvis showed up on the doorsteps of Revolver Films in 1994, fresh from film studies at the Art Centre College of Design in Pasadena, California and carrying a reel of three spec spots. Executive producer Tom McLean was impressed with…
Special Report on Commercial Production/First Cut Awards: No limits for director Floria Sigismondi
For director Floria Sigismondi of The Partners’ Film Company, an artistic family heritage and a passion for photography have led to sterling work in music videos and now a truly promising career in commercial film direction….
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