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IMAT talks copyright
In efforts to address emerging copyright issues for multimedia developers, the March 26 meeting of the Toronto’s Interactive Multimedia Arts and Technologies Association enlisted legal and business experts to attempt to tackle the vast number of questions which have arisen on…
Hot Docs, hot workshops at annual fest
It wasn’t kitchen-sink realism, but kitchen-table filmmaking that was at the center of one Hot Docs industry session. Veteran filmmakers Peter Raymont, Simcha Jacobovici and Julia Sereny debated the merits of the no-infrastructure, tiny-budget method of making movies (i…
Word on the Street: Hopping to L.A.
third Floor Editing is losing primo editor Jon Hopp to the Golden State as of April 30….
Commercial Directions: D’Alessio wins six days for Molson Export
Imported Artists’ Richard D’Alessio has picked up work for Molson Export through MacLaren McCann. He’ll be shooting six days on location in Toronto with dop Simon Mestel, and Mark Hajek of Partners Post will handle the edit. Director/ cameraman Erick Ifergan…
Storyboards: Global warriors
Pennzoil Products Canada is ready to do battle on the international market with a commercial looking like the last five minutes of a Stallone action movie that features two futuristic David and Goliath warriors. They’re competing on a tennis court the…
On the Spot: My new frontier
Peter Rigby is executive vp, creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi, Toronto….
ITVA fetes its best
The best Canadian video productions in training, sales and marketing, and internal and external communications were showcased at the 10th Annual EVA Awards in Toronto on March 23….
B.C. toon boom cause for cel-ebration
Vancouver: The success of Western Canada’s first independently produced cel-animated series is evidence that Vancouver’s cartoon business is finally moving out from under the thumb of u.s. service work….
Ontario Scene: It’s so out it’s in: doc chronicles the rebirth of cocktail music
Lounge music. It’s not just the faint echoes of some dated, nocturnal crooner (labored white smile) who tinkles/wheezes out the theme song to Bewitched from behind the piano. According to filmmaker Alison Reid, it’s the next musical tsunami, and she plans…
B.C. Scene: Western hitmaker Ransen irked he must look to the east for funds
Vancouver: Producer/director/writer Mort Ransen is busy trying to get his next project, Shegalla Summer, off the ground in time to shoot this summer. The dramatic film, written by first-time Vancouver screenwriter Joan Hopper, is about a man who escapes from a…
Binchmarks: Cancon certification and the tax credit
Douglas Barrett is a partner of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch and head of the firm’s KNOWlaw Group….
Quebec Scene: Cosmos: a New Wave showcase for young directors
Montreal: Shooting is underway on Cosmos, an innovative 29-day New Wave feature project from six young directors and Max Films producer Roger Frappier….
News Brief: Growth at Coscient
Coscient Group is reporting a sharp hike in net earnings for the first six months of ’95/96, coinciding with important additions to the company’s management roster….
Special Report on Post-Production: Things are getting better all the time
Players in the post industry are sometimes hesitant to talk about the future; partially because it’s a competition-sensitive topic, partially because it forces them to confront their existential angst, and partially because they barely have time to keep up with what…
Special Report on Post-Production: Global moves: Dan Krech Productions
It’s spring and post-production minds are busting out all over with a typically all-encompassing range of projects; the weird, the wonderful and the invisible….
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