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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….
Special Report on Commercial Production/First Cut Awards: The visual sense and sensiblity of Ron Baxter Smith
Teacher, photographer, commercial director – Ron Baxter Smith is an explorer, not only of various mediums and art forms, but also of ideas and visual stimuli….
Special Report on Commercial Production/First Cut Awards: Clarity and discipline: Revolver’s Allan Mestel
As the homespun adage goes, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’ Or in other words, particularly those of director Allan Mestel, ‘If the idea is clean and it works, don’t make it more complex than it needs to be.’…
Special Report on Commercial Production/First Cut Awards: Best and worst career moves
The First Cut winners announced and celebrated this week must be making all the right moves. Talented, production savvy, politically salient and willing to take some chances, those who trained the wonder-young did a damn fine job….
The Wrong Guy
A sweet summer day in Claremont, Ont. and the local kids are getting an eyeful, checking out the craft truck, scanning the crowd, trying to spot the stars. Around the front of the farmhouse, the crew is setting up a picket…
Harold Greenberg: `He was an icon and we have precious few’
Montreal: The Canadian production industry is deeply saddened by the death July 1 of Harold Greenberg, founder and chairman of the board of Astral Communications….
DTH: culture again at issue
If the latest events in the never-ending tale of the Canadian direct-to-home satellite industry are any indication, compromising Canadian cultural policy has become a necessary part of the process of getting a homegrown dth service in the air….
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