I wanted to to let everyone know that next weekend is the start of of the Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival and DB Photo and Film is one of the proud sponsors! This is the second year running and for 2011, VISAFF is collaborating with Indian Summer, a 10 day festival that will bring […]
This spring I shot the feature “Barricade” starring well known Canadian actor Eric McCormack (Will and Grace) and directed by Andrew Currie (Fido). Glen Schaeffer from The Province wrote this following article while we were in production. Parental fears heighten horror tension.
The news that Videomatica and Happy Bats have closed within weeks of each other is perhaps just news of the inevitable due to changes of online content accessibility for so many of us. And while it is tough to see small business go and in particular strong supporters of the indie film industry here in […]
GENIE AWARDS WESTERN NOMINEE RECEPTION ON MARCH 22ND 2010 AT THE SHANGRI-LA HOTEL VANCOUVER The nominations for the 30th Annual Genie Awards were announced this month by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television at a press conference in Toronto hosted by Gordon Pinsent (three time Genie Award winner) and Tatiana Maslany (Special Jury Prize, […]
This is a really sweet script played by a cast with subtlety and range. A real treat to be with this crew for 2 days. Working on green screen really doesn’t change my job during shooting but it does give me some thing to play with afterwards. And as I dont have to shoot each […]
Its a hard thing to keep up with all the publishing isn’t it? Back in February 2009 I presented James Longley’s “Iraq in Fragments” at our weekly Tuesday night gathering at the Vancouver Film School theatre. Created by Dave Rocnin and Kryshan Randel the “VFS Movie Night” was conceived to introduce significant cinematic works both […]
“A popular part of Motion Picture Industry Week in Vancouver, Career Expo ’09 offers a rare point of access to the people, organizations and companies that make the Motion Picture and New Media Industry tick!” Yes and this early shot of the day showing all the exhibitors and the beautiful Roundhouse Community Center, a perfect […]
“The Insiders” Monday night at the The Stanley Theatre was an opportunity to ask the BIG question, “where is our industry headed?” This entertaining evening hosted by Fiona Forbes and Michael Eckford from Urban Rush put it all on the table: The Canadian dollar, tax credits, the 2010 Olympics, the CRTC hearings, how to leverage […]
This past weekend was the annual Bloodshots 48 hour filmmaking challenge. Teams of filmmakers were invited to script, shoot, score and edit a short film in a measly 48 hours. Team Baby Jaxk is comprised of Director Kryshan Randel, Writer Marilyn Thomas, Producers Trevor Carroll, Marilyn Thomas and Kryshan Randel, Associate Producer Magali Gauthier. Starring […]
I have recently been on set with Director Kyle Hunter Welton and Dr. David Suzuki who are in collaboration on a new documentary. I am loosely calling this, as yet untitled work, “The Passion of David Suzuki”. The images below tell the story. Dr. Suzuki has been in my consciousness for over 30 years first […]