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Outdoor Summer Screenings in Toronto! Part 2

Every summer Toronto is home to numerous outdoor screenings. Many run weekly all summer, and with so many spots the schedule can be a little overwhelming. Here are the 5 screenings we’re most excited for! Thursday June 30, 8 pm – Kinky Boots (with free drag performance) St. James Park I have yet to see this British crowd pleaser. But, given the wild success of the Cyndi Lauper adapted musical, and the promise of a free drag show, you can bet I’ll be here! Side note: my middle age parents in London, Ontario loved this movie when it came […]

Video Editing, Video Production

4 Ways to Use Stunning Matte Paintings

Fig 1. Hope short film starring Chris Public and Mindy Eklove This blog will explain how I used the incredible technique of matte painting and applied it to my shots to achieve a different effect each time in order to help tell the story. I’ve been working on several visual effects shots for a few projects over the past year. I am currently wrapping up a short film about a mother who fights against all odds to save her dying daughter, check out our page to learn more. Here’s a basic run down of achieving this effect: A) Controlled Movements. Therefore, no extravagant camera work where it’s […]

Video Editing, Video Production

How to Facial Track An Indie Shot

Fixed it in post! Added digital glasses for actress Lindsay Ogus In our recent short film, our actress Lindsay Ogus was suppose to be wearing glasses, but you know what happens when you actually start filming, the director (me) forgets about it. Thanks to today’s visual effects, I was able to fix this issue and add glasses into the shot in post. The set-up was done entirely in 2D which makes things more simple. The technique I used came from a mixture of free tutorials from Video Copilot. You will need a video editing software, a great open source one I […]

Video Production

Use Past Mistake To Better Your Future Work

On April 16, 2016 I competed in the Ontario Technical Skills Competition Qualifiers. 16 teams that had also won their regional competitions then gathered at Humber college to compete. The goal was to create a 30 second PSA about how to reduce your carbon footprint. Unfortunately, my partner and I did not place so we could not move on. While editing our PSA I noticed that we had made some mistakes when we were shooting, and due to time constraints were unable to go back and re-shoot the scenes. I noticed that there were some out of focus shots, and some […]