Creative Arts Champlain

The whimsical work of artist Florent Vielleux is the inspiration for this unconventional documentary, as Mr. Vielleux explains what motivates his creativity. An inspiring short by Gina Dionne.

Things start to go very wrong for a young woman terrorized by something menacing in this fictional short by Jason De Vilhena, Cédric Aubut-Boucher and Olivia Todara. Starring Sabrina Campilii.

From Gina Dionne and Alex Poulin comes a great animated short that uses classic stop action technique coupled with an original soundtrack to portray an imagined world where anything is possible.

This documentary by Lilian Cheung and Emily Mak is a fascinating look at the art and science of origami. You will be amazed by the unexpected applications for this ancient practice.

The Film/Video/Communications profile recently had a visit from former students who were guests in the Portfolio class.  They shared their experiences with our current fourth-semester students, who are all busy thinking about life after Champlain!   The group of grads, who represented 10 different university programs, had plenty of practical advice about the university application process as well as first-hand knowledge about what things are like in the world of higher education.  Our thanks again to Scott Berwick, Annie-Kim Brais, Marianne Desfossés, Camille Gagnon-Chalifour, Amy Hêtu, Chris Jadah, Tyler Jadah, Mike Paolazzo, Paul Richard, and Alexanne Verville for generously giving their time.

An intense short by Mathieu Richard, Will Keating, Émilie Haley and Calvin Zoen Hei Chou for their Film 3 animation assignment.

The following movies are projects done by DISA students in their sculpture class.  The premise the students worked with was that time and space were mediums to be manipulated sculpturally.

Caiohme Beaulé – Perpetual Rhythm – an animation where the life cycle of a plant is seen as a metaphoric parallel to the psychic cycle of a human being.

Malcom Macdonald – Smile – Playful yet macabre – speaks to the child in all of us.

For the final colour assignment in our Introduction to Photography course, we ask the students to put together a series of fifteen images based on a theme.  Sometimes the themes are purely formal – images dealing with colour or form or light. Sometimes these themes can be psychological in nature – emoting humour, or joy, or sadness. Sometimes the theme can take on a serious subject. Below you will find excerpts from a variety of intro projects. Their themes run the gamut from the serious – Kelsey Keeble-Laberge’s work tackles the body-image expectations that young women often face in contemporary society, to the formal – Alannah Lloyd, David Leroux and Frederique Roy all explore light, composition and colour.  Portraits play a role, as in Asa Shulman’s photos of his fellow cadets. And for pure lovable idiocy, check out Sean Durnin’s Prank photos.

A few of our students had a go at making a new banner for the home page. What do you think, should we change it up? Leave your comments below.

David Seguin

Claudia Mayer

Mélanie Taillon

Xavier Hamel

One of our DISA teachers, Ashley Miller, was recently involved in the exhibition LAND ART –  which was sponsored by the city of St. Hilaire.  The website for the whole show is here.  The first image below is the work that was included in the exhibition. The second image, called Totem, is a piece from another of Ashley’s shows at the Vieux Prespetaire in Longueuil.