HEMMINGS HOUSE PICTURES: A CO-OPERATIVE SPIRIT BURNING BRIGHT WITHIN THE NB FILM CO-OP MEMBERSHIP
NBFC E-news - Thursday, July 22, 2010
Spotlight -
SAINT JOHN - THE HOUSE HEMMINGS BUILT
Published Tuesday July 20th, 2010
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by
Zoe McKnight
Telegraph-Journal
Part of the Hemmings House crew in the new Saint John office are, from left, Tim Davidson, Nick LeBlanc, Jen MacLean, Greg Hemmings and Stephen Foster. Mark Hemmings was out of the country when this photo was taken.
Saint John brothers turn film and photography backgrounds into award-winning business firmly rooted in N.B.
It's mid - afternoon on a Friday in July. The sun warms the Kennebecasis River and shines on the back porch of Greg Hemmings' cottage. His one-year-old daughter Kaya chews on his cell phone, his parents just arrived for dinner and his wife, Jessica, is inside getting ready for the evening.
Greg, 33, and Mark Hemmings, 36, both members of the NB Film Co-op, are the brothers behind Hemmings House Pictures, a Saint John media company. Mark was an established commercial photographer in his own right and Greg operated a film and television production company. The two merged in 2009 to create a multimedia enterprise. It is the largest of its kind in New Brunswick, but still in the expansion phase. Unlike many small ventures that might hope to make it in the big city, the Hemmings are rooted firmly in place.
"We're always looking for more ways to bring work here. We want to become, and I say this in a nice way, a media empire ... simply because we want to hire people, keep people in business, keep Saint John vibrant, and to have people doing what they love here. Plus make a decent living for ourselves," Mark says.
"Why not go to a market that is a cool place to live, like Saint John, that has very low overhead ... and find your niche there? I'm glad we did because we're actually expanding while other companies are decreasing."
The 12-member staff divides its time between advertising photography, television production, short films, documentaries and 'filmmercials' for the web. They have licensed shows to CBC, Bravo! and Rogers Sportsnet, and have filmed professional wrestling, arctic climate change, classical music in South America, New Brunswick bluesman Matt Andersen and the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra. Just to name a few. The company has won numerous awards, most recently at the nextMEDIA Interactive and Pilots Awards at the Banff World Television Festival in June.
The Hemmings brothers fell into the media business separately but together. In 1997, a summer job took Mark to Japan with his grandfather's slide-film camera and he came back with remarkable pictures, even though he had no experience with aperture or shutter speed.
"So I said, OK. I will become a photographer then.' And a couple of weeks later, I was working in the movie industry as a photographer. This hardly ever happens, but I was thrust into working as a professional almost immediately."
Around the same time, Greg ran into an old sailing buddy during first-year university. That buddy happened to be Andrew Tidby, who was attending film school at Niagara College in Welland, Ont. He inspired Greg to join him.
"I got in and I found my passion," Greg says. Later, he and Tidby formed Hit! Media, a precursor to Hemmings House Pictures before it was incorporated in 2005.
Today, Hemmings House has ad clients all over the world including car companies, Olivier Soaps, NB Power, Irving Oil Ltd. and Saint John 225. Mark alone has worked in 15 countries, and has made countless return trips to Mexico, Hungary and Japan, where there is a satellite office. But most staff are from New Brunswick and trained in-house. Producers even make an effort to use local composers in soundtracks.
These days, Greg leaves much of the actual filming to Mark and other videographers. As CEO, he focuses most of his energy on attracting new clients. A recent graduate of UNB's exclusive Wallace McCain Institute entrepreneur and leadership program, Greg says he has learned how to properly run a business.
He credits his "true-blue entrepreneur" father with instilling in him an independent spirit.
"I never in my life ever thought I would work for somebody (else)," Greg says.
When asked if he has ever considered leaving the Maritimes for more bustling locales, Greg was emphatic.
"This is where we all wanna be. That's it.
"If there's a need here, which there is, then we found our niche and there's no reason to go to the big cities," he says. Everyone at Hemmings House feels the same commitment.
Another Film Co-op member, Steve Foster, 26, producer and manager at the Saint John office, agrees.
"We're in this for good, one way or another. I don't mean in this industry. I think we're in Hemmings House for good. There is a certain culture here that can't be replicated that is hard to define. But there is certainly something special here and all of us share it," Foster says.
Hemmings House Pictures recently moved into newer, more professional digs on Wentworth Street.
The space still has that new-office smell with a freshly-painted black, white and lime green colour scheme. Framed prints of Mark's photographs lean against the walls and are stacked on tables. A large print of a cameo silhouette rests by the door. Awards and trophies are displayed on a side table in the studio. Light stands and softboxes are carefully arranged as if a photo shoot were just interrupted.
There are lots of windows, tiny potted plants, and Macs with 20-inch screens. The outside is nondescript. The inside is warm, practical, arty.
It's almost as if there is an esoteric quality to the Hemmings House culture.
"No one here went to school for this industry, except for Greg, yet we all do it professionally. It feels like there is something more, something worthwhile here... I think there is a reason we are all here," Foster says. They are more like a family than colleagues, he says. It's not unusual to find them at the office on holidays. One cameraman used to hitchhike to New Brunswick from Prince Edward Island to volunteer on shoots.
To Greg, workplace culture is a huge part of creating and retaining talent. All his life, he says he has encountered the attitude that "you can't get good quality production here."
"I'm talking about my industry, but there are so many other industries that suffer because of this attitude ... and that has to stop. If our customers dry up because of that attitude, then we will collapse and there won't be any creative workforce left."
At the cottage, patriarch Don Hemmings says brain drain is a problem in this region.
"Those willing, keen bodies have been exported out of the Maritimes since the Maritimes was invented," he says.
"It doesn't take rocket science, in today's wonderful digital era, to operate out of the Maritimes." And there is not enough of that, he says.
Ten years ago, Mark says he heard "the faint whisperings of digital," the mobility of which allows anyone to transfer images and sounds instantly. Saint John's lower cost of living and smaller media market means that Hemmings House Pictures can be a bigger fish in a smaller pond than Toronto or New York City.
And with the advent of digital cameras that shoot both still and moving images, the market is changing to the advantage of small shops that, at one time, would find it impossible to finance a television-quality camera. This gives small production companies a foothold in the TV and advertising industry and makes the "big guys" nervous, Mark says.
Digital technology means that Hemmings House can, and does, make pictures with one foot in Scotland, Japan, Transylvania, Venezuela or the arctic and one foot in the Bay of Fundy.
And despite all the globetrotting, there is no intention of leaving home for good.
"I love Saint John. I don't know what it is ... I never want to live anywhere else but here," Mark says.
"My destiny is here. And I don't know what that is yet. But something is pulling me here and keeping me here and it's a good thing."
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PREPPING A SHOOT? Glendon McKinney has an organized wardrobe collection covering many historical periods, with fantasy and one-
offs, plus shoes, jewelry, accessories, etc all available to Film Co-op members for low rental prices. Custom built wardrobe services also
available. I'm happy to negotiate! Research materials also available.
Please remember that some amount of time is required to search and
prepare wardrobe for a shoot. Any enquiries may be sent
glendon@nb.sympatico.ca
or you may call 472-4457.
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Active Film Co-op members Chris Fulton (Miramichi) and Dennis Poirier (Fredericton) both have plays running in the anticipated 2010 edition of the NBActs Summer Theatre Festival
Dennis's short play "The Peanut Butter Formula" plays July 26th through 30th at noon in the Barracks Square downtown with 4 others to form a lunch-hour of theare fun. Chris's one-act "Hardwire" plays July 30th through August 1st along with Michael Milech's "Christmas Break" for a full evening of theatre at memorial Hall, UNB Campus.
The festival recently got a dose of publicity recently in the Daily Gleaner. Link below:
Film Co-opers, come out and support your brothers in the arts and see some fine, 100% New Brunswick-produced theatre. Visit www.nbacts.com for details on these and other great theatre offerings.
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Rosi Jory (Saint John) has produced and currently on display are her PICTO-CODED ENGLISH GRAMMAR with colourful shapes sticking out upstairs in the 'Beyond Words, Volume II' Library Exhibit of the Saint John Arts Centre. Everybody welcome! Free Entry! Enjoy!'
On a historic looking back note:
During my time as member of the WFNB board I used to run our little writing group here in Saint John. For the 10th anniversary I did an (undated) little write-up of what we did etc. In it I found the following:
'When the Y needed their rooms, it was back to the CYO. This time our meeting space was in the nursery upstairs. Grown-ups squished onto chairs for kids’ amidst plush bears and Fisher Price toys ....
Once this nursery seated some fifty writers in double and triple rows. Writers had come from all over the province to eagerly lap up the financial goodies which our invitees, representatives for the newly founded NB Film Board, strung up in front of us like balloons of hope'.
Interesting? Interesting! Especially when I think that Gretchen (Wilson) Kelbaugh once was part of that group and look where she is now!
Happy days,
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NBFC MEMBER CREW & CAST DATABASE ONLINE
Cat has created a new film/television crew database for Film Co-op
members across New Brunswick. Go to: Click Here
and check out some of the crew profiles online now....more to come!
(Keep Film Kitty happy, send in your crew/cast credits!)
Please do check out the instructions very carefully.
Any questions: email Cat at info@nbfilmcoop.com Let's promote New Brunswick Crew and Cast! We need to tell everybody WHO is out there working hard in the creative film and video sector whether they are volunteering or being paid, it all counts. Non-members can be listed as well in the database for a annual fee of $10.
Get your credits to Cat! This way, people will no longer have to call the Film Co-op for crew and cast info. Everybody will have the info at their finger tips at any time on the world wide web.
Latest Credits online: Dan Thebeau and Christine LeBlanc
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
- Thank you to britany Sparrow and Dennis Poirier for volunteering to lead the Screenwriters Cafe.
- Thank you to Denis Sweet for taking the time to start up a screenwriters' group in Moncton.
- Thank you to Bruce LeGrow or Brucifer as the staff call him, for all his volunteer labour helping out member in production and post, Bruce you are a machine!
- Thank you to all those members who treat the Co-op with respect and kindness, your cooperative spirit is greatly appreciated.
- Thank you to Jillian Acreman and Matt Carr for always being so willing to help out on Co-op events.
- Thank you to Lex Gigeroff for taking the time to answer all the post shoot questions which help the staff help the members on their future shoots.
Thank you to the Hemmings House Pictures team who always go out of their way to be community and cooperative based. Always ready to lend a helping hand to others in film and video, they stay the course and send the message that we all have to get along and be respectful of each other no matter what.
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SOMETHING FOR THE CO-OP FILMMAKERS - COME AND GET ONE!
Cat has 9 Guides for any members who want to pick up a free one. What is the Guide you ask? The Guide is Canada's ultimate production industry directory. It has everything you need:
- Broadcasters, Distributors and Exhibitors
- Film Co-ops
- Listing of Legal, Financial, Insurance and other Services
- Production Facilities and Services
- Unions, Guilds and Associations
- Pre-production Services
- Reference
- Production Companies
Email Cat if you want to pick up one at: info@nbfilmcoop.com
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TIME TO RENEW FILM CO-OP MEMBERS!
Hi Members, if you have not already, please contact Cat and renew your membership or talk to her about it. Membership Renewals are annual and should be paid by February/March each year at the latest but the Film Co-op loves you and will still take your money and take you back into the NBFC fold with a smile. You can renew in person at the Film Co-op, by mail or by paypal by going to this link on the Film Co-op website: http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/ members.htm
If you can't remember if you renewed, ask Cat.
RENEWED MEMBERS FOR 2010 - JULY
Roger Moore (Island View), Jeff Bate Boerop (Fredericton)
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NEW BRUNSWICK FILMMAKERS CO-OPERATIVE MEMBER PRODUCTION CALENDAR
(Refresh web page if info does not show up on Calendar)
member film shoots and activities are added on an ongoing basis.
(Click on below shaded dates to get information on scheduled member film and video shoots for 2010)
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Training & Development
The NBFC annual workshop series provides hands-on practical film and video training for members & non-members alike. The program is now finished for this year. If instructors are available, Film Co-op staff can set up one-on-one sessions with members and instructors for a fee.
www.nbfilmcoop.com/training.htm
For more information you can call Cat at: 506-455-1632 or email at info@nbfilmcoop.com
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Festivals
(Photo - Filmmaker and the 2008 NB Joy Award Winner Tim Rayne)
SILVER WAVE 2010 WILL ROLL INTO NB!
10TH ANNIVERSARY FOR SWFF
The Festival now has a $10 submission fee again to help with increased administrative costs
Click Here (View PDF of SWFF 2010 Call for Submissions)
Click Here (View PDF of SWFF 2010 Application Form)
SWFF does not return festival materials and master screening copies to filmmakers. Please enclose a pre-paid envelope to get your tape and any other materials back after SWFF.
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SPOTLIGHT ON SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
It will be important for anyone submitting to SWFF this year to submit on time or you package will not be accepted for programming consideration. No allowances will be made, no exceptions for any reason. Any questions, email cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com
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OTHER NEW BRUNSWICK FILM FESTIVALS
NEW BRUNSWICK - ST. ANDREWS FILM FESTIVAL
Saint Andrews Film Festival is currently accepting film submissions of all genres with the deadline being August 15th. And for more info they can check out
www.saff.ca
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The Arts
SAINT JOHN - SCREENING EVENT
Telegraph-Journal
The multicultural movie for the month of July in the ongoing multicultural film series is Poor Boy's Game. The film will be screened on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Saint John Arts Centre, 20 Hazen Ave.
The film, rated R, was written and directed by Canadian director Clément Virgo and features Emmy-winning actor Danny Glover. It tells an inspiring story of forgiveness and courage in a divided community struggling with a history of violence and racism.
The Saint John Multicultural & Newcomers Resource Centre wants to recruit movie lovers to join a selection committee for future films. If you are interested, email Sam Blue at sam.blue@sjmnrc.ca
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DIEPPE - SCREENING EVENT
Times & Transcript staff
A movie screening will take place under the stars in Dieppe this Friday, as the city launches its summer outdoor downtown movie program for another year. The movie, to be shown on a giant screen at Place 1604, is the Quebec film "Le Renard et l'Enfant" (The Fox and the Child) and begins at nightfall. Attendees are asked to bring chairs and blankets for the free event.
The film is about a little girl who befriends a fox and the adventure she embarks upon, discovering a secret and wild nature that changes her life.
In the event of rain, the movie will be shown Saturday night.
The movie is part of Dieppe's Leisure and Recreation Facilities Department program.
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FREDERICTON - UNDER THE STARS: CLASSIC FILM SERIES!
July 25, 9:15pm (Barracks Square by the Craft College)
Short Film Presentation:
Manic Chiropractic
Director/Writer: Chris Fulton
Producer: Josh Linton, Chris Fulton
Cast: Joshua Linton, Susan Thompson, Andrew Jones, Dennis Poirier, Emily Brennan, Mike Mallaley
Length: 10:00
Contact:
chris_fulton_vmw@hotmail.com
Screening Format: HD
Miramich, New Brunswick, Canada, 2009
Manic Chiropractic is a comedy centering around two characters – siblings – with an adversarial working relationship who try to keep their chiropractic practice up and running. Their practice is threatened, though, when a chiropractic injury turns a client into a would-be plaintiff.
Produced with the support of the New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative.
Feature Film Presentation: Annie Oakley (1935)
90 minutes
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck
The legend is on full display in this colorful story about sharp-shooting Annie Oakley - from her humble origins to international stardom in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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MONCTON -
Active Writing and Extreme Art camp FOR young aspiring writers and illustrators
Children's Authur Jennifer McGrath Kent and illustrator Jennifer
Aikman-Smith are offering an Active Writing and Extreme Art camp for
young aspiring writers and illustrators.
Participants will explore a variety of styles and techniques to help them produce their own book by the end of the week as well as taking part in a wide range of games and activities to stimulate imagination and cooperation. Cost is $150.00, call (506) 852-9017
Space is limited!
There is additional information on Facebook as well under "Talespin."
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fREDERICTON - NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival, July 23-August 1: 10 days, 13 new plays!
The ninth annual NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival will hit the streets and stages of Fredericton from July 23-August 1, presenting thirteen new plays by New Brunswick dramatists. Highlights of the festival’s first week include:
Alden: a found play by Rick Merrill. A staged reading of a play in development about the life of poet Alden Nowlan, as told entirely through his own words in the form of poems, letters, interviews, and conversations. July 23, 8 PM, Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
Demolitics, by Ryan Griffith. A rural New Brunswick cabinet minister becomes the victim of a friendly hostage taking at the hands of his constituents and is forced to defend his government’s policies, in a play that is both a hilarious dissection of New Brunswick’s political culture and a passionate plea for political reform. July 24-27, 8 PM, Memorial Hall, UNB. Special pay-what-you-can performance Monday, July 26, followed by a panel discussion featuring representatives of NB’s political parties chaired by UNB Political Science professor Paul Howe.
Taking it to the Streets: the five winners of NB Acts’ ten-minute playwriting contest presented as an hour of free lunchtime theatre. Featuring Body in the Barracks by John Ball, The Peanut Butter Formula by Dennis Poirier, Sadie Meets Her Match by Kathy Mac, Train Ride by Michael Milech, and Clown College by Chris Nyarady. July 26-30, noon, Barracks Square.
Also taking the stage in the festival’s second week:
Acting Out: the two winners of the NB Acts one-act playwriting contest (Hardwire by Chris Fulton and Christmas Break by Michael Milech) presented as a twin-bill. July 30-August 1, 8 PM, Memorial Hall, UNB and Play Out Loud: free readings of four new plays in development. July 28-29, 8 PM, Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
Tickets $15/$10, with some performances pay-what-you-can. For full show and ticket details, visit www.nbacts.com or phone 458-7406.
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JULY 24-27. DEMOLITICS - A PLAY ABOUT NB POLITICS
Demolitics by Ryan Griffith. Directed by Emma Tibaldo. Performers: Jeff Bate Boerop as Calvin; Matthew Heiti as Grant; Leah Holder as Kelly; Robbie O'Neill as Roly, and Warren Macaulay as Noel. Ticket Price: $15 / plus a Free-Will Donation
Performance Monday July 26th. Date & Venue: July 24-27, Memorial Hall, UNB.
Synopsis: A rural New Brunswick cabinet minister is forced to defend his government’s record and confront a dark secret from his past when he becomes the victim of a friendly hostage-taking at the hands of a former friend and his demolition derby team buddies. A hilarious, acerbic, and heartfelt dissection of New Brunswick politics that boldly and humorously demolishes some of our most sacred cows.
At the end of the Monday July 26 free will donation performance we would also like to organize a political discussion with the audience, playwright Ryan Griffith and local Fredericton riding candidates from each party. Special Note: With the Playhouse & Theatre New Brunswick producing the upscale political musical play Bricklin and the NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival producing the humourous, grass roots dramatic political play Demolitics, it should be an interesting contrast and use of motor vehicles for provincial political theatre in Fredericton this summer.
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NB FILM CO-OP YOUTH OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
FREDERICTON - NBFC KIDS FILMMAKING SUMMER CAMPS 1, 2 & 3
For further details, check out the below websites and email Cat at:
info@nbfilmcoop.com
STILL SOME SPOTS LEFT IN THE JULY AND AUGUST CAMPS!
http://
www.nbfilmcoop.com/KidsCamp/KidsCamp/Welcome.html
http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/KidsCamp2/Welcome.html
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Biz & Indie Film News
THIRD SEASON OF SHORT FILM FACEOFF BEGINS SATURDAY JULY 17: FEATURES NINE SHORT FILMS BY ATLANTIC CANADIANS
Over the next month CBC Television in the Maritimes invites viewers to watch some of the region's finest home-grown short films as SHORT FILM FACEOFF launches its third season.
CBC has once again partnered with the Atlantic Film Festival for the series where nine short films will be screened over three weeks. They were chosen from official selections of the Atlantic Film Festival and from filmmakers across Atlantic Canada. The series airs on CBC Television at 8 p.m. on July 17, 24, 31 and wraps up with the announcement of the winning film and director on August 7. The entire series will also be available to see online at www.cbc.ca/shortfilmfaceoff.
CBC PEI's Matt Rainnie returns as host for the series. Each film is screened and critiqued by a panel of judges. SHORT FILM FACEOFF panelists are New Brunswick arts journalist and documentary maker Christine McLean (also a NB Film Co-op member), award-winning Nova Scotia actor and writer Anthony Sherwood, and Newfoundland writer and director Sherry White.
Each night, the trio will critique the films and pick a favourite. Then the studio audience votes to determine which film advances to the final round. On July 31, the home audience votes for the ultimate winner from the finalists through online and telephone voting.
"This year we have excellent films from three Atlantic provinces", says Peter Hall, CBC's Senior Manager of Non-News Programming in the Maritimes. "They include great stories about love and war on another planet to a science project gone wrong, I think viewers will be impressed at the amount of talent we have here."
The winning filmmaker will receive a production deal towards their next film from CBC and PS Production Services. Last year's winner was Glamour Guts, directed by Jasmine Oore.
"We are thrilled, for the third year in a row, to be partnering with CBC Maritimes on this series", said Gregor Ash, Executive Director of the Atlantic Film Festival. "We are proud to be able to showcase these up-and-coming Atlantic filmmakers", he added.
The films from each episode will be available online when the show is broadcast at www.cbc.ca/shortfilmfaceoff
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For more information, please contact:
Chantal Bernard
Senior Communications Officer
CBC Maritimes
902-420-4306
Chantal.Bernard@cbc.ca
Follow me on Twitter: @ChantalCBCNS
Bill Niven
Idlewild Films
902-454-7866
niven@ns.sympatico.ca
Peter Hall
Senior Manager, Regional Non-News Programming
CBC Maritimes
902-420-4364
Peter.hall@cbc.ca
Films featured this year are:
Episode 1
July 17, 8 - 9pm
Conscript
- An age old story told in the future tense.
Director: Jacob Owens
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Daddy's Little Girl
- Virginia needed a job. What she got was a family affair.
Director: Luckas Cardona, Producer: Janice Villagomez
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New Blood
- Sometimes fate makes its own choices.
Director: Benjamin Stevens, Producers: Stephen MacLean & Susan Foulkes
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Episode 2
July 24, 8 - 9pm
True Bromance
- Where friendship and therapy collide
Director/Producer: Jay Dahl
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Super Science
- Good help is hard to make
Director: Joel MacKenzie, Producer: Mark Purdy
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Off Season
- A troubled past drives an uncertain future
Director: Jenna MacMillan
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Episode 3
July 31, 8 - 9pm
Countdown
- Life changes at the snap of a finger
Director: Jordan Canning, Producer: Laura Churchill
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Fer Fer -
The transcendent power of a child's imagination
Director: Chris Darnbrough
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Wake
- Coming home to confront the past
Director: Jeremy Webb
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VOTING BEGINS AT 9 P.M. FOLLOWING THE TELEVISION BROADCAST ON JULY 31
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Episode 4
RESULTS
August 7
8 - 8:30pm
The audience votes are tallied and the winner is announced.
SHORT FILM FACEOFF is produced by Bill Niven of Idlewild Films in Halifax. Idlewild develops and produces feature films and television programs with an emphasis on Nova Scotian stories with universal themes.
CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. The Corporation is a leader in reaching Canadians on new platforms and delivers a comprehensive range of radio, television, Internet, and satellite-based services. Deeply rooted in the regions, CBC/Radio-Canada is the only domestic broadcaster to offer diverse regional and cultural perspectives in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages.
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ONLINE VIDEO CONTEST - ONLINE VIDEO CONTEST!
On behalf of 7-Eleven Canada, we’re an agency currently running an online video contest for Slurpee.ca , where contest entrants are encouraged to submit original, creative videos for a chance to win $5,000 and have their video featured in a 7-Eleven television commercial.
Being a film school, we feel this would be a great opportunity for your students to build their portfolio, and a chance to win some prizes.
The campaign concept is ‘FREEZE THE MOMENT’, where visitors who register with
http://www.Slurpee.ca
can submit videos of them ‘Freezing’ (like living photographs) with a Slurpee.
For some reference, please see our contest page: http://www.slurpee.ca/promos/freeze-the-moment
Some additional inspiration behind the contest was derived from Leslie Nielson’s Police Squad Epilogues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_3rJqHWYjs
Here is an example of one of the recent entries: http://www.slurpee.ca/videos/Freeze-The-Fire/recent/1/82/_videos
There’s a ton of opportunity to be creative with this concept, and would love it if you encouraged some of your students to participate.
Please feel free to forward this email on to any of your students, and/or contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Sabrina
Wagner
sabrina@hottomali.com
Hot Tomali Communications
1441 East Pender Street
Vancouver BC V5L 1V7
ph: 604.893.8347
f: 604.893.8346
http://www.hottomali.com
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Advertise
WANTED - TALENTED MUSICIANS, SINGERS AND VOLUNTEERS!
The Multicultural Association of Charlotte County is having its grand opening on July 27th. It would be nice to have some live music --
We welcome any solo performers or bands that are of an ethnic style. Say for example a steel drum band or salsa style bands or music etc.
NEEDED ALSO!
PS. I am looking for a used hi hat and pedal -- would you know anybody around that may have one to give away or sell cheap?
Also, somebody donated a copy of Adobe Creative Suite for a PC. We are looking for a donation of a fairly fast PC that could run this software. This is for a small community newspaper just getting going.
Email: woods@nbnet.nb.ca
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CENTRE FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
The Centre for Arts and Technology is still accepting applications for their October intake. Seats are filling up fast and applications must be received 6 weeks prior to the program start date.
Nine programs will be running in October; 3D Animation, 3D Game Animation, Audio Engineering, Digital Filmmaking, Digital Photography, Event & Promotions Management, Graphic & Digital Media Design, Interior Design and Network Security Specialist. For more information about the Centre and their programs, visit their website at www.digitalartschool.com
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MONCTON - CASTING NOTICE - PAID LABOUR
We're doing a shoot in Moncton at SNB next Tuesday at 10am, and are looking for a couple that's in their mid 30s - mid 40s. The client would like a mature couple. This will be a paid photo shoot, $200/person and the shoot will be around 1 - 1.5 hours.
If whoever is interested could supply me with a headshot that would be great too. :) Thanks so much!
Nicole Valdron
Photographer/Designer
Click here
OrangeSprocket
Creative | Strategic | Interactive
334 Queen Street, Suite 202
Fredericton, NB, E3B 1B2
506-457-2003
888-457-2003
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THE DOCUMENTARY ORGANIZATION OF CANADA
The Documentary Organization of Canada / l'Association des Documentaristes du Canada, DOC, is a national organization dedicated to independent documentary filmmakers and advocates in Canada. Over the years, DOC has successfully advocated for the documentary industry and most recently attained funding and recognition for documentaries as national interest programming under the CRTC's new guidelines.
Currently, DOC is looking for new eyes, hands and ears to add to their network of industry professionals and advocates. As always, but particularly in light of the events during the G20 in Toronto, the right to free expression requires a network of dedicated individuals and organizations to act upon their convictions. As a member of DOC, you will have a network of support to help you access funding and learn about the industry so that you too can use the documentary as a powerful tool of expression. Membership also includes opportunities to save on production insurance, film festivals and equipment as well as the ability to advocate for documentaries at a national level.
To add your voice, your pen or your lens to this important conversation, consider becoming a member of DOC.
For more information on membership benefits and upcoming professional development events check out docorg.ca
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NEW BRUNSWICK - ACTOR NEEDED
Physical Description
Male. 5-8 years old. African American.
(Height and physical appearance is not of too much importance. This is a none speaking role.)
Scene Description
It’s a stormy ocean in the sunny summer day. There are many people on the beach - mostly families. A 5 YEAR-OLD BLACK BOY is the only one who is in the water playing with the huge waves of the ocean. A young CAUCASIAN WOMAN IN HER 30’S is standing on the shore and calling the boy, gesticulating energetically. She looks a little scared and happy at the same time.
Project Background
The entire story takes place in one single bedroom with one window, with only one exception – the family’s favorite memory on a beach. **This is the scene with the child version of the male character** In that scene everything is bright: the sun, the intense blue color of the ocean, the sky… with his projection I want to show happiness to its maximum. This happiness especial only to them and nobody else; they are alone. A paradise made only for them.
We are not only looking for one African American boy, for the role, but an understudy as well. In case of emergency, this would be very helpful in the event of a change. He must also be very similar to the 5-8 year old African American boy we will use for the scene. If they could both swim that would be useful, but we do not need them to as the scene only requires shallow water.
Contact Information:
Giselle Mapp - Casting Director
Email:
giselle.mapp@gmail.com