Podcasts about Canadian Film Centre

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 40:09

Christian Sparkes, Mark O’Brien and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Hammer family, wholeness and healing, personal crises, inclusion versus exclusion, relational shorthand and things you never should say.TrailerSynopsis:Parents will go to great lengths to protect their kids and that’s exactly what happens to a father and son in the new film Hammer. A father faces a personal crisis when he discovers his estranged son fleeing a botched drug deal. The two men embark on a violent odyssey that grapples with themes of fatherhood, family and fate.It’s the story of a young man that is put in a terrible position after a deal goes sideways – a deal between him, a young woman, and a local criminal. Fleeing for his life, he finds himself turning to the only person willing to help him at any cost—his father. With his family’s life in jeopardy, he and his dad have to figure out how to fix everything and bring it all home while dealing with a murderous criminal that is willing to get blood on his hands.The film stars Will Patton, Mark O’Brien, and Ben Cotton, Patton is a character actor probably best known for his roles in films such as Remember the Titans and Armageddon.O’Brien is one of the more underrated actors working today, with great performances in the TV series Halt & Catch Fire, as well as films such as Marriage Story and Ready or Not.Christian Sparkes wrote and directed Hammer. The filmmaker previously directed the 2014 film, Cast No Shadow.About Christian and Mark:Christian Sparkes is an award winning writer and director of film and television hailing from Newfoundland, Canada. His films have screened at various festivals around the world including TIFF, Fantastic Fest and Cannes and are typically revered for their unique blend of fantasy and drama along with a classical shooting style.Christian recently won the Best Atlantic Director prize for his debut feature Cast No Shadow. The film was also nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards including Best Picture. Sparkes is a recent alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre's Director's Lab in Toronto.Mark O'Brien is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. He is an English major with a Bachelor of Arts from Memorial University of Newfoundland. His mother was a nurse and his father a truck driver. Mark also has three older sisters. He married actress Georgina Reilly on January 6, 2013 after meeting on the set of the hit show Republic of Doyle.With thanks to IMDBImage Copyright and Credit: Christian Sparkes and A71.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 31 - BONUS - Nerd Nite: How to Prosecute Thanos for War Crimes

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 32:18

Recorded February 18, 2020 at Nerd Nite in the Backstage Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta. Slides available at: https://www.slideshare.net/GregoryPang/nerd-nite-edmonton-how-to-prosecute-thanos. Special thanks to Joshua Gilliland of The Legal Geeks: http://thelegalgeeks.com/. Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre: http://www.cfccreates.com/ © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

S1. Ep. 7. The Mastery of Music

Master Of Your Crafts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 34:22

Rebecca Everett is currently composing and recording for TV, film, theatre, records and performing in Toronto and internationally Victoria bred and Toronto-based musical artist Rebecca Everett has a keen melodic sense, which is ideal for a working songwriter and composer. Bespoke songs crafted for scenes in film along with her orchestral background and cinematic feel is a perfect match for her songwriting and composition sensibility Since her relocation to Toronto, she's been busy co-writing and was an in-house writer for OLD. She collaborated with many different writers in Canada, the US and Europe. Some highlights are the radio single ‘I Remember' on Shiloh's JUNO nominated album ‘Picture Imperfect' and a song on Jimmy Rankin's, Forget About the World (JUNO nomination). Rebecca's songs have turned up on TV with placements on Degrassi: The Next Generation, Lost Girl, CH Live, CBC and Next Star and on many upcoming film releases Her most recent award was being granted a Residency with the Slaight Music Residency at the prestigious Canadian Film Centre for 2016 - 2017. The residency was a micro-lab of songwriting and composing for films by Canada's top, upcoming directors, producers and writers Rebecca's eclectic experience as a professional violinist, singer and multi-instrumentalist has brought a rich tapestry of sound in a diaspora of genres to her songwriting and compositions. Rebecca Everett Website Master Of Your Crafts is a conversational podcast with individuals who have and are working towards mastering a craft. They have harnessed and taken ownership of a gift, talent or skill that is so innate to them. We uncover the inner dialogue, actions and life circumstances, all combined in a deep conversation to offer you words of wisdom to empower and guide you to be your own Master Of Your Crafts.

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Episode 28 - Virtually Commissioning Affidavits with Avnish Nanda

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 22:31

Affidavits are annoying and producers have to deal with them and, normally, meet lawyers or notaries public to get them commissioned. Then, COVID-19 changed all of that. Find Avnish Nanda at http://www.nandalaw.ca/ and https://twitter.com/avnishnanda Notaries and Commissioners Act, SA 2013, c N-5.5, Commissioners for Oaths Act, RSA 2000, c C-20, (REPEALED) Alberta Ministerial Orders regarding virtual commissioning: https://open.alberta.ca/publications/ministerial-order-008-2020-service-alberta https://open.alberta.ca/publications/ministerial-order-29-2020-jsg Ontario Commissioners for Taking Affidavits Act, RSO 1990, c C.17, Law Society of Ontario’s messaging on virtual commissioning: https://lso.ca/covid-19-response/faqs/practice-management#can-a-lawyer-or-paralegal-use-virtual-commissioning-in-the-context-of-covid-19--5 Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre: http://www.cfccreates.com/ © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

The Public Discourse - S1.EP 3 - The Role Of Community

The Public Discourse

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 28:52

On this episode, we talk with Ana Serrano and Shabnam Tashakor about the role of the community in responding to coronavirus, and the values they hope will characterize our future society. Serrano holds leadership positions with the Canadian Film Centre and Open Democracy Project, and Tashakor is a member of the Bahá'í Continental Board of Counsellors for the Americas.

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Cara Ricketts

ACTRA Spotlight

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 59:17

Join host David Gale as we have a wonderful chat with the ACTRA Award-winning Cara Ricketts! Listen as Cara chats about life during COVID-19, reflects on her background in theatre, her time at the Canadian Film Centre, her award-winning role on Anne with an E, being second on the call sheet on Street Legal, video game performance in Far Cry, and more.

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Episode 23 - Force Majeure and Frustration of Contracts in a Pandemic

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 22:46

Invoking force majeure clauses and the doctrine of frustration of contracts during events like this crazy pandemic that has caused the film industry to grind to a halt. Show notes: Playback’s list of Canadian film industry events and productions impacted by COVID-19: https://playbackonline.ca/2020/04/07/events-impacted-by-covid-19/ (link may change as it gets updated, go to https://playbackoneline.ca for more information) Naylor Group Inc v Ellis-Don Construction Ltd, 2001 SCC 58 (CanLII), [2001] 2 SCR 943, And Greg was wrong: Hawkins Cheezies are not from a town called Hawkins (this ain't Stranger Things), they're made in Belleville, Ontario. Also the CBC comedy Greg refers to but forgot the title to is Baroness Von Sketch. This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. Visit: https://ampia.org/ This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre. Visit http://cfccreates.com/programs/cineplexfilmprogram Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Episode 495 - Hockey Mom - Teyama Alkamli & Andrew Moir

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 41:54

Teyama Alkamli and Andrew Moir and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Hockey Mom, Syria, motherhood and refugees, new Canadians, survival jobs, and something called the newcomer kitchen .TrailerWatch it here. Synopsis:Hockey Mom is an intimate, character-driven film that follows a single Syrian mother and her young son rebuilding their life in Toronto with the support of Canada’s private refugee sponsorship program. When the Syrian war tore her life apart, Fatma bravely seized the opportunity to build a new life for herself on her own terms. Twenty days after she arrived in Toronto from a refugee camp, Fatma fulfilled a years-long wish: she left her husband. For the past two years, Fatma and her son, Majed, have been living with their sponsors on Vermont Avenue, a friendly street in Toronto. On the surface, their new life in Canada seems fine, but Majed hasn’t made friends and is routinely suspended from school for unruly behaviour. She decides that a change of address might be the solution to his problems. Determined to provide Majed with everything he needs, Fatma finds an apartment in a nearby suburb. But the move makes matters worse and Fatma encounters obstacles every step of the way. Majed’s school suspensions continue, leaving Fatma with no time to look for a job. When the sponsors tell her that their financial support will soon run out, and with no job prospects in sight, she feels like a failure. Nowhere left to turn, Fatma digs deep to take ownership of her choices and finds the courage to face them. HOCKEY MOM is more than just a story about a Syrian mother trying to make a new life with her son; it’s a story about a brave woman learning to trust herself.About the Directors:Teyama Alkamli was born in Aleppo and raised in Dubai, Teyama Alkamli is currently a proud Torontonian. Her visually tender and deeply human films deal predominantly with issues of identity, sexuality, displacement and migration. Alkamli’s short films have screened at festivals worldwide, including Doclisboa and FECIBogotá.She is an alumna of DocNomads, the European Mobile Film School, Hot Docs Emerging Filmmaker Lab, and the Canadian Film Centre's Director Lab. Hockey Mom is her first mid-length documentary. She is currently developing her narrative feature debut, My Name is Jala. Andrew Moir’s documentaries leave you thinking long after watching them. The intricate maneuvers he manages while integrating himself into each subject's life, often spanning years, is remarkable. Working with small crews or often alone, audiences have been truly touched by Andrew’s films. He has seen great success at film festivals where four of his short films premiered at Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival. Other festivals who have featured his films include Sheffield Doc/Fest, AFI Fest, and DOC NYC. His production company, Hands Up Films, produces his docs and he is currently working on his first feature-length film, Bedside Bride, which will be released in 2020. Image Copyright: CBC. Used with permission.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Iain MacLeod - Writer, Filmmaker, Film Educator

Blackout Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 45:39

Iain MacLeod is a writer, filmmaker and film educator originally from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Educated at York University and the Canadian Film Centre, Iain started his career in the Nova Scotia film industry writing and directing short films before transitioning to television where he wrote on CBC's Street Cents, and for six seasons on the Showcase, cult hit Trailer Park Boys.Iain has written and directed two feature films, Your Money or Your Wife and You Ruined Our Life, and co-written three others, Beat Down, Relative Happiness and Hopeless Romantic as well as story editing multiple projects. He also recently earned a Master of Education degree from Mount Saint Vincent University in Lifelong Learning and is the programs coordinator at the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-operative (AFCOOP) in Halifax, working on various film education initiatives, including teaching and mentoring emerging screenwriters.

012 – TV/Feature Writer Karen Walton (mp3)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020 38:51

Best known as the writer of the original cult horror film, Ginger Snaps, award-winning writer-producer Karen Waltonhas developed original and adapted film projects in almost every genre with top producers in Canada, the UK and the American studio system for almost twenty years.The episode starts with… homework! For the first time, Gray assigns a book to read – The TV Writer’s Workbook, by Emmy-nominated writer Ellen Sandler – as he’ll be talking to Ellen on April 1st, and wants to solicit informed questions about her book.Then on to the interview with Karen Walton…After graduating from the Canadian Film Centre, Karen wrote a critically acclaimed independent horror film, Ginger Snaps, that has become a cult hit, and is listed by many critics on their all-time top 10 lists of high school horror films.This film led to many years of assignment writing, and Karen shares the differences between writing an independent feature versus feature development in the studio system.Karen has also written critically acclaimed TV movies, including the Gemini-winning The Many Trials of One Jane Doe, and she talks about the challenges of adapting true events, writing socially and morally conscious material, and writing a movie within the confines of the television format.Karen has also been busy in series television, including freelance episodes of CBC’s Straight Up and CTV’s The Eleventh Hour, being a executive story editor on Showtime’s Queer as Folk, and just recently, she has started as a writer-supervising producer on season 4 of CTV’s Flashpoint, which airs on CBS in the US.But wait, there’s more… Karen is the executive producer of the successful web series for tweens, Ruby Skye P.I.; has an original paranormal series currently optioned; is an active member of the Writer’s Guild of America – West, Canada, and Quebec’s SARTEC; and if that’s not enough… is the founder and current editor of the online writer’s community Ink Canada.Follow Karen Walton on Twitter: @inkcanadaBuy Gray’s book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews.Didn’t get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,000 TV writers. Find our previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com or on Gray’s YouTube channel.First published March 4, 2011.

015 – TV/Feature Writer Wil Zmak (mp3)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020 39:28

He moved permanently to Los Angeles! And then the phone started ringing for Canadian jobs… Award-winning Canadian TV & feature writer-producer Wil Zmak is sure to win records for the longest commute!Wil Zmak grew up in Toronto, and studied film at Toronto’s York University (around the same time Gray was there), as well as the Canadian Film Centre. Then, his wife’s career demanded a move to the US, and it was off to Los Angeles!Now permanently planted in L.A., Wil was offered the first of many Canadian jobs, that would see him travel to Canada for several months at a time, flying home on weekends to be with his family. Since then, Wil has worked as a writer, producer, and story editor on several Canadian television series, including The Listener (CTV, FOX International), The Aladdin Project (CTV), Stone Undercover (Tom Stone – CBC / US syndication), Jinnah on Crime (CBC), and Being Erica (CBC).Hear the fascinating story of how a conversation with director Paul Fox on the state of film storytelling resulted in Wil writing the script for the 2005 thriller The Dark Hours, which has won fifteen awards at international festivals, including seven for Best Feature.Wil has also worked in development for both TV and features, and offers many helpful tips, including the best way to adapt novels to the screen; what adaptations can teach you about your original material; targeted networking; and why you shouldn’t limit yourself to the hero’s journey and commonly taught story structures.Follow Wil Zmak on Twitter: @wilzmakBuy Gray’s book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews.Didn’t get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,000 TV writers. Find our previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com or on Gray’s YouTube channel.First published March 27, 2011.

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022 – Psi Factor Writer Andrea Moodie (mp3)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020 54:25

This week we meet another writer who has done it all… Toronto-based writer Andrea Moodie has worked in features, scripted dramatic television, documentaries, reality and lifestyle television, interactive games, and web series. She has a lot of tips on writing for these different mediums, and the differences between them!Most writers interrupt their lives to write — Andrea interrupts her writing for life. Writing in all forms consumes her, and so it’s not surprising she’s written material for many mediums, and many of her projects have won awards and critical acclaim.You might recognize some of the titles of shows she’s written for — Property Virgins, Animals at Work, The List, the sci-fi drama Psi Factor, and webisode missions for SyFy’s Sanctuary, among many others.A graduate of Queens University Film Studies, The Drama Studio London USA, and the Canadian Film Centre, Andrea is an active member of the writing community as a juror for the Dora, Gemini and Writers Guild Top Ten Awards.Buy Gray’s book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews.Didn’t get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,000 TV writers. Find our previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com or on Gray’s YouTube channel.First published May 21, 2011.

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055 – Dark Oracle, Being Erica Creator/Showrunner Jana Sinyor (mp3)

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020 49:39

She won an International Emmy Award for her series Dark Oracle, and received 16 Gemini Awards for her series Being Erica. This week, we meet Canadian series creator and showrunner Jana Sinyor!After attending McGill for religious studies, it was an epiphany after a tough shift at a call center that led Jana Sinyor to pursue writing for the screen.In her interview, Jana shares how her time at the Canadian Film Centre and attending screenwriting functions and parties led to her first freelance script for ‘Degrassi: The Next Generation,’ to writing for a children’s series, and then to create her own original series, ‘Dark Oracle,’ which won an International Emmy Award for Best Youth Drama.Next Jana created the CBC critically-acclaimed one hour drama ‘Being Erica,’ on which she served as Executive Producer and Showrunner. Temple Street Productions produced the series, which subsequently sold to ABC Soapnet and many territories around the world. Being Erica has been nominated for 16 Gemini Awards – winning three. Jana is in active development on a new one hour series for ABC, as well as a new show for CBC with collaborator Aaron Martin.Buy Gray’s book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews.Didn’t get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,200 TV writers. Find our previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com or on Gray’s YouTube channel.First published May 15, 2012.

055 – Dark Oracle, Being Erica Creator/Showrunner Jana Sinyor (VIDEO)

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2020 49:39

She won an International Emmy Award for her series Dark Oracle, and received 16 Gemini Awards for her series Being Erica. This week, we meet Canadian series creator and showrunner Jana Sinyor! After attending McGill for religious studies, it was an epiphany after a tough shift at a call center that led Jana Sinyor to pursue writing for the screen. In her interview, Jana shares how her time at the Canadian Film Centre and attending screenwriting functions and parties led to her first freelance script for ‘Degrassi: The Next Generation,' to writing for a children's series, and then to create her own original series, ‘Dark Oracle,' which won an International Emmy Award for Best Youth Drama. Next Jana created the CBC critically-acclaimed one hour drama ‘Being Erica,' on which she served as Executive Producer and Showrunner. Temple Street Productions produced the series, which subsequently sold to ABC Soapnet and many territories around the world. Being Erica has been nominated for 16 Gemini Awards – winning three. Jana is in active development on a new one hour series for ABC, as well as a new show for CBC with collaborator Aaron Martin. Buy Gray's book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews. Didn't get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,200 TV writers. Find our previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com or on Gray's YouTube channel. First published May 15, 2012.

022 – Psi Factor Writer Andrea Moodie (VIDEO)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 54:25

This week we meet another writer who has done it all… Toronto-based writer Andrea Moodie has worked in features, scripted dramatic television, documentaries, reality and lifestyle television, interactive games, and web series. She has a lot of tips on writing for these different mediums, and the differences between them! Most writers interrupt their lives to write — Andrea interrupts her writing for life. Writing in all forms consumes her, and so it's not surprising she's written material for many mediums, and many of her projects have won awards and critical acclaim. You might recognize some of the titles of shows she's written for — Property Virgins, Animals at Work, The List, the sci-fi drama Psi Factor, and webisode missions for SyFy's Sanctuary, among many others. A graduate of Queens University Film Studies, The Drama Studio London USA, and the Canadian Film Centre, Andrea is an active member of the writing community as a juror for the Dora, Gemini and Writers Guild Top Ten Awards. Buy Gray's book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews. Didn't get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,000 TV writers. Find our previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com or on Gray's YouTube channel. First published May 21, 2011.

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015 – TV/Feature Writer Wil Zmak (VIDEO)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 39:28

He moved permanently to Los Angeles! And then the phone started ringing for Canadian jobs… Award-winning Canadian TV & feature writer-producer Wil Zmak is sure to win records for the longest commute! Wil Zmak grew up in Toronto, and studied film at Toronto's York University (around the same time Gray was there), as well as the Canadian Film Centre. Then, his wife's career demanded a move to the US, and it was off to Los Angeles! Now permanently planted in L.A., Wil was offered the first of many Canadian jobs, that would see him travel to Canada for several months at a time, flying home on weekends to be with his family. Since then, Wil has worked as a writer, producer, and story editor on several Canadian television series, including The Listener (CTV, FOX International), The Aladdin Project (CTV), Stone Undercover (Tom Stone – CBC / US syndication), Jinnah on Crime (CBC), and Being Erica (CBC). Hear the fascinating story of how a conversation with director Paul Fox on the state of film storytelling resulted in Wil writing the script for the 2005 thriller The Dark Hours, which has won fifteen awards at international festivals, including seven for Best Feature. Wil has also worked in development for both TV and features, and offers many helpful tips, including the best way to adapt novels to the screen; what adaptations can teach you about your original material; targeted networking; and why you shouldn't limit yourself to the hero's journey and commonly taught story structures. Follow Wil Zmak on Twitter: @wilzmak Buy Gray's book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews. Didn't get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,000 TV writers. Find our previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com or on Gray's YouTube channel. First published March 27, 2011.

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012 – TV/Feature Writer Karen Walton (VIDEO)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 38:51

Best known as the writer of the original cult horror film, Ginger Snaps, award-winning writer-producer Karen Walton has developed original and adapted film projects in almost every genre with top producers in Canada, the UK and the American studio system for almost twenty years. The episode starts with… homework! For the first time, Gray assigns a book to read – The TV Writer's Workbook, by Emmy-nominated writer Ellen Sandler – as he'll be talking to Ellen on April 1st, and wants to solicit informed questions about her book. Then on to the interview with Karen Walton… After graduating from the Canadian Film Centre, Karen wrote a critically acclaimed independent horror film, Ginger Snaps, that has become a cult hit, and is listed by many critics on their all-time top 10 lists of high school horror films. This film led to many years of assignment writing, and Karen shares the differences between writing an independent feature versus feature development in the studio system. Karen has also written critically acclaimed TV movies, including the Gemini-winning The Many Trials of One Jane Doe, and she talks about the challenges of adapting true events, writing socially and morally conscious material, and writing a movie within the confines of the television format. Karen has also been busy in series television, including freelance episodes of CBC's Straight Up and CTV's The Eleventh Hour, being a executive story editor on Showtime's Queer as Folk, and just recently, she has started as a writer-supervising producer on season 4 of CTV's Flashpoint, which airs on CBS in the US. But wait, there's more… Karen is the executive producer of the successful web series for tweens, Ruby Skye P.I.; has an original paranormal series currently optioned; is an active member of the Writer's Guild of America – West, Canada, and Quebec's SARTEC; and if that's not enough… is the founder and current editor of the online writer's community Ink Canada. Follow Karen Walton on Twitter: @inkcanada Buy Gray's book for only $4.99! Look for it on Amazon – How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews. Didn't get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for over 1,000 TV writers. Find our previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com or on Gray's YouTube channel. First published March 4, 2011.

Episode 3: Shaftesbury CEO Christina Jennings

BriouxTV: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 72:40

A candid conversation with Christina Jennings, CEO and founder of Shaftesbury and Chair of the Canadian Film Centre. As she reveals in this podcast, Jennings took an unconventional path to the top. She didn't eat the other guy's lunch, she made the sandwich. One of the savviest visionaries in television, she combines a genuine passion for Canadian stories with a wide open worldview.

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Episode 22 - Joint Interview with the Royal Canadian Movie Podcast

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 32:11

This is a special joint interview with our friend Becky Shrimpton at the Royal Canadian Movie Podcast, i.e. RCMPod! You can find the RCMPod on your favourite podcast catcher and at: http://www.rcmpodcast.com/ https://twitter.com/rcmpod https://twitter.com/leshrimpton This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. Visit: https://ampia.org/ This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre. Visit http://cfccreates.com/programs/cineplexfilmprogram Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Episode 21 - Drones Part 3: Drones Gone Wild!

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 32:37

This is part 3 of 3 of our drones, film and the law series! In this part, we provide an update on that pilot who was charged for illegally flying his drone over the Toronto Raptors' championship parade. We also have a special sponsor insert being an interview with Cory Angeletti-Szasz of the Canadian Film Centre! Show notes/links: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/raptors-celebration-drone-footage-1.5189772 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/drone-operator-toronto-raptors-fined-1.5264970 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toby-gu-hong-kong-1.5296008 https://ca.gofundme.com/f/raptors-drone-footage-legal-fund https://w2klradio.com/not-your-playground-toronto-vlogger-slammed-for-violent-hong-kong-protest-video This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. Visit: https://ampia.org/ This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre. Visit http://cfccreates.com/programs/cineplexfilmprogram Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Episode 20 - Title Searches with Anne Marie Murphy

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 33:00

This was fun! A sort of "reverse interview" with friend of the podcast Anne Marie Murphy all about title searches for film productions. Find Anne Marie Murphy at: www.easternscript.com incoming@easternscript.com Ph: 1.844.842.3999 Twitter: @easternscript This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. Visit: https://ampia.org/ This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre. Visit http://cfccreates.com/programs/cineplexfilmprogram Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Episode 19 - Drones Part 2 - How to Drone

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2019 36:12

For part 2 of our drones, film and the law series, we interview professional drone pilot Mat Matthews to talk about the practical aspects of using drones in film. https://blackhawkaeronautical.com/ https://twitter.com/BlackHawkAero https://www.instagram.com/blackhawkuav/ https://www.facebook.com/blackhawkaeronautical/ This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. Visit: https://ampia.org/ This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre. The deadline for their 2020 Cineplex Film Program is Jan. 13, 2020 @ 5pm ET. Visit http://cfccreates.com/programs/cineplexfilmprogram Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Episode 18 - Drones, Film and the Law Part 1

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 30:40

Do you use drones or are thinking of using drones to capture film footage? Michelle and Greg speak about drones, film and the law in this first part of our miniseries on drones. Regulations Amending the Canadian Aviation Regulations (Remotely Piloted Air Systems), SOR/2019-11http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2019/2019-01-09/html/sor-dors11-eng.html Flying your Drone Safely and Legallyhttps://www.tc.gc.ca/en/services/aviation/drone-safety/flying-drone-safely-legally.html#legal R v Jarvis, 2019 SCC 10. https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/17515/index.do This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. https://ampia.org/ This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre. The deadline for their 2020 Cineplex Film Program is Jan. 13, 2020 @ 5pm ET. Visit http://cfccreates.com/programs/cineplexfilmprogram Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

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Thinking Outside The Long Box

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 35:53

You know what time it is everyone!! That time of the week where we take a look back onto something awesome, with our pop culture classic episode! For this episode we take a look all way back to 1997! We review the Canadian Film Centre movie, by Jim Henson, Cube! This movie has gained a crazy cult status, and has spawned a sequel, and a prequel! If you're not familiar with this movie.......first, stop reading, and go watch this crazy horror film! It's about a small group of strangers, who are trapped in a giant cube, with a bunch of smaller, cubed rooms inside of it. PLUS, some of these rooms are randomly trapped with ways that might kill you! Whether you're sprayed in the face with acid, or sliced into tons of pieces, you have to figure out how to get to the exit, and possibly survive! Remember, we are ALWAYS looking for feedback from our listeners! Whether you want to talk to us about a topic we spoke about on a show, or want to bring up your own topics, you can let your opinion/voice be heard! You can send your emails HERE. The conversation doesn't just end on the shows either, hopefully you'll engage with us on Facebook, Twitter, and our Instagram pages!. If you like what you hear, be sure to leave us a review on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcast catcher!! If you want to lend your voice to the show on a certain topic, you can ALSO leave us voicemail!!! Call the Michael Kuyrk memorial 970-573-6148 and leave us a hilarious message!!! PLUS FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH you can support us on Patreon!! A lot of cool extras on there for those who support!! Our YouTube Our Stitcher Our iTunes Patreon Amazon Credit - Doyle Daniels, Juan Muro, Gabe Llanas, Tim Huskey

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Shelley Thompson - Actress, Writer, Director

Blackout Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2019 41:42

An award-winning performer and 12 season veteran of the hit Canadian series Trailer Park Boys (Barb Lahey), Thompson trained at the UK’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the Canadian Film Centre (2015), and was one of the eight Women In the Director’s Chair - Story & Leadership program (2016/17).She has played roles at the UK’s Royal National Theatre, in London’s West End and British regional Theatres; at the Shaw Festival and across Canada at major theatres. Recent on-screen work Includes Web series like the groundbreaking Tokens (2019); recent television includes the Trailer Park animation and Diggstown (2019). Film work, including working with Jim Henson on Labyrinth, also includes recent award-winning performances in Michael Melski’s The Child Remains and Splinters by Thom Fitzgerald.Thompson has begun a transition to writer/director, with her short films included in festivals across North America and Europe. Her short Pearls played at over 30 festivals worldwide, winning awards and nominations. Duck Duck Goose, the winner of the FIN Best Atlantic Short accolade for 2018, addresses the culture of fear perpetrated by school lockdowns, and was selected for Telefilm’s Not Short On Talent at Clermont - Ferrand, and for the CBC’s Short Film Faceoff (June 2019) as well as playing major festivals across North America (Miami International FF, Sarasota, Canadian and Kingston Film Festivals) and Europe.Thompson has been developing TV series with the support of NS producer Terry Greenlaw, who is also producing Thompson’s first dramatic feature, shooting in Nova Scotia in the summer of 2020 - Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor. The script for DHD &TT won the $200K WIDC Feature Film award in 2018, was selected by the WIFT NYC Writer’s lab supported by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, and the Breaking Through The Lens Initiative in Cannes.Based in Halifax/Dartmouth, Thompson is parent to singer/songwriter T. Thomason, and a champion of LGBTQ issues.Check her out @ShelleyThompsonYou can always watch this episode on our YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss any episode.

Emily Piggford of WARIGAMI is CBC's New Star

I'm Here With

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2019 11:28

Emily Piggford is a Canadian Screen Award nominated actress born in Victoria, British Columbia, based in Toronto, and of Japanese and British descent. Directly following university, Emily starred in the short film Frost, which premiered at TIFF and was nominated for Best Live Action Short at the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards. Since then, Emily has recurred in two Netflix Original series (Hemlock Grove and The Umbrella Academy), appeared in Niels Arden Oplev’s remake of Flatliners (Columbia Pictures), recurred in series such as The Girlfriend Experience (STARZ), Killjoys (Space/SYFY), and lent her voice to several animated characters, including two in the hilarious CSA-nominated series, Gary and His Demons (CBC/VRV). Emily also produced and starred in D.W. Waterson’s award-winning digital series, That’s My DJ, which has screened at festivals across the globe. Her roots in theatre have taken her to Belgium, New York and Los Angeles with the revolutionary film noir play, Helen Lawrence. Emily holds a BFA in theatre from the University of Victoria and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s CBC Actors Conservatory. Look for Emily next in Hudson & Rex (CityTV) and starring in the action-fantasy series, WARIGAMI (CW/CBC). Photo courestey of CBC

Interview with Bryan Atkinson

The Editor's Cut

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 43:48

In this episode Sarah Taylor interviews Toronto based editor Bryan Atkinson. Bryan has been a passionate student of film since the age of 14, and an award-winning editor of motion pictures for the last fifteen years. Sarah and Bryan talk about his time at the Vancouver Film School, the Canadian Film Centre and discuss his work on Closet Monster, Mary Goes Round and Paper Year as well as the critically acclaimed short film Hole. Check out some of Bryan's work below! Hole Heritage Minutes: Lucy Maud Montgomery Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan

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E0038 - See What You Want and Go After It

REBELREBEL the Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 56:14

Mike Peterson just won two awards for his feature film "Knuckleball" starring Michael Ironside: Best Director and Best Editor. He's written, directed, and produced everything from short films, to commercials, to documentaries, music videos, and feature films. But as you'll soon learn it hasn't always been a clear path; from struggling in school, to finding his purpose it's been a helluva ride. His story is a rebellious journey that even has him on stage as a punk singer opening for The Smalls. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS PODCASTMike Peterson on IMDB; Joan Darling; Trailer: Lloyd the Conqueror; Trailer: Fake Blood; Trailer: Knuckelball; Canadian Film Centre; Book: The Blade Itself; The Smalls SPECIAL THANKSThank you to our RebelRebel show sponsors Make More Creative: Doing cool and weird stuff with cool and weird people. Friday Sock Company: Ethically Made, Purposeful Mismatched Socks RebelRebel Theme Song by EMRE CORDS

Interview with Pauline Decroix

The Editor's Cut

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2019 52:04

In this episode Sarah Taylor interviews Toronto based editor Pauline Decroix. Pauline and Sarah talk about her journey from Paris to now Toronto, her time at the Canadian Film Centre and her work on the feature documentary Sans Maman. Pauline shares with us some great insight into her world of editing.

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Sessions Oct. 19, 2018 - Guests - In The City

Outta The Park

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2018 58:26

Our condolences. Canadian pop duo join Barry and Matt in studio to discuss how the loss of a family member led to the creation of a wonderful song. “Best Time,” a celebration of life, is the song in question and Ashley and Timon talk about its genesis and how it felt recording something as personal as a song about the death of your mother. The two are open and affable and chat about how they linked up and the process involved in writing music together. From placements on Canadian TV to working with the Canadian Film Centre, the two are busy creating unique and beautiful music. The boys discuss New Kids on The Block and tackle cannabis and spiders on Crazy Stories. A Pause For Thought talks The Dark Knight. In My Life is about replacements. All that and much more. It’s Friday and weed is legal in Canada! Time for a Session?

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VR:RV|Visualising the Invisible: VR Encounters in Non-Fiction

re:publica 18 - Media & Journalism

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 61:29

Liam Maloney, Carolin Wiedemann, Sophie Schulenburg At the intersection of journalism and VR, the concepts of Image and Truth are imbued with new perceptive qualities. When Virtual meets Reality, the space is fraught with questions of representation, manipulation, complicity and consent, on both sides of the technological lens. This panel of journalists and VR experts convenes to discuss the frontlines of their work and exposes some of the cracks in our 360 degrees of enthusiasm. VR:RV is a project by the Goethe-Institut, realized with the support of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and in collaboration with MUTEK_IMG, re:publica, the National Film Board of Canada, the Canadian Film Centre, ARTE Germany, Eye Steel Film, Mozilla Foundation, Doc Circuit Montréal, SODEC and Retune.

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Project Presentations: VR:RV & Performersion

re:publica 18 - Alle Sessions

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 62:13

Paul Feigelfeld, Liam Maloney, Tess Takahashi, Christiane Miethge, Paula Reissig, Ricardo Gehn, Lindsey Drury, Daniel Wetzel, Marcel Karnapke VR:RV The VR:RV project pairs leading thinkers and journalists with professional VR creators, artists and producers from Canada and Germany with the aim of fostering self-reflective works in virtual reality that explore the creative frontiers of the medium. VR:RV intends to provoke conversations, and ultimately VR-works, that challenge, expose, critique and problematise the digital society by using immersive technologies to address the deep web, artificial intelligence, algorithms, neural tracking, digital security, and the future of the internet.VR:RV is a project by the Goethe-Institut, realized with the support of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and in collaboration with MUTEK_IMG, re:publica, the National Film Board of Canada, the Canadian Film Centre, ARTE Germany, Eye Steel Film, Mozilla Foundation, Doc Circuit Montréal, SODEC and Retune.Performersion: State of the Tech Implementing independent Performing Arts In Berlins independent Performing Arts Scene, digital technologies such as VR, AR and MR were used in increasingly daring formats last year, helped by the innumerable experts in the Indiegame Scene, the backyard fab-labs, the corporate-critical tech-theorists, the film students and so many more. Immersion is thought and planned here from the story and themes. The technologies with their new production paths and fluid frontiers are medium in the service of content. In short presentations, lead thinkers of the VR:RV project to discuss how their research translated into virtual worlds during the VR:RV workshops. Defining artists from Performersion present their current work with VR, AR and MR applications and teaser planned projects.

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VR:RV|Stories We Tell

re:publica 18 - Alle Sessions

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 65:00

Chris Köver, Nyla Innuksuk, Etienne Turpin This panel examines perspective in VR and which codes are embedded in the way these stories are told. A constellation of all star artists and VR creators from diverse backgrounds address the question of who creates content and who and how we intake content in the era of empathy VR. Together, they argue that, by breaking open the codes of how we understand story, we can expand the potential of VR to bear witness, to establish a common language, and to reinterpret our present-day operating systems. VR:RV is a project by the Goethe-Institut, realized with the support of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and in collaboration with MUTEK_IMG, re:publica, the National Film Board of Canada, the Canadian Film Centre, ARTE Germany, Eye Steel Film, Mozilla Foundation, Doc Circuit Montréal, SODEC and Retune.

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VR:RV|Visualising the Invisible: VR Encounters in Non-Fiction

re:publica 18 - Alle Sessions

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 61:29

Liam Maloney, Carolin Wiedemann, Sophie Schulenburg At the intersection of journalism and VR, the concepts of Image and Truth are imbued with new perceptive qualities. When Virtual meets Reality, the space is fraught with questions of representation, manipulation, complicity and consent, on both sides of the technological lens. This panel of journalists and VR experts convenes to discuss the frontlines of their work and exposes some of the cracks in our 360 degrees of enthusiasm. VR:RV is a project by the Goethe-Institut, realized with the support of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and in collaboration with MUTEK_IMG, re:publica, the National Film Board of Canada, the Canadian Film Centre, ARTE Germany, Eye Steel Film, Mozilla Foundation, Doc Circuit Montréal, SODEC and Retune.

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Shaq, Aziz Ansari and Russell Peters | Scheme Team Podcast #3

Scheme Team Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018 22:40

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1la7vIDGcIQ&t=288s Segments: 1. Intro: 0:11 2. Tel Malish: 0:44 3. I Smart, I Read Headlines, I Caveman: 1:45 4. Get Polarized Bruh: 2:45 5. Bizarro Brown Squad: 5:30 6. Doppelschemers: 6:49 7. Comment, Like, Subscribe: 8:48 8. Statlines: 10:59 9. Shaqs of Sunset: 13:14 10. What's Your Autograph Policy: 15:43 11. Celebrity Sightings: 16:37 12. The Aziz Ansari Story: 17:02 13. The Russell Peters Story: 18:10 14: Outro: 22:29 In Episode 3, the Scheme Team discusses their various interactions with celebrities living in both New York and Orlando, including David Schwimmer (Ross, yes... that Ross), Shaquille O'Neal, Aziz Ansari, Louis CK, and Russell Peters. Also, Swoop goes on a date, Flat realizes he has doppelgangers in both a Bollywood movie and Star Wars, and Nyle finds his twin brother. SUBSCRIBE | COMMENT | LIKE | PENNSYLVANIA Turn on your post notifications for next week’s episode! Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1la7vIDGcIQ&t=288s iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/scheme-team-podcast/id1340043827?mt=2 Instagram: @schemeteam_ Twitter: @schem3team Passwords: carrottop345... WOOPS... eh don't worry about the passwords ha ha (nervous laugh) === FLAT === instagram: @faisteam twitter: @faisteam === NYLE === instagram: khandid_camera === SWOOP=== snapchat: @smandani instagram: @afoxsshadow Attributions: News End Signature jingle created by mansardian copyrighted under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License with no modifications made from original: https://freesound.org/people/mansardian/sounds/61322/ City Ambience created by knufds copyrighted under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License with no modifications made from original: https://freesound.org/people/knufds/sounds/345948/ Sax-Phrase sound effect created by xserra copyrighted under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License with no modifications made from original: https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/204182/ Beat 100 Loop 1 created by Spol copyrighted under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License with no modifications made from original: https://freesound.org/people/Spol/sounds/78014/ Tarantella sourced from SmartSound (http://www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/+Public+Domain/Italian/International+Traditions/Tarantella/) and marked for public domain use. Shaquille O’Neal pictures taken by Keith Allison, slgckgc, and Swing by Swing and are under the Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 Creative Commons License. Aziz Ansari 2011 Shankbone picture taken by David Shankbone and is under the Attribution 2.0 Generic Creative Commons license: https://tinyurl.com/y8649t6p CFC in LA 2012 15 picture taken by Canadian Film Centre and is under the Attribution 2.0 Generic Creative Commons license: https://tinyurl.com/y9nmhqg6 Shot by : Scheme Team TV For sponsorship, interviews, and collaborations, email: donttellauntie@gmail.com

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Kathleen Hepburn - "Never Steady, Never Still"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2017 25:34

Kathleen Hepburn and Face2Face host David Peck talk about a Mother’s strength, life and the Canadian landscape, empathy, coming of age, Parkinson’s disease and death as a beautiful part if life. Biography Kathleen Hepburn is a Vancouver born writer and director who holds an MFA in Creative Writing, and a BFA in Film Production from the Universities of Guelph and Simon Fraser respectively, and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's Writer's Lab. Her debut feature, NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL is a film that exposes the tenderness that exists within struggle, and our ineffable connection to the landscape around us. Her most recent short film of the same name was included in TIFF's Canada's Top Ten, and was awarded Leo's for Best Dramatic Short and Best Direction, and Most Promising Canadian Director at VIFF 2015. Synopsis The feature film debut of writer/director Kathleen Hepburn, NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL is a tender and heart-breaking story of a physically disabled mother and discontent son each alienated from their world and struggling to manage in the face of grief, guilt and chronic disease. The film is set in the rugged and unforgiving rural north of British Columbia, Canada and the story spans an entire year in the lives of the characters. Having lived with Parkinson’s disease for almost two decades, Judy is faced with the heightened challenges of daily life when her husband and caregiver dies of a sudden heart attack on their isolated property on the shores of Stuart Lake. Meanwhile, her teenage son Jamie pushed by his father to get a job on the oil fields, is terrified by the idea of filling his shoes at too young an age, and grappling with the daunting task of becoming a man in world that has no apparent room for weakness. Trailer ---------- For more information about David Peck's podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here or check out the site of his podcast on film, social change and much more. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Image Copyright: Kathleen Hepburn and Christie Street Creative. Used with permission. ---------- Rabble blurbs: See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sarah Polley on the Stories She Tells

TIFF UNCUT

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2017 50:38

Sarah Polley began her career in film at the age of four, appearing in the Disney movie ONE MAGIC CHRISTMAS. After her roles in Atom Egoyan’s THE SWEET HEREAFTER, Terry Gilliam’s THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN and Doug Liman's GO gained her attention as an emotionally intuitive and intelligent young actor, she attended the Director’s Lab at the Canadian Film Centre in 2001. Polley’s first feature AWAY FROM HER, an adaption of the Alice Munro short story “The Bear Came over the Mountain,” which she wrote and directed, nabbed her a nomination for “Best Adapted Screenplay” at the 2008 Academy Awards. Her follow-up films, 2011’s TAKE THIS WALTZ and the 2012 documentary STORIES WE TELL (all of which have premiered at TIFF) have cemented the filmmaker as one of Canada’s most indelible auteurs. In this episode of TIFF Un/cut, you’ll hear Sarah Polley interviewed onstage by documentary programmer Thom Powers in a discussion originally conducted for the 2012 Industry Doc Conference when STORIES WE TELL premiered at TIFF. They discuss the knotty complexities of revealing family secrets, how to show many sides of one story, and why documentary is her favourite medium. Sarah Polley’s newest project, a forthcoming miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1996 novel ALIAS GRACE on which she serves as showrunner and executive producer, will premiere at TIFF ‘17 with the series’ star Sarah Gadon and director Mary Harron in attendance.

POP 03 SPEAKER SERIES: VR + EXPERIMENTAL FILM

TIFF UNCUT

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2016 47:28

An in-depth panel moderated by Patrick McGuire, Head of Content at VICE Canada, and featuring Loc Dao (Chief Digital Officer of the National Film Board of Canada), Yelena Rachitsky (Creative Producer and Head of Education, Oculus Story Studio), Ryan Oliver (Lead Producer, Developer-Owner, Pinnguaq Technology Inc.), and Ana Serrano (Chief Digital Officer, Canadian Film Centre). Patrick McGuire Head of Content, VICE Canada Patrick McGuire is a journalist and documentary producer who is currently Vice Canada's Head of Content. As Vice launched their Canadian TV network VICELAND this year, Patrick has been overseeing original television production as well as the brand's the youth-targeted digital and print journalism, which spans a network of 10 online channels and a monthly print magazine. He is also the producer of Vice Canada's first VR project, Cut-Off. Yelena Rachitsky Creative Producer and Head of Education at Oculus Story Studio Yelena Rachitsky is a Creative Producer at Oculus, pushing forward the efforts on creative outreach initiatives as well as sourcing and producing experiences for the Oculus platform. Prior to Oculus, she was the Creative Producer of the annual Future of Storytelling (FoST) Summit, an invitation-only event that gathers top executives, marketers, creatives, and technologists with the vision and influence to change how people communicate and tell stories in the digital age. Rachitsky is also a consultant for the Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier program and spent four years in the documentary division at Participant Media, working on Food, Inc. and Waiting for Superman. Loc Dao Chief Digital Officer, National Film Board of Canada Loc Dao is co-founder of the groundbreaking NFB Digital and CBC Radio 3 studios and Chief Digital Officer of the National Film Board of Canada. The combination of his experience in digital strategy, editorial, web development, content production and architecting large-scale internet delivery systems brings a rare multi-dimensional approach that pushes the boundaries of what can be done with story, form and platform. Dao has received over 60 awards, including Canada's Top Digital Producer for 2011 at the Digi Awards, nine Webby Awards, two New York Festivals Grand Prizes, three Online Journalism Awards, a Prix Italia, the FWA Site of the Year 2012 and a Cannes Cyber Lion. His NFB credits include the interactive documentaries Bear 71, Welcome to Pine Point, Circa 1948, Waterlife, The Last Hunt and Cardboard Crash VR which have been credited with inventing the new form of the interactive documentary. Ana Serrano Chief Digital Officer, Canadian Film Centre Ana Serrano is the Chief Digital Officer of the CFC and Founder of CFC Media Lab, the world-renowned institute for interactive storytelling created in 1997. Most recently, she launched Canada's first digital entertainment accelerator, IDEABOOST, and serves as its Managing Director. To date, Serrano has directed the development of over 130 digital media projects and mentored over 50 start-ups. She has received numerous awards from the digital media, film, and theatre industries in both Canada and the US, including a Digital Media Trailblazing Award in 2015 from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Ryan Oliver Lead Producer, Developer, and Owner at Pinnguaq Ryan Oliver is Lead Producer and Developer of Pinnguaq Technology Inc. Based in Toronto, Iqaluit and Vancouver, Pinnguaq — which means “play” in Inuktitut — creates unique and exciting experiences that push the boundaries of cultural expression and technology. Focusing on film, virtual reality, gaming, education and app development, they combine a passion for culture and technology in projects that seek to both stimulate and entertain.

POP 02 SPEAKER SERIES - VIRTUALLY THERE: DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING IN VIRTUAL REALITY

TIFF UNCUT

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2016 31:48

In collaboration with THE VERGE. Supported by: Anne-Marie Canning In July, we are delving into the incredible power of VR to put people in other people's lives. And also the challenges and questions that come with that power. Storytellers are only beginning to explore the potential for virtual reality to put people inside other perspectives — and other lives. In our second POP, you'll get the chance to experience some of the best work that's been done to date, and also to question the limits of the technology and the ethical questions it raises. From escapist fun (take a drive around Mars! Wander an alien world!) to crushing and immersive VR documentaries to a one-of-a-kind room-scale augmented reality experience, you will leave this installation with some new views on things. ROSS MILLER CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING EDITOR, THE VERGE Ross Miller is a cofounder and Managing Editor of The Verge. For over a decade, he has covered technology, gaming, entertainment, and all aspects of modern storytelling. He has followed virtual reality since early 2012 when John Carmack showed him a very early Oculus Rift prototype. He honestly didn't get it at the time. He's also really bad at writing bios, especially in the third person. ADI ROBERTSON SENIOR REPORTER, THE VERGE Adi Robertson is a Senior Reporter for The Verge. She has followed virtual reality since the original Oculus Rift’s unveiling in 2012, and her work includes a definitive oral history of VR, along with coverage of the medium’s science, technology, and culture. Besides VR, she also writes about video games, biohacking, science fiction, policy, and gender. SPEAKERS PAUL RAPHAËL CO-FOUNDER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR, FELIX & PAUL STUDIOS Paul is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Montreal. With a combined passion for cinematic storytelling, visual effects and technology, he teamed up with collaborator Félix Lajeunesse and created award-winning stereoscopic 3D films, multimedia installations and commercials presented across the world. The two directors founded Felix & Paul Studios, now recognized as a pioneer and key player in the fast-growing industry of virtual reality content. LISA JACKSON FILMMAKER Lisa Jackson comes from a documentary background and her work has played at festivals internationally — including the Berlinale, SXSW, London BFI, HotDocs, and Edinburgh — and been broadcast on CBC, CTV, TMN, Bravo!, Knowledge, SCN, and APTN. Jackson’s films have garnered numerous awards and in 2012 the ReelWorld Festival named her a Trailblazer. She is Anishinaabe, has a BFA in Film Production from Simon Fraser University, has completed the Canadian Film Centre’s Directors’ Lab, and works in both fiction and documentary. She is the Director Mentor for the National Screen Institute's Aboriginal Documentary Training Program. ALEX WILLIAMS FILMMAKER Alex Williams is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist, working in documentary and narrative film, theatre, and still photography. His most recent film, The Pass System, is an investigative documentary into an illegal segregationist practice of the Canadian government that has played widely in festivals and communities across Canada, and was broadcast on CBC and APTN. Alex teaches video design at the National Theatre School of Canada, is a member of Canadian Actor’s Equity Association, the Documentary Organization of Canada. He is President of the artist-run centre Charles Street Video, and sits on the boards of Indigenous Theatre Company Article 11, and the Toronto Media Arts Centre (TMAC).

Mina Shum & Shelwyn Jacob - 2nd Visit

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2016 47:49

Photo credit: Véro Boncompagni Check out the trailer of their new NFB film Ninth Floor making its world premiere at TIFF 2015. Synopsis of Film It started quietly when a group of Caribbean students, strangers in a cold new land, began to suspect their professor of racism. It ended in the most explosive student uprising Canada had ever known. Over four decades later, Ninth Floor reopens the file on the Sir George Williams Riot – a watershed moment in Canadian race relations and one of the most contested episodes in the nation’s history. It was the late 60s, change was in the air, and a restless new generation was claiming its place– but nobody at Sir George Williams University would foresee the chaos to come. On February 11, 1969, riot police stormed the occupied floors of the main building, making multiple arrests. As fire consumed the 9th floor computer centre, a torrent of debris rained onto counter-protesters chanting racist slogans – and scores of young lives were thrown into turmoil. Making a sophisticated and audacious foray into meta-documentary, writer and director Mina Shum meets the original protagonists in clandestine locations throughout Trinidad and Montreal, the wintry city where it all went down. And she listens. Can we hope to make peace with such a painful past? What lessons have we learned? What really happened on the 9th floor? In a cinematic gesture of redemption and reckoning, Shum attends as her subjects set the record straight – and lay their burden down. Cinematography by John Price evokes a taut sense of subterfuge and paranoia, while a spacious soundscape by Miguel Nunes and Brent Belke echoes with the lonely sound of the coldest wind in the world. Mina Shum: Biography Born in Hong Kong and raised in Canada, Mina Shum is an independent filmmaker and artist. “I’m the child of the Praxis Screenwriting Workshop, Cineworks Independent Film Co-op, the Canadian Film Centre and working class immigrant parents,” she says. With Ninth Floor, a production of the National Film Board of Canada, Shum has written and directed her fourth feature film and first feature documentary. Her first feature Double Happiness (1994) – developed while she was resident director at the Canadian Film Centre – premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Citation for Best Canadian Feature Film and the Toronto Metro Media Prize. It went on to win Best First Feature at the Berlin Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Torino Film Festival. Following its American premiere at Sundance, it was released theatrically in the U.S. by Fine Line/New Line Features. It was nominated for multiple Genie Awards, Canada’s top film honour, winning Best Actress for Sandra Oh, and Best Editing for Alison Grace. Shum’s second and third features – Drive, She Said (1997) and Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (2002) – also premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity was subsequently invited to both Sundance and the Vancouver Film Festival, where it won a Special Citation for Best Screenplay (shared with co-writer Dennis Foon). It was released theatrically in Canada and the U.S. Shum’s short films include Shortchanged; Love In; Hunger; Thirsty; Me, Mom and Mona, which won a Special Jury Citation the 1993 Toronto Film Festival; Picture Perfect, nominated for Best Short Drama at the Yorkton Film Festival; and most recently I Saw Writer’s Guild Award. Her TV work ranges from Mob Princess, a TV movie produced for Brightlight Pictures/W Network, to episodic directing on About A Girl, Noah’s Arc, Exes and Oh’s, Bliss, The Shield Stories and Da Vinci’s Inquest. Shum’s interests extend beyond film and television. Her immersive video installation You Are What You Eat was held over at the Vancouver Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Centre A, and her cinematic theatre piece All, created in collaboration with the Standing Wave Music Ensemble, was presented at the 2011 Push Festival. She has hosted sold-out events for the experimental Pecha Kucha program, and her Internet hit Hip Hop Mom was featured in Calgary’s official Canada Day celebrations. In 2004 she was invited to deliver the inaugural UBC/Laurier Institute Multicultural Lecture, entitled New Day Rising: Journey of a Hyphenated Girl, and in 2011 she was the recipient of the Sondra Kelly Writer’s Guild of Canada Award. She is currently preparing her next feature, Meditation Park. Selwyn Jacob: Biography Selwyn Jacob was born in Trinidad and came to Canada in 1968 with the dream of becoming a filmmaker. It was a dream that wouldn’t die: he became a teacher and eventually a school principal but eventually chose to leave the security of that career to educate a wider audience through film. He has been a producer with the National Film Board of Canada since 1997. His early work as an independent director includes We Remember Amber Valley, a documentary about the black community that existed near Lac La Biche in Alberta. Prior to joining the NFB, he directed two award-winning NFB releases – Carol’s Mirror, and The Road Taken, which won the Canada Award at the 1998 Gemini Awards. In 1997 he joined the NFB’s Pacific & Yukon Studio in Vancouver, and has gone on to produce close to 50 NFB films. Among his many credits are Crazywater, directed by the Inuvialuit filmmaker Dennis Allen; Hue: A Matter of Colour, a co-production with Sepia Films, directed by Vic Sarin; Mighty Jerome, written and directed by Charles Officer; and the digital interactive project Circa 1948, by Vancouver artist Stan Douglas. Released in 2010, Mighty Jerome addresses issues of race and nationalism while paying tribute to Harry Jerome, one of the most remarkable athletes in Canadian history. The film went on to win multiple honours, including a Leo Award for Best Feature Length Documentary and the 2012 Regional Emmy Award for Best Historical Documentary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Mina Shum and Selwyn Jacobs