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Monday, March 26, 2012
Shooting FILM 5 2012 goes to camera
AFCOOP's short film program rolls film (or digital, as the case may be)
Posted by Carsten Knox on Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 1:21 PM
Four short films are slated for production through the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op's FILM 5 training program. The first, Irene, started shooting this past weekend.
As usual, the subject matter for the films varies widely.
Irene is a drama about a call girl who discovers a lump in her breast. Or rather, it's her client who does the discovering. The film is a collaboration by Kitten filmmakers Vicki Donkin (writer/director) and Colin Tanner (producer).
Matt MacIsaac and Mike Hall begin production in April of their short, 210 Please Repeat, about an alcoholic taxi driver.
Third on the slate is the horror comedy Torturous, by producer Brent MacRae and writer/director Angus Swantee. Expect gore and laughs in equal amounts, in the tradition of local films like Treevenge and Blood Shed.
And last (but not least) is Lucky, a film about street kids, from producer Jenn Millington and writer/director Josh Denaro.
AFCOOPs FILM 5 Program, in partnership with Film Nova Scotia and Telefilm Canada, provides mentorship, resources, and financing for the production of four original scripts by emerging Nova Scotia writers every year. And, very often, the completed shorts are screened at the Atlantic Film Festival in the fall. Look for Irene, 210 Please Repeat, Torturous and Lucky there in September.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Shooting The Disappeared teaser is up
Shandi Mitchell's first feature coming soon
Posted by Carsten Knox on Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:35 PM
When The Disappeared shot in the ocean off Lunenburg in 2011, it would have been a challenging shoot for a veteran feature filmmaker, let alone a first-timer. But to give writer-director Shandi Mitchell credit, she's worked on film sets for years. Still, when you have to rely on the good behavior of the weather and the sea, not to mention the health and safety of your cast and crew in a series of boats, it's a lot to swim through, if you'll pardon the image. Somehow they triumphed over the elements, and now we can start to see the product of their fluid effort. At The Disappeared website, a teaser trailer is up. Drink it in here.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Shooting Eva Madden-Hagen's new blog post
Work In Progress filmmaker proclaims her love of Super 8
Posted by Carsten Knox on Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:13 AM
New in The Coast's Work In Progress blog section is a post from Eva Madden-Hagen on her history with, and passion for, Super 8, and how that will impact her new project, Pose.
Check it out here.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Shooting William F. White brings Viral Vans to Halifax
Convenient, mobile and affordable shooting package ready to go
Posted by Carsten Knox on Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:04 PM
William F. White (1096 Marginal Road, 450-1284), one of the key equipment suppliers to the film industry locally and across Canada, is celebrating this evening at a party at the Prince George Hotel the arrival of new production equipment to Halifax.
The equipment is called Viral Vans, and here's how WFW describes it:
"Geared toward empowering a new generation of interactive and digital content producers who are working with smaller budgets, WFW Viral Vans offer a single-source solution as the ultimate all-in-one production vehicle that anyone with a licence can drive. On-board packages include everything needed to produce web-series, music videos, indie films or online content all at an unbeatable price!"
The Viral Vans will be offered in partnership with SIM Video, so customers will be able to take advantage of that company's digital cameras and capabilities as part of the package. Seems pretty simple: You pick up the van and drive it away with everything you need for your shoot---exempting craft service, one would assume---organized on rolling carts, checked and ready to go.
Filmmakers who are interested should visit whitesinteractive.com for more details.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Shooting Picnicface wants you!
Comedy Network TV series seeks audience June 16
Posted by Carsten Knox on Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM
As most Haligonians in the know are aware of, awesome local comedy octet Picnicface is busy spinning laughs into gold with their brand new TV series, shooting the first season, 13 30-minute episodes, now in Halifax.
How would you---yes, YOU---like to be part of it? They'll be filming a big crowd scene in central Halifax this coming Thursday, June 16. They need volunteers to help fill up the scene. Anyone interested will be asked to watch a basketball game of some sort (further details are shrouded in comedy mystery). That is all.
Any age or description are welcome, including kids, though anyone under the age of 18 MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
You can expect to be on set for approximately six hours on Thursday morning. If you register, you will be contacted with more specific details closer to the shoot day, including location, exact times and wardrobe notes.
Here’s how to register:
Please go to hennesseycasting.com and create your own Talent Profile. Select “Picnicface June 16th VOLUNTEERS” from the Project list. Upload all your contact info and some pictures and you’re in.
And if you're reading this and going, "Who the hell are these guys and why would I sign up to watch a six-hour basketball game?" check this.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Shooting Walter Forsyth going to Banff
Former AFCOOP director and local filmmaker to attend world's largest media market
Posted by Carsten Knox on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:00 AM
Filmmaker Walter Forsyth has received a CTV Fellowship grant to attend the Banff World Media Festival from June 12-15.
Forsyth, director of After Frank and producer of Cubers, as well as a number of short films, has a bunch of new projects in the pipeline, including Leone Stars, a documentary about amputee soccer players. Check out this trailer assembled from footage taken in Sierra Leone.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Shooting Picnicface owns 2011
Picnicface member Scott Vrooman shares low down on comedy troupe's multiple projects
Posted by Carsten Knox on Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:00 AM
We know Roller Town, the Picniface movie, shot last summer. We know the renowned Halifax comedy octet scored a deal with The Comedy Network for a sketch show. We know they were sad about Jokers closing. But what else is going on with them these days?
"We were in the writing room for a few months until mid-April" reports Scott Vrooman via email. "And since then we've been full time in revisions and pre-production." He says Picnicface will shoot the TV series for six weeks beginning on May 16. "Then most of us will be in Toronto July and August to work on post-production."
The TV show isn't the only thing on their plates at the moment. Vrooman says they will be in Montreal in July for the Just For Laughs comedy fest, plus they have a book coming out soon.
We also just finished the illustrations for our book, with lots of help from Mike Holmes and Yo Rodeo," says Vrooman. Picnicface's Canada is scheduled for release by Harper Collins mid-to-late October.
And as for Roller Town, Vrooman says post production editing continues, with no release date set. Let's keep our fingers crossed come festival time we get to see it then, if not before.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Shooting Kelsey Thompson, Aram Kouyoumdjian to document Zac Crouse's paddle tour
Filmmakers and musician team up for kayak adventure
Posted by Carsten Knox on Sun, May 1, 2011 at 4:00 AM
Zac Crouse, singer in Caledonia and a solo artist with his recent record You Plan To Do Nothing, is touring by Kayak from Ottawa to Halifax starting today, May 1. He expects to arrive here at the end of July, playing gigs along the way.
The tour is in memory of his friend Corey Morris, who died while kayaking in 2009.
Crouse's trip will be documented by white-water kayaker and filmmaker Kelsey Thompson and film and videomaker Aram Kouyoumdjian, as Paddle To The Ocean.
Crouse has plenty of experience as a paddler. In the summer of 2006 he circumnavigated Newfoundland.
For more information on the expedition, click here.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Shooting Behind the scenes of The Guys Who Move Furniture
Mike Clattenburg posts photos from his new feature
Posted by Carsten Knox on Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:52 PM
Now that The Guys Who Move Furniture starring Will Sasso has finished shooting over in Dartmouth, director Mike Clattenburg has posted dozens of photographs up on Facebook, taken while the shoot was on. Check these out as a sample, or visit his Facebook page for the full monty. (We think they're available to be seen by anyone with an account.)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Shooting First Feature Project launches
100 K government funding for first-time filmmakers, but unions aren’t consulted in the planning
Posted by Carsten Knox on Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:00 AM
Yesterday afternoon, Film Nova Scotia and Telefilm Canada had a bash at the Carleton on Argyle Street to celebrate their new initiative: The First Feature Project provides $50,000 from both the provincial and federal film funding bodies, plus an extra $10,000 for a mentor and marketing, to shoot a more-than-75-minute feature film by a director/writer/producer team that has only made shorts. It’s a first-time funding collaboration of this sort by Film NS and Telefilm’s Atlantic office.
On the up side, this will give some keen Nova Scotia filmmakers a shot at making a long form feature. On the down side, a $100,000 feature film is a student movie, any way you slice it. No professional, experienced crew would be able to work for the kind of salary these funds would pay. However, when announcing the initiative at the Carleton yesterday, Film NS president and CEO Ann MacKenzie said the project was designed so everyone would get paid and for it not to be a call-in-a-favour kind of production.
“I think the biggest concern was the lack of consultation,” says Gary Vermeir, business agent for IATSE 849, the union of Motion Picture Studio Production Technicians. He was at the launch with Tim Storey, business agent for the Directors Guild of Canada, and both were taken aback by the announcement.
“Just springing such a program on the industry, the unions end up in a bad position,” says Vermeir. “Filmmakers are going to want to work with the keys,”---the experienced on set technical crew---“the keys are going to want a contract and we’ll go to the producer with this tiny amount of money to spend. We’re trying to negotiate some kind of reasonable rate of pay and suddenly we’re being painted as the bad guys and we’re just doing our job.”
Storey suggests that a feature film project at that budget is simply unfeasible, with feature budgets of $1 million struggling to be realized, while referencing other government-funded programs in Atlantic Canada---such as the Newfoundland Independent Filmmakers Co-operative short film program Picture Start, a partly Telefilm-funded deal---that really work. “They’re paying over minimum wage at a full-crew complement,” says Storey of the NIFCO project.
This is certainly not the first time the film unions, looking to represent their members, and the government film-financing institutions have encountered communication difficulties---or flatly disagreed---over what’s best for the local film and television industry, though Vermeir gives Film NS points for hearing his and Storey’s concerns and immediately scheduling a meeting to discuss The First Feature Project in the weeks to come.
“We’re slowly training them to think of us,” says Vermeir. “They are in the business of facilitating production dollars and talking to producers. But I think it's sometimes forgotten that they’re trying to create Nova Scotian jobs, and that’s us."
Monday, March 28, 2011
Shooting Haven goes to camera
A second season for the popular Stephen King-based series
Posted by Carsten Knox on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 4:00 AM
Starting up in Chester, Nova Scotia this Friday, April 1 is the second season of Haven, shown on SyFy in the United States and Showcase here in Canada. It's produced locally by David MacLeod and Big Motion Pictures.
The series, based on the Stephen King supernatural novel The Colorado Kid and starring Nicholas Campbell, Emily Rose and Lucas Bryant, had a popular 13-episode run last year. The new season will also be 13 episodes.
It starts up just as Clattenburg's picture--- formerly The Men Who Move Furniture, we now understand it's called The Guys Who Move Furniture---concludes its shoot at the end of the week.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Shooting Charlie Zone goes to camera
Michael Melski directs second feature
Posted by Carsten Knox on Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 4:00 AM
Today is the first day of shooting for Charlie Zone a crime drama, directed by Michael Melski (Growing Op). Melski reports it's a story about Halifax, "reflecting its diversity, hidden life, and burgeoning rep as one of the most troubled cities in Canada. (If you don't know
what charlie zone is, you've likely not been arrested in the north end)." Charlie Zone will shoot in Halifax until April 14, and joins a fairly busy spring 2011 production slate, which includes Mike Clattenburg's The Men Who Move Furniture, shooting over on Portland Street in Dartmouth, and the second season of Haven, which goes to camera April 1.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Shooting Mike Clattenburg's new project goes to camera next week
Trailer Park Boy creator's next movie
Posted by Carsten Knox on Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:00 AM
Mike Clattenburg isn't sitting on his laurels. Following seven seasons of Trailer Park Boys and two box-office-busting feature film versions, he's been busy: He shot a couple of episodes of the first season of CBCs Republic of Doyle and already in the can is another feature film, Afghan Luke, which had the working title Afghan Luke and the Burgundy of Hash.
Clattenburg is now prepping for his next feature, The Guys Who Move Furniture, which will star Canadian comic and MadTV veteran Will Sasso. The production starts shooting in Halifax next week.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Shooting Blackbird seeks cast
Local film shooting in April holds auditions next week
Posted by Carsten Knox on Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:00 AM
Writer director Jason Buxton will be shooting Blackbird in and around Halifax in April, produced by David Miller and Marc Almon with executive producer Thom Fitzgerald.
Buxton is having an open casting call, looking for
teenagers aged 16 to 19. "The film features many youth and will be a great opportunity for many to gain film acting experience," says Buxton.
Auditions will be held in Halifax during the two-week spring break, February 14-18 and February 21-25. Actors will be asked to
prepare a scene from the film prior to the audition. To schedule an audition, e-mail Nelson MacDonald, casting associate at
nelson@agency71.com.
Here's a portion of the synopsis from Blackbird:
Sixteen year old Sean Randall is in a constant state of war with the world around him. Moving to the small town of Bridgewater to live with his estranged father Ricky, Sean’s fierce rebel persona immediately sets him at odds with the community.
An unlikely bond forms between Sean and a preppy teenage girl named Deanna Roy, who admires Sean and secretly aches to live a different life. Deanna’s boyfriend Cory Simms is deeply threatened by Sean and Deanna’s friendship, resulting in a violent confrontation. Seeking to protect himself, Sean issues an off-handed death threat---and is swiftly arrested.
When the police raid Sean’s home and they find rifles, shotguns, knives and ammunition---all property of Ricky, an avid hunter. They also find a supposed “hit list” with twenty names of people who have tormented Sean, a list written in a fit of anger and long forgotten about---until now. The authorities and the media proclaim another Columbine has been narrowly averted. Sean maintains his innocence while Deanna, fearful of the repercussions, remains quiet.
Denied bail, Sean must endure Waterville, one of the toughest youth prisons in the country. Faced with bureaucratic delays and escalating abuse from Trevor, a sadistic and deeply troubled youth in the same cell block, Sean relents to the advice of his lawyer and pleads guilty to get released on time served. Once released, Sean is ordered to stay away from most kids in town, including Deanna. He changes his clothes, his disposition, everything that he can to fit in and be a “normal” part of society, but is permanently branded a psychopath. Sean quickly discovers the lengths a small town will go to keep this label stamped upon him.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Shooting Salesman looks to shoot in Nova Scotia
Ben Kingsley drama considering a spring shoot
Posted by Carsten Knox on Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:00 AM
Though it's been listed as in pre-production for ages, word is the drama Salesman may be coming to Nova Scotia in the coming months. The IMDB says its writer/director is Raul Inglis, with stars Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson attached.
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