Professional cinematographer Bert Tougas recently visited the Filmmaking III classes to give a lighting workshop. Bert has worked as a director of photography since 1987, on television movies and series, including the celebrated “Street Legal”. His practical demonstration of lighting techniques is invaluable for our developing filmmakers!
This music video for Toronto country & western artist Lee Mellor was shot at Champlain by last year’s award winning film student, Andre Lai. Also on the crew were second year students Melanie Cardinal and Michael Gannon. AV technician Pat Ellis did the lighting. Look for Creative Arts technician Ron Hiscock playing the standup bass!
Here is a slide show of photos showing students and teachers at work in the Creative Arts program, 2009-2010.
A startling and beautifully shot film by Andre Lai, Kim Dionne and Ryan Baird about a young man adrift in sea of uncertainty and turmoil.
These three films explore the idea of the photographic frame and how it relates to time. Forget the Decisive Moment and think about the extension of the temporal. Andre Lai, Xavier Bleau-Prévost and Caoimhe Beaulé have all created beautiful time pieces for their Image and Light photo option class.
Stillness in Time by Andre Lai
Clementine by Xavier Bleau-Prévost
Daydreamer by Caoimhe Beaulé
Strange things happen when time can be revisited, in this humorous ode to awkwardness by Xavier Bleau Prevost.
Andre Lai’s playful, rhythmic, short film based on an original musical performance piece.
Recently, Donna Noonan and Janis Lundman were guests in the Film/Video profile’s “Portfolio” class. Donna spoke in detail about the job of production designer, overseeing locations and set design for feature films and TV series. And Janis gave the class valuable insight into the process of producing films and television. The two have worked on the TV series Bliss, St. Urbain’s Horseman, and Durham County, as well as many other productions.
Strange things start to happen with a beat in this animation by Philippe-Olivier Contant, François Lamirande and Bryan Bourbonnais.
