Using video production in Toronto

If you’re a small business owner, you know how important it is to market yourself. When you’re working on your own advertising, it can be hard to meet your objective of reaching as many people as possible without going over budget. That’s why professional video production is a great asset for small business owners who don’t know where to start.    Purchasing your own equipment and then coming up with a great video message for your clients or customers can take a lot of time, money and effort while keeping you distracted from running your business. If you’ve got a website […]

Are Youtube Videos Taking Over Television?

Computers and cell phones are increasingly competing with televisions and other forms of media for our eyeballs. According to a recent International Business Times article, 71 per cent of online users in the United States use YouTube and similar sites, up from 66 per cent in 2010 and 33 per cent in 2006. In addition, almost 25 per cent of cell phone internet bandwidth is taken up by YouTube videos. Online video is dominating television when it comes to where people watch their television, but Youtube itself is also taking over television. User-submitted video is becoming more and more a […]

Hope – A Review

  The movie Hope is the latest project from Azure Production and CC Films, starring Mindy Eklove and Chris Public. The 10-minute short action thriller is produced and directed by Caine Chow. The short film follows two characters in a suspenseful race against time to get to safety once the planet Earth is no longer habitable because all of its natural resources have been used up. The pair, Simon and Hailey, literally have a ticket off the planet – they just have to get there first. The film shows the viewer a snapshot of the final leg of this journey, […]

Making Your Own Survivorman Videos This Summer

(image from: http://lesstroud.ca/survivorman/episodes.php) If you’ve ever watched Survivorman and thought “I could do that”, then why not make your own Survivorman-style videos this summer on your annual camping trip? Survivorman is a show created by Les Stroud, who goes into the wilderness and demonstrates how to survive in any part of the world. What makes the show unique is that Stroud is also a documentary filmmaker and goes into the wilderness without a camera crew, filming the entire the journey himself. However, the show is filmed as if he has a full camera crew at his disposal with multiple angles […]